Attorney Profiles
Kansas Attorney & CPA
Gregory L. Franken, JD, CPA
E-mail: gfranken@beverdye.com
Practice Areas
- Taxation
- Exempt Organizations
- Trusts
- Estates
- Wills
- Probate
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Business Law
Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration (magna cum laude) Washburn University, 1981
- Juris Doctorate, University of Kansas, 1983
Bar Memberships
- American Bar Association
Member - Tax Section, Business Law Section and
Real Property, Trust and Estate Section - Kansas Bar Association
Member - Tax Section (Past President), Real Estate, Probate and
Trust Section, and Corporate Banking and Business Section - Wichita Bar Association
Past Vice Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee
Greg practices in the areas of taxation, exempt organizations, trusts and estates, wills, probate, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and business law. Greg regularly represents clients in tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and in the federal courts. His representative clients include individuals, charitable organizations, entrepreneurs, cooperatives, and closely held businesses. Greg also represents taxpayers in structuring tax-deferred exchanges of property. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas and Kansas state courts.
Greg is a Certified Public Accountant. He began his professional career with the international accounting firm of KPMG, LLP. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Kansas Society of CPAs, and the
Civic/Community Involvement
- Member - Rotary Club of East Wichita
- Volunteer - Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas
- Fellow - Kansas Bar Foundation
Publications
- Chapter author, "Understanding Tax Shelters,"
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
