Donald S. Singer, Attorney

• B.A. in Political Science with Honors from University of Missouri Columbia in 1968
• J.D. from University of Missouri-Columbia in 1971
• L.L.M. in Taxation from Washington University in May 2007

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Estate Planning & Wealth/Asset Protection
• Eminent Domain/Condemnation & Real Estate
• Business Formation and Consultation
• Charitable Planning
• Estate Administration and Probate

MEMBERSHIPS & OFFICES

• American Bar Association (ABA) (section on litigation, eminent domain & real estate)
• Missouri Bar Committee on Eminent Domain
• National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys
• The Association of Trial Lawyers for America (ATLA)
• Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers (MATA)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL)
• American Jurisprudence Award on Trusts and Successions
• Member Missouri and Illinois Bar
• Roscoe Pound Foundation, Cordozo Society, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice

ONGOING LEGAL EDUCATION

• Advanced Studies Program - One Year Post-Doctoral Course on Planning for Estates from $3 to $25 Million
• Asset Protection - Basics
• Asset Protection - Advanced
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Charitable Trust Planning - Basics
• Charitable Trust Planning - Advanced
• Estate and Gift Tax School
• Estate Planning for the International Client
• Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies - Basics
• Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies - Advanced
• Funding and Funding Pro
• Generation Skipping Trusts - Basics
• Generation Skipping Trusts - Advanced
• Gift and Estate Tax School
• Incentive Trusts
• Income Tax School for Estate Planners
• Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trusts
• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts - Basics
• Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts - Advanced
• IRT: Grantor Retained Trusts, Demand Trusts, and Qualified Personnel Residence Trusts
• Making Estate Planners Business Planners
• Masters Program - Three Year Post-Doctorial Course on Planning for Estates Over $25 Million
• Practicum I
• Practicum II
• Retirement Planning Concepts - Basics
• Retirement Planning Concepts - Advanced
• Settlement and Post Mortem Planning
• Stock Options - Planning & Taxation
• Trust and Estate Litigation

Donald Singer has been practicing law in Missouri and Illinois for over 35 years.  In his early career, Donald served as a Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County and as a Public Defender.  After working several years in the public sector, Donald entered the private legal arena, starting a mid-size firm in downtown Clayton where he worked as Partner.

After serving as a litigator since graduating law school, Donald recently decided to re-evaluate his legal goals and experience, changing the direction of his legal practice.  Donald left his former firm as Partner to found and start The Singer Law Firm while working at Washington University on a master's degree in law known as a L.L.M.

Donald is in the process of shifting his practice of law as a litigator toward Estate Planning and Wealth/Asset Protection.  In the process, Donald is working to groom and prepare the next generation of attorneys in The Singer Law Firm to work as efficient, effective and skillful trial litigators and client advocates.

Outside the practice of law, Donald stays busy spending time with his family which includes his wife Joanne, four children and granddaughter.