Jay always has his clients’ backs. His experienced tax counsel adds value to all types of transactions.
Overview
Jay resolves tax matters concerning acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, reorganizations and restructurings and helps privately-held businesses develop strategies for corporate acquisitions. He also leverages his strong knowledge of state income, sales and property tax law to represent clients in tax disputes with the Missouri and Kansas Departments of Revenue.
Jay serves as the Chair of Stinson's Business Taxation practice group, and his experience comes from years of advising on all types of tax issues and a wide range of transactional and corporate governance issues. Jay has also represented clients in challenging tax litigation matters, most notably winning a victory for a telecommunications company before the Supreme Court of Kansas, reversing a prior decision holding that wireless companies should be treated as public utilities for property tax purposes.
Experience
- Jay has significant experience as lead counsel in an array of tax planning matters, including acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, tax-advantaged partnership and joint venture arrangements and structuring tax-deferred like-kind exchanges.
- Policy-minded, Jay recently served on a special task force of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, where he assisted in drafting legislation to protect retailers from consumer suits alleging the over-collection of state and local sales taxes.
- Jay is a past vice-chair of the ABA's State and Local Tax Committee within the Tax Section.
News & Insights
News
Publications
"Big Federal Tax Changes Are Slated for 2025: What We Know (and Don't)," Tax Notes, January 2025
"Owners of a Corporation Pay the Corporation's Expenses; Can Such Expenses be Deducted by the Owners?" Stinson Alert, December 2022
Speaking Engagements
"Tax Law Update," Business Law Update, February 2026
"Individual Update," Business Taxation Update, October 2025
"Tax Issues," M&A Boot Camp, September 2025
"Tax Law Update," Business Law Update, February 2025
"Tax Issues," M&A Boot Camp, September 2024
"Tax Law Update," Business Law Update, February 2024
"Tax Law Update," Business Taxation Update, October 2023
"Tax Issues," M&A Boot Camp, September 2023
"Tax Law Update," Business Law update, March 2023
"Inflation Reduction Act (the 'Act'): Business Tax Highlights," Business Taxation Update, November 2022
"Tax Consideration in Structuring an M&A Transaction," Stinson's M&A Boot Camp, September 2022
"Tax Law Update," Business Law Update, March 2022
"Tax Law Update," Stinson's Business Law Update, 2021
"Tax Structuring," Stinson's M&A Boot Camp, 2020
Recognitions
Recognitions
Missouri Lawyers Weekly Tax Law "POWER LIST," 2021-2022, 2025
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association President's Award, 2016
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® list, 2009-2027
Selected as "Lawyer of the Year" by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2026, 2027
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2007-Present
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
American Bar Association, Tax Section, State and Local Tax Committee, Past Vice-Chair
American Bar Association, Tax Section, Special Task Force
Missouri Military Legal Assistance Team, Advisory Board Member
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Missouri
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
Education
University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1985
University of Kansas, B.A., 1982
