James R. Angell

Agribusiness. Jim's agribusiness practice runs the full length of the industry. At the high end, he serves as counsel to large corporate agribusiness clients, including agricultural processors, biofuels and renewable energy producers, and the many companies that serve agriculture, advising them on transactions, governance, and the complex regulatory environment they operate in. He also represents family farms and ranches, where the focus stays on keeping the operation strong and in the family.

Trusts and estates. Jim advises high-net-worth individuals, farmers, and ranchers on estate, tax, and succession planning. His focus is protecting what a family has built and making sure the operation passes to the next generation intact. In his experience, the hardest part of succession is rarely the tax. It is the conversation.

Banking and commercial finance. Jim represents financial institutions in commercial finance, asset-based lending, and agricultural lending on both sides of the transaction. He guides banks through creditors' rights matters, debt restructuring, and commercial foreclosure, and he regularly advises bank trust departments on their fiduciary and trust administration matters. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Bank of Tescott, a Kansas community bank with more than half a billion dollars in assets, which gives him a lender's perspective on every deal he handles.