The POWER List: Jayne Corley

Staff Report//April 25, 2022//

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Stock Legal, St. Louis

Jayne Corley has minimized risk in estate plans for more than 30 years.

Before Corley earned her law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1988, she was a senior tax manager at Ernst & Young for seven years. Armed with her accounting background after graduation, she worked as an associate with Lewis, Rice & Fingersh in its estate planning department.

She opened The Corley Law Firm in Creve Coeur and ran it for 21 years. In 2019, it merged with Stock Legal and Corley joined the firm as of counsel.

She assists clients from start to finish of the estate planning life cycle, from the initial plan and later adjustments, due to changes in life circumstances, assets and the law, to the administration of trusts and estates after death.

People look to Corley to reduce the risk of their plans and prevent escalation to court. A licensed Certified Public Accountant in Missouri, she also helps minimize income taxes and wealth transfer taxes.

Corley is a member of Wealth Counsel, the St. Louis Estate Planning Council and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys.

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