Tyler Hellenbrand

Tyler Hellenbrand helps individuals, families, business owners, and fiduciaries preserve wealth and transfer it efficiently across generations through sophisticated estate planning and tax strategies. He advises clients on the legal and tax implications of estate and wealth transfers, helping them minimize transfer taxes, protect family assets, and achieve long-term succession and philanthropic objectives. 

Tyler develops customized estate plans ranging from foundational planning to advanced wealth transfer structures for high-net-worth individuals and closely held business owners. He regularly counsels clients on the tax considerations surrounding charitable giving, business succession, and the sale or transfer of privately held companies. His practice also includes trust and estate administration, where he guides trustees, executors, and beneficiaries through complex fiduciary responsibilities and post-death administration.

Working closely with accountants, financial advisors, family offices, and other trusted professionals, Tyler develops coordinated tax-efficient planning strategies tailored to each client’s personal, family, and business goals. He also represents clients in disputes and examinations involving the Internal Revenue Service and state and local taxing authorities. 

Outside of the office, Tyler enjoys hiking, fishing, cheering on the University of Kansas Jayhawks, and spending time with family and friends. 

Representative Experience

• Advises high-net-worth individuals, families, and business owners on sophisticated estate planning, wealth preservation, and multigenerational wealth transfer strategies.
• Designs and implements advanced estate planning structures, including intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs), spousal lifetime access trusts (SLATs), irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), charitable remainder trusts (CRTs), grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), and family limited partnerships.
• Counsels clients on the estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer (GST), and income tax implications of business succession planning, charitable giving, and the sale of closely held businesses.
• Advises trustees, executors, beneficiaries, and fiduciaries throughout trust and estate administration, including trust funding, modifications, mergers, decantings, terminations, probate administration, and ongoing fiduciary compliance.
• Collaborates with accountants, financial advisors, and family offices to develop integrated estate and tax planning strategies that align legal, financial, and investment objectives.
• Represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service and state and local taxing authorities in tax controversy matters and administrative disputes.
• Prepares and advises on federal fiduciary, estate, gift, nonprofit, and individual tax filings, including Forms 1041, 706, 709, 990, and related reporting requirements.
• Assists nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations with formation, governance, and tax-exempt status, including organizational documents and applications for federal tax exemption.
• Advises clients on premarital agreements and related financial planning considerations designed to preserve family wealth and protect individual assets.