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Daniel Wheeler

Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP


Daniel P. Wheeler is a shareholder with the firm of Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP. Mr. Wheeler focuses his practice on fiduciary litigation, probate administration, adult and minor guardianships, and mediation in cases throughout Missouri and Kansas.
 
Mr. Wheeler served as a Probate Commissioner for the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri for more than fourteen years. As Probate Commissioner, he presided over family and fiduciary disputes in trust and probate matters, including fiduciary litigation, complex trust litigation, discovery of assets actions, surety claims and general probate administration in decedent, guardianship and conservatorship estates. He has been chosen to be the probate presenter at the annual Missouri Judicial College for the past seventeen years, and also presents annually at the conference of the Missouri Association of Probate & Associate Circuit Judges. He speaks regularly at the Missouri Bar annual meeting as well as numerous continuing legal education seminars for the Missouri Bar, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
 
Prior to joining the bench, Mr. Wheeler was in engaged in private practice in the area of probate litigation and administration matters. He has tried thirty-two jury trials to completion, of which twenty-six were in the probate division of the circuit courts. He is licensed in the states of Missouri and Kansas, and has completed the mediation training requirements of the Missouri Supreme Court.
 
Mr. Wheeler received a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia in 1981. While an undergraduate student, he was a captain of the University's cross-country and track teams, and he was a recipient of the Tom Bott's Award, the senior track leadership award. He received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in 1985, where he was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society. He received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Missouri in 1985, and he was a member of the Missouri Law Review and the Order of the Coif honor society.

Product Type
Self-Study

2022 The State of electronic notarization


Total Credits: 1.0 Self Study

Practice Area:
General Practice
Speakers:
Andrew Mitchell |  Daniel Wheeler
Duration:
48 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Price:
$90.00 - Price

Product Type
Onsite Program

2024 Advanced Family Law Symposium


Total Credits: 7.6 MCLE, 1.0 Ethics

Practice Area:
Ethics |  Family
Speakers:
Hon. Douglas Beach |  Commissioner Susan Jensen |  Stephanie Jones |  Abraham Kuhl |  Jonathan Marks |  Hon. Jeffrey Medler |  Cary Mogerman |  Steven Peskind |  ....
Duration:
8 Hours 20 Minutes
Location:
Kansas City, Missouri
Price:
$295.00 - In-person registration
Date:

Fri, Apr 19, 2024 - 08:15am to 04:35pm CDT


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