Theron E. Fry

Phone: 316-630-8100, Ext. 223

Mr. Fry has over 35 years of experience in drafting and implementing estate plans and advising clients with respect to the numerous business, personal, tax and litigation issues that invariably arise. He assists clients in all aspects of estate planning and probate issues, as well as the related income, gift, estate, and generation skipping transfer tax issues. With respect to assisting clients in estate planning, he counsels clients in developing estate plans that fit their family and financial situations, including drafting wills and trust agreements from the simple to the complex. With respect to probate related matters, he works with all aspects of decedents’ estates from probate procedure and litigation to preparation of complex estate tax returns and representation of fiduciaries, heirs and beneficiaries in probate court and before the Internal Revenue Service. With respect to assisting clients in tax related matters, he counsels clients in methods to minimize income, gift, estate and generation skipping transfer tax liabilities over multiple generations through the use of multiple transfer techniques. He also works with clients in business matters, including organization, mergers and acquisitions, and tax audit and litigation matters, both before the Internal Revenue Service as well as the Tax Court and Federal court system.

Primary areas of Practice:

Estate planning
Employee benefits
Trust, estate and probate litigation
Income, gift, estate, and generation skipping transfer tax

Mr. Fry was born in Wichita, Kansas. He attended Kansas State University and graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He attended Southern Methodist University Law School in Dallas, Texas as a recipient of the Hatton W. Sumners Scholarship. After graduation from law school, Mr. Fry practiced law in Houston, Texas for 10 years with the law firm now known as Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP. Mr. Fry is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and has been selected for inclusion as a “2009 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyer.”

Admitted to practice

Texas, 1972
Kansas, 1981
Kansas Supreme Court
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
United States Tax Court
United States Court of Federal Claims

Education

Southern Methodist University Law School (J.D., 1972)
Kansas State University (B.S. Electrical Engineering cum laude, 1969)

Professional Memberships, Affiliations and Honors

Kansas Bar Association
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, Executive Committee, Past President
- Tax Law Section, Executive Committee
State Bar of Texas
Wichita Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
The ESOP Association
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating

Community involvement

Kansas Humane Society of Wichita, Inc.
- Board of Directors 1994 – 2000
- Past President
Riverside Health Foundation.
- Board of Directors, 2003 – present
Riverside Health Systems, Inc.
- Board of Directors, 1983 – 2001
City of Wichita Public Employees Pension Fund
- Board of Trustees, 1994 – 1996

Articles/Seminars/Publications

Kansas Estate Apportionment, Kansas Bar Association, Probate & Trust Administration After Death (Seventh Edition)

Prior Experience

Liddell Sapp Zivley Hill & LaBoon (now Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP) 1972 - 1981