Matthew W. Bish

Matt Bish represents clients in connection with estate and tax planning and the administration of trusts and estates. He has experience developing wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, generation-skipping trusts, powers of attorney, premarital agreements, advance directives, and limited liability companies. As an element of his representation of clients, he works with individuals and families to develop and implement estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning strategies. Matt assists clients with developing strategies to maximize asset protection.

Education

• Washburn University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2009)
  Washburn Law Journal, Dawson Scholar
• Washburn University (B.A. in Business Administration, magna cum laude, 2006)

Admissions

• Kansas (2009)

• Estate Planning & Probate
• Elder Law
• Taxation

•  Wichita Children’s Home – Board of Trustees
• Wichita Business Journal 40 Under 40 Honoree, 2019

• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Elder Law and Trusts and Estates, 2018-2024
• American Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• Wichita Bar Association

2021

• What Corporate Counsel Needs to Know About Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Corporate Counsel Series: Estate Planning)

2020

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Estate Planning Forum)

2019

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Trust Safari Part II: Identifying and Understanding the Various Species of Trusts (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Second Marriages (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Trust Safari: Identifying & Understanding the Various Species of Trusts (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Trust Safari: Identifying & Understanding the Various Species of Trusts (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Second Marriages (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Second Marriages (Kansas Bar Association, Real Estate, Probate & Trust and Elder Law Conference)

2018

• Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Income Tax Aspects of Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Income Tax Aspects of Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)

2017

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Resolving and Preventing Common Disputes in Trust and Estate Administration: A Good Fiduciary Solves Problem; a Better Fiduciary Prevents Them (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Resolving and Preventing Common Disputes in Trust and Estate Administration; A Good Fiduciary Solves Problems; A Better Fiduciary Prevents Them (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning Competency Issues (Wichita State University, 42nd Annual Accounting and Auditing Conference) 

2016

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Planning for Second Marriages: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Probate Avoidance Devices: A Primer (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Farmers and Ranchers (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Farmers and Ranchers (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Advance Directives: Transitioning for Social, Legal and Medical Changes (Wichita State University, 41st Annual Accounting and Auditing Conference) 

2015

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Health Care (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Social Security Considerations in Estate and Financial Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Navigating the Social Security Maze (Kansas Bar Association, Real Estate, Probate & Trust and Elder Law Conference)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Health Care (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Social Security Considerations in Estate and Financial Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)

2014

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• The Winds(or) of Change (Foulston Siefkin, Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Garden City Community Foundation)

2013

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Federal and State Recent Developments (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)
• Frequent Estate Planning Mistakes (Foulston Siefkin, Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)
• Use of Revocable Trusts in the Estate Planning Process (Merrill Lynch)

2012

• Support in Discretionary Trusts (Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Why Most Support and Discretionary Trusts Fail to Carry Out the Grantor’s Intent (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Support in Discretionary Trusts (Foulston Siefkin, Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Discretionary Trusts (Financial Planners Association)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin Topeka Estate Planning Forum)
• Governmental Resource Benefits Planning Boot Camp (Foulston Siefkin Topeka Estate Planning Forum)
• Discretionary Trusts (Edward Jones – Coffee Club)
• Governmental Resource Benefits Planning Boot Camp (Foulston Siefkin Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)

2011

• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Legal Issues Involved with Naming Guardians for Minors (Foulston Siefkin Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)

2010

• Medicaid Planning for Long-Term Care: A Change in Direction (Foulston Siefkin Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Federal and State Tax Law (Foulston Siefkin Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Federal and State Tax Law (Foulston Siefkin Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Selected Problems in Drafting Trusts (Foulston Siefkin Winter Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning (Cessna Retirement Program)
• Recent Developments in Federal and State Tax Law (Foulston Siefkin Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Couples (Foulston Siefkin Summer Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Pittsburg Estate Planning Forum)
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning (Foulston Siefkin, Western Kansas Estate Planning Forum)

2020

• Coronavirus: Evaluating Your Estate Planning Strategies

2016

• Estate and Gift Tax Proposed Regulations Limit Valuation Discounts

2012

• Impending Estate & Gift Tax Changes in 2013

2018

• Co-author, Kansas Bar Association - Kansas Probate & Trust Administration After Death Handbook