Background
Stewart, Junior, Byron A. was born on June 17, 1927 in Independence, Missouri, United States.
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Byron A. Stewart, Junior.
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University of Missouri (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1952).
Career
Worked at Stewart, Cook, Constance, Stewart & Minton, Limited liability company (Independence, Missouri) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Corporate, Real Estate, Probate, Estate Planning, Administrative and Negligence Law. Admitted to the bar, 1952, Missouri.
Order of the Coif.
Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Take Inventory! Notes on Probate Inventory for the General Practitioner," Journal of The Missouri Bar, December, 1965. Chapter Two, "Dispensing with or Terminating Administration," Missouri Estate Administration, Third Edition, 1984.
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1983-1996. Member: Eastern Jackson County (Vice President, 1965.
President, 1966-1967) and American (Missouri Representative, Committee on Significant Decisions on Real Property Law, 1962-1966.
1975-1988. Missouri Representative, Committee on Significant Probate and Trust Decisions, 1989-1996) Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar (Member, Sub-Committees on: Revision of Missouri Probate Laws, 1974 and 1981.
Revision of Missouri Guardianship Laws, 1975-1976 and 1979-1982.
Revision of Missouri Non Probate Transfers Law, 1990. Vice Chairman, Probate and Trust Committee, 1983-1984). American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Stewart, Cook, Constance, Stewart & Minton, Limited liability partnership is the oldest law firm in Eastern Jackson County having been founded in 1881 by John West. Clements.
Messrs. Stewart, two of the partners, are the grandson and great-grandson respectively of Mr. Clements. The firm has a strong concentration in estate planning, probate, real estate and corporate work but offers a wide range of legal services including civil litigation.
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Membership
Member: Eastern Jackson County (Vice President, 1965. President, 1966-1967) and American (Missouri Representative, Committee on Significant Decisions on Real Property Law, 1962-1966. 1975-1988; Missouri Representative, Committee on Significant Probate and Trust Decisions, 1989-1996) Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (Member, Sub-Committees on: Revision of Missouri Probate Laws, 1974 and 1981.
Revision of Missouri Guardianship Laws, 1975-1976 and 1979-1982. Revision of Missouri Non Probate Transfers Law, 1990.
Vice Chairman, Probate and Trust Committee, 1983-1984). American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
