Nancy Schmidt Roush

Nancy Roush focuses on business planning and estate planning. With more than 30 years of practical experience in the practice of law, she also has a broad background in many related areas.

Nancy advises professional firms and other privately-held businesses on business planning matters including governance, ownership transition, succession planning, buy-sell agreements, non-compete agreements, and protection and defense strategies.

Nancy develops and implements strategies to transfer wealth and protect assets for her individual clients, as well as preparing Wills, trusts and other estate planning documents.

• Drafting Considerations for Operating and Shareholder Agreements, Estate Planning Section, Sarasota County Bar Association, November 19, 2020
• Drafting LLC Operating Agreements, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel Florida Fellows Meeting, July 2019
• The Life Cycle of a Business Entity, American College of Trust & Estate Counsel National Meeting in Chicago, June 2018
• Asset Protection Planning, 65th Annual Montana Tax Institute, November 2017
• Latest and Greatest in Asset Protection, Missouri Bar Seminar, September 2016
• Essential But Overlooked Issues in Drafting LLC Operating Agreements, ABA/RPTE seminar, March 2015
• Asset Protection Planning; The Basics & Current Issues, ACTEC ALI-CLE seminar, April 2014
• Business Succession Planning, The Society of Financial Services Professionals in Kansas City, November 2013
• Practical Issues in Planning for the Family Business, Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, January 2013
• Speaker, Avoiding Pitfalls in Buy-Sell Agreements, University of Texas Taxation Conference, December 2012
• Tax, Business, and Drafting Considerations of Buy-Sell Agreements, Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, January 2012
• Drafting Buy-Sell Agreements, ACTEC Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, August 2011
• Using Partnerships to Own Buy-Sell Insurance, ABA eCLE, July 2011 
• IRAs-Benefits of Trusts as Beneficiaries, Estate Planning Internship Seminar, UMKC Law School Seminar, October 2010
• Shareholders Agreements, Advanced Business Planning Seminar, UMKC Law School, October 2010
• Protection of Inherited IRAs, ACTEC national seminar, October 2010
• Overview of Asset Protection Strategies, Asset Protection Seminar, UMKC Law School, October 2009
• Estate and Gift Tax Update, The Missouri Bar Annual Estate and Trust Institute, October 2009
• Shareholders Agreements for Closely-Held Corporations, ACTEC national seminar, March 2007
• Other seminars given for the Missouri, Kansas and Illinois Bar Associations, and client-focused seminars, on these topics:  Limited Liability Companies, Ownership Transition for Professional Service Firms, Succession Planning for Closely Held  Businesses, Indemnification of Directors & Officers, Living Trusts, Spousal Rights, Estate Administration, Estate Taxes, Partnership Tax Structure 

• Protection of Inherited IRAs, ACTEC LAW JOURNAL, Vol. 36, No. 3, page 577, Co-author, Winter 2010
• ACTEC Shareholders Agreements for Closely-Held Corporations (outline and sample form), Co-author, 2006, updated 2010 and 2011
• ESTATE PLANNING HANDBOOK, Kansas Bar Association, editor and co-author 1981 through Fifth Edition, continuing Editor Emeritus and co-author for subsequent editions
• FAMILY LAW HANDBOOK, Kansas Bar Association, author of Chapter 11 on Estate Planning Considerations
• Beneficiary Designations After Divorce: Will the Ex-Spouse Benefit?  ESTATE PLANNING, Vol. 25, No. 5, page 224, author, June 1998
• Spendthrift Trusts Not Limited to Protection of Immature Dependents, ESTATE PLANNING, Vol. 18, No. 1, co-author, Jan./Feb. 1991
• Revocable Trusts, KANSAS BAR JOURNAL, Vol. 51, page 8, co-author, Spring 1982

• American Bar Association
• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Fellow, 1992 - Present; Business Planning Committee (2000-2016), Chair (2006-2009); Asset Protection Committee (2009 - Present); Employee Benefits Committee (2016 - Present); Regent (2014 - 2020)
• Kansas Bar Association, Tax Section and Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section, (Past President) 
• Missouri Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• Sarasota County Bar Association

• Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, 1991-2024
• Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-2018
• Selected as one of “Kansas City's Top Lawyers” by Ingram's, 2010
• Selected as one of the “Top 50 Women” from Missouri and Kansas by Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, 2006-2007, 2010 
• Martindale-Hubbell® “AV” Rating (Indicates height of professional excellence and recognition for highest levels of skill and integrity.)
• Kansas Bar Association Outstanding Service Award, 1985, 1991 and 2001
• Order of the Coif
• Articles Editor, Kansas Law Review, 1978-1979