Brad Zimmerman

Carmody MacDonald P.C.

Brad Zimmerman is a principal at Carmody MacDonald and focuses his practice in the areas of business law, estate planning, and tax. Brad is a former Certified Public Accountant and uses his accounting background and experience as the foundation of his legal practice.
He advises business clients of all sizes on issues concerning formation and development planning, corporate governance, acquisitions, sales and the negotiation and documentation of business transactions.
Brad also counsels a variety of individual and business clients regarding estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, wealth preservation and business succession planning. He prioritizes meeting clients’ non-tax objectives while minimizing their tax impact, including income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
Prior to joining the firm, Brad worked in the tax department of a large public accounting firm in St. Louis. He assisted corporations and partnerships with a variety of tax issues, including federal and state compliance, international restructurings and sales and use tax consulting.
Brad is a cum laude graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.  He received the Bernard T. Hurwitz Memorial Award for work in Taxation.   He received his B.S.B.A. cum laude from Valparaiso University.  He has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, and as “One to Watch” by Best Lawyers.  He is a board member of Christ Community Lutheran School and the Iota Sigma Housing Corporation.