Kevin J. Richter is a founding shareholder at Mathis, Marifian, Richter and Grandy (MM&R), who focuses his practice in business law, estate planning, employee benefits law, employment law, taxation law and real estate law.

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Kevin has more than 25 years experience representing business owners, corporations and individuals in matters involving business sales and acquisitions, retirement plan benefits, disability, ERISA litigation, contract law, tax representation and all phases of estate planning. Kevin has been involved in numerous probate matters, covering an array of complex issues. He has provided legal counsel to clients in a wide range of personal and business transactions, including employment contracts, covenants-not-to-compete, distribution agreements, operating agreements, franchise agreements, buy-sell agreements and shareholder agreements. He works with businesses concerning entity selection and in all phases of business operations, and he has also been involved with substantial business sales and purchases involving both asset and stock transactions.

Kevin has worked with a variety of clients, including manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, physician groups, clinics, physician specialty practices, service entities, law firms, school districts and governmental entities. He has also represented international, national, regional and local businesses.

Kevin’s Certified Public Accountant (CPA) background is helpful in understanding complex financial issues. He has represented clients in front of the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Illinois Department of Revenue and the Illinois Department of Human Rights.

Kevin is a frequent contributor to both state and local law publications and has been asked to lecture extensively throughout the area.

Professional Affiliations

Kevin is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the St. Clair County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, where he previously served as secretary, vice-chair and chair for the Employee Benefits Section. He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association and the American Bar Association, where he is currently a member of the Federal Taxation and Corporate Law Sections. Kevin is also an active member of the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), the Southern Chapter of Certified Public Accountants and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries.

Kevin has written a chapter for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. The chapter was focused on the “Valuation and Division of Retirement Benefits in Dissolution of Marriage.” Kevin was also responsible for writing an article, entitled “Amending Fraudulent Returns and Their Affect on the Statute of Limitations,” for a previous ISBA Federal Taxation Section Newsletter.

Education

Kevin received a BS in Finance and Accounting from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1980 and received his JD from Saint Louis University in 1983. He was designated a CPA in both Missouri and Illinois in 1984.

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Education

  • Saint Louis University
    JD 1983
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    BS in Finance and Accounting 1980

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Missouri

Court Admissions

  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • United States Tax Court
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