Tom Ray

President
Ray Law Offices

Thomas J. Ray, Jr. is the founder and president of Ray Law Offices, P.C. in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been an attorney for nearly 30 years and limits his practice to estate and charitable tax planning. Tom is a member of the Missouri and Oklahoma Bars. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Oklahoma City University. From 1986 to 1992, Tom was a planned giving officer for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri.

Tom is a leading authority on charitable tax planning and author of an 840 page treatise, 'Charitable Gift Planning - A Practical Guide for the Estate Planner,' published by the American Bar Association and now in its second edition. He is also the author of two privately published technical training manuals for attorneys on Charitable Remainder Trusts and Charitable Lead Trusts, Private Foundations and Supporting Organizations.

Tom is a founder and principal of WealthCounsel, LLC, and is the principal draftsperson for the WealthDocs® charitable module. He is also a principal for Planned Giving Concepts, Inc., a charitable trust administration company.