Attorney Profiles

Kansas Attorney & CPA
Texas Attorney
Nebraska Attorney

Eric J. Larson, JD, CPA
E-mail: ejlarson@beverdye.com

Practice Areas

• Taxation
• Estate Planning
• Trusts and Estates
• Probate
• Family Succession Planning
• Business Law
• Exempt Organizations

Education

• Bachelor of Business Administration, Washburn University, 1973
• Juris Doctorate, Washburn University, 1976

Bar Memberships

• American Bar Association
  Member - Business Law Section and Taxation Section
• Kansas Bar Association
  Member - Tax Section (Past President), Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section and Corporate Banking and Business Section
• Wichita Bar Association
  Member and Former Chair - Probate Committee and Member, Senior Lawyers
• State Bar of Texas
• Nebraska Bar Association

Professional Memberships

• KSCPA PAC Committee

Eric practices in the areas of taxation, trusts and estates, wills, probate, family succession planning, business law, and tax-exempt organizations. With extensive experience in the areas of estate and gift taxes, Eric regularly counsels clients on estate and succession planning. Eric also represents clients in controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and in the Federal and Kansas courts. His representative clients include individuals, entrepreneurs, closely held businesses, and tax exempt organizations. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Claims Court, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Kansas state courts, and the state courts of Texas and Nebraska.

Eric is also a Certified Public Accountant. He began his professional career with a predecessor of what is now the international accounting firm of Grant Thornton. He is an active member of the American Institute of CPAs, Kansas Society of CPAs, and the Wichita Chapter of the KSCPAs. Eric is a member and past president of the Wichita Estate Planning Council and a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He is currently on the Board of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Eric is a frequent lecturer on tax related topics for professional and various other organizations. He has received a distinguished service award from the Kansas Bar Association. Eric is listed in the The Best Lawyers in America and in Kansas Super Lawyers.

Eric also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company, an insurance company started in McPherson, Kansas, over 100 years ago.

Civic/Community Involvement

• Member - Sunrise Rotary Club of West Sedgwick County
• Director - Wichita Public Library Foundation (Past President)
• Fellow - Kansas Bar Foundation

Publications

• Chapter author, "Kansas Estate Administration Handbook,"
  Kansas Bar Association
• Co-author, "Revised Uniform Principal and Income Act in Kansas,"
  Journal of the Kansas Bar Association