Stephen G. Newman is a shareholder of Newman, Comley & Ruth P.C. His practice emphasizes estate planning, trust settlement and probate administration. He also handles administrative regulatory work for members of the motor carrier industry before federal and state agencies.  He also provides business law services.

Mr. Newman is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Missouri Bar and the Cole County Bar Association. He is also a member of Wealth Counsel, LLC, the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the ABA, and the Probate and Trust Law Committee of the Missouri Bar. He started the Cole County Estate Planning and Financial Advisors Council which regularly meets to discuss current estate and financial planning issues.

A recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award in 1991, Mr. Newman was named Rotarian of the Year for 1994. He served on the Jefferson City Board of Education from 1996-2005, and was President from 1999-2000. He is a past chair and member of the Planned Giving Committee of the Capital Region Medical Center Foundation.  He is a lifetime member of the Board of Governors for Capital Region Medical Center. 

Mr. Newman donated his legal services to establish the Jefferson City Public Schools Foundation in 1998 and has served on the board of directors and chairman of the endowment fund since the Foundation's inception.  He was elected foundation President on June 27, 2006.  He also donated his legal services to establish the First United Methodist Church Foundation, served on its board of directors since its inception in 1998 to 2004 and served as president of the Foundation from 2002-2004.  He donated his legal services to establish the Jefferson City Rotary Club Local Community Foundation in 1991, and served on the board of directors as President.

Mr. Newman was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1954 and has been a resident of Jefferson City most of his life. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from Missouri University in Columbia, graduating summa cum laude. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his juris doctor in 1980 from Missouri University in Columbia. He and his wife have three children.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Guardianship and Conservatorship
• Trust Settlement
• Probate Administration
• Motor Carrier Transportation Law
• Business Law

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1981
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1981

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri
  J.D.
  
  
• Missouri University, Columbia, MO, USA
  B.A.
  Honors: Summa Cum Laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Honors: Dean's List - 8 Semesters
  Major: Political Science
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Estate Planning, Cole County Bar Association, 2000
• Planning Opportunities for Insurance and Financial Advisors, Jefferson City, Missouri Chapter of Association of Life Insurance and Financial Advisors, 2000
• Charitable Planning Forum, Moniteau County, 2001
• Missouri School Board Association Annual Conference, Lake Ozarks, Missouri, "Creating a Public School Foundation: Best First Steps", October 21, 2005
• Missouri School Board Association Annual Conference, Lake Ozarks, Missouri, "Growing a Public School Foundation: Best Next Steps", October 21, 2005
• National School Foundation's Inaugural Conference on K-12 Education Foundations, Chicago, Illinois, "I Wish That We Had Known These Things 8 Years Ago", April 7, 2006
• Missouri Association of School Administrators Spring Conference, Lake Ozark, Missouri, "Benefits of Establishing a School Foundation and How to Do It", April 10, 2006
• Missouri Association of School Administrators Spring Conference, Lake Ozark, Missouri, "Schoo.l Foundations - Get One Started", April 12, 2007

Honors and Awards

• Rotarian of the Year from Jefferson City, Missouri Rotary Club, 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Rotary, 1985 - Present
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• American Bar Association, 1981 - Present
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• Missouri Bar, 1981 - Present
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• Cole County Bar Association, 1981 - Present
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• Wealth Counsel, LLC, 2003 - Present
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• Transportation Lawyers Association, 1987 - Present
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Past Employment Positions

• Brydon, Swearengen & England, 1980 - 1993

Pro Bono Activities

• Jefferson City Public Schools Foundation
• Capital Region Medical Center, Board of Governors
• Cole County Estate Planning and Financial Advisors Council

Birth Information

• 1954, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America