Payton joined Sandberg Phoenix in 2021 after her summer associate internship with the firm in 2020. She is a member of the firm's Business practice group. Payton focuses her practice in estate planning, including sophisticated tax strategies for higher net-worth clients, business formation, real estate with a focus on farmland and mineral interests, prenuptial agreements, estate and gift tax return preparation, estate and trust administration and special needs planning.
Payton is starting the Carver Project’s Legal Vocation Fellowship, a 15-month program for early-career attorneys seeking to integrate their Christian faith into the practice of law.
Outside of the office, Payton enjoys spending time with family and friends, disc golfing and cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs.
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Estate Planning Counsel of St. Louis
J.D., Washington University School of Law
LL.M. Taxation, Washington University School of Law
B.A. in History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Missouri
Illinois
“Changes in the Practice - Generationally and Post-Covid,” Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) Annual Short Course (2022)