T. Jack Challis is a 1972 honors graduate of St. Louis University School of Law and a 1969 graduate of Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Challis served as Law Clerk to the Honorable John E. Bardgett, Supreme Court of Missouri. Mr. Challis has been Chairman of Enterprise Trust, the trust division of Enterprise Bank, Clayton, Missouri. He has been a principal in the Wealth Preservation Group of the St. Louis County law firm of Suelthaus & Walsh, P.C. and was a founding partner of Nichols & Challis law firm. He is currently a Shareholder and Vice-Chair of the Wealth Planning Group of the Polsinelli law firm in its Clayton, Missouri office.
Mr. Challis has served as Chair of the Probate and Trust Section of the Bar Association of St. Louis and as Chair of The Missouri Bar Probate and Trust Law Committee. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Estate Planning Council of St. Louis. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers. Mr. Challis has been an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at Saint Louis University. He has been appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court to serve as General Chair of the Region X Disciplinary Committee, Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel (OCDC). Mr. Challis was elected a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in 1988 and has served as Missouri State Chair for the College. He is also a member of the College’s Fiduciary Litigation Committee and State Laws Committee. |
