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CHAMBERS USA 2023 RECOGNIZES TWG AND LAWYERS TWG and its attorneys continue to receive high level rankings in the London-based Chambers USA 2023 Guide. Chambers USA ranks the top lawyers and law firms in all states across the U.S. using independent research. Leading law firms and individual lawyers are ranked based on understanding, diligence, value for money and other qualities valued by clients. In the 2023 publication, the following six TWG  attorneys are recognized in Kansas in the following practice areas: Labor and Employment: Eric Metz Litigation; General Commercial James A. Walker Litigation; General Commercial Lisa McPherson Litigation; General Commercial Rachael Pirner Real Estate Ronald H. Harnden Real Estate Jeffery C. Dahlgren Chambers USA’s evaluation methods consists of interviews with, and feedback from, clients and other lawyers in the market, assessment of the firms’ recent work, and independent research by the editors.  

Kendra D. Stacey Joins TWG Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC is pleased to announce that Kendra D. Stacey has associated with the law firm. She will be sworn in as a Kansas attorney on September 30, 2022. Kendra has returned home to the Wichita area, growing up and graduating from high school in Goddard, Kansas. She graduated magna cum laude from Lee University, in Cleveland, Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a minor in Political Science in 2002. Kendra received her juris doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2022.  During law school, she was a member of the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy as an Executive Articles Editor during 2021-2022 and as a Staff Editor during the 2020-2021 school year. She also served as president of KU Women in Law and a student director for the

Sixteen TWG Lawyers Named to the “Best Lawyers®” in America 2023 Edition The Wichita Law Firm of Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC announced that 16 of the Firm’s attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2023 Edition) including Attorney Andrew N. Kovar in The Best Lawyers in America©:  Ones to Watch (2023 Edition) in Wichita. Attorney Timothy E. McKee has once again been named Best Lawyers® (2023 Edition) Lawyer of the Year in Wichita for Natural Resources Law.  Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Almost 144,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received over 17 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based

TWG Welcomes Summer Law Clerks TWG recently welcomed Summer Law Clerks Piper Hampton and John Ralston to the team. Hampton is from Norman, Oklahoma, and attends the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Ralston is a Wichita native and attends Washburn University School of Law. Both will be third-year law students in the fall. As law clerks, Hampton and Ralston assist TWG attorneys with various projects, such as drafting documents and researching legal issues. “It just depends on the type of law and the type of attorney that comes up to you,” Hampton said. “But you’re not limited to just one type of work here; you get everything.” Hampton said the opportunity to intern with TWG grabbed her interest because she wanted to branch out of Oklahoma. She started her internship with the firm on June 1 and said she is excited to be

2020 TWG Tax Planning Update As the end of 2020 approaches, TWG Tax Attorney Matt Schippers* notes the following year-end considerations for 2020 tax planning: COVID-19 Tax Law Changes On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act included the following noteworthy tax provisions: Economic Impact Payments. The CARES Act provided economic impact payments, in the amount of $1,200 ($2,400 for joint filers) plus $500 for each qualifying child, to eligible individuals. The payments were subject to phase outs at certain income levels. For income tax purposes, the payments will be treated as advance refunds of a 2020 income tax credit. On their 2020 tax return, taxpayers will reduce the amount of the credit available by the amount of the advance refund payment. Accordingly, individuals may claim the difference