Grant P. Huerter
Wamego,Kansas
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Attorney
Pugh & Pugh Attorneys at Law, P.A.
Wamego, Kansas
09.2025 - Current
- Reviewed and negotiated real estate contracts, including leases and agreements, to ensure favorable terms for clients.
- Analyzed contract terms to identify risks and modified language, enhancing client protection and minimizing liability.
- Structured IRC § 1031 exchanges and managed transactions from contract initiation to closing.
- Drafted estate planning documents, including wills, trusts, and powers of attorney.
- Administered probate matters, managing estates and filing petitions to facilitate timely resolution of claims.
- Formed business entities and drafted operating agreements and shareholder agreements.
- Advised clients on business succession planning and governance decisions.
- Represented clients in mergers by conducting due diligence and drafting transaction documents.
Assistant City Prosecutor/Assistant City Attorney
City of Wamego
Wamego, Kansas
09.2025 - Current
- Prosecute misdemeanors, municipal ordinance violations, traffic offenses in Municipal Court, including arraignments, bench trials, plea negotiations, and diversion agreements
- Reviewed police reports and citations, evaluated evidence, determined charges, and drafted and filed complaints to advance prosecution efforts
- Attended court for arraignments, hearings, bench trials, and sentencing, ensuring due process and representation for the city
- Advise law enforcement and city officials on municipal and state law, ordinance interpretation, evidence gathering, and case investigations
Attorney
Tallgrass Title, LLC
Wamego, Kansas
09.2023 - Current
- Reviewed purchase contracts, amendments, and deeds for legal sufficiency and compliance with Kansas real estate law, ensuring secure transactions.
- Examined chains of title and reviewed title commitments and policies.
- Identified and analyzed gaps, clouds, liens, judgments, unpaid taxes, and encumbrances.
- Provided legal guidance and communicated with underwriters on complex title issues.
- Resolved title defects, ownership disputes, heirship issues, and clouds on title, safeguarding client interests and enabling successful property transfers.
- Supervised residential and commercial closings to ensure compliance with Kansas real estate law.
- Drafted FSBO agreements and closing documents to facilitate transactions, streamlining the closing process.
- Prepared settlement statements, ensuring all legal requirements were met for closing.
Law Clerk
Pugh & Pugh Attorneys at Law, P.A.
Wamego, Kansas
09.2023 - 08.2025
- Meet with clients to assess estate planning needs and draft planning documents including revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and advance directives
- Handle probate and trust administration matters, including opening and administering decedents’ estates, filing petitions, resolving creditor claims, distributing assets, and advising trustees and Executors on fiduciary obligations and administration
- Drafted, reviewed, and negotiated contracts for real estate, business, and asset transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, commercial and residential leases, easements, and service agreements; analyzed contract terms, identified risks, and modified language to safeguard client interests; structured IRC § 1031 tax-deferred exchanges and managed transactions from contract through closing
- Formed business entities; drafted operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, shareholder agreements, and corporate resolutions; advised clients on business decisions, succession planning, and governance; represented clients in mergers, acquisitions, and asset sales, including drafting transaction documents and conducting due diligence
Summer Associate
Gates Westering, LLC
Kansas City, Missouri
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Drafted answers, responses, interrogatories, and requests for production to support insurance defense cases
- Collaborated with supervising attorney to write legal memos and investigate case materials for effective discovery
- Researched legal issues pertaining to insurance defense, personal injury, and wrongful death claims to inform case strategy
Marketing Coordinator & Transportation Logistics Manager
Central RV
Ottawa, Kansas
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Managed company social media platforms and developed advertisement campaigns that enhanced brand visibility
- Analyzed market research and designed marketing strategies that aligned with target audience needs
- Coordinated incoming and outgoing shipments of recreational vehicles and boats to ensure timely delivery
Education
Juris Doctor -
Washburn University School of Law
Topeka, Kansas05-2025
Bachelor of Criminal Justice - Minor in Legal Studies
Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas12-2021
Skills
- Client representation
- Contract negotiation
- Estate planning
- Legal research
- Risk analysis
- Case management
Volunteer Experience
- Missouri Public Defenders, Liberty Trial Office, 2023
- Childcare Volunteer in Kibera, Kenya, 2018
- Due West Therapeutic Riding Center, 2017-2018
- Lake View Nursing Home, 2015-2016
Timeline
Associate Attorney
Pugh & Pugh Attorneys at Law, P.A.
09.2025 - Current
Assistant City Prosecutor/Assistant City Attorney
City of Wamego
09.2025 - Current
Attorney
Tallgrass Title, LLC
09.2023 - Current
Law Clerk
Pugh & Pugh Attorneys at Law, P.A.
09.2023 - 08.2025
Summer Associate
Gates Westering, LLC
05.2023 - 08.2023
Marketing Coordinator & Transportation Logistics Manager
Central RV
02.2022 - 08.2022
Juris Doctor -
Washburn University School of Law
Bachelor of Criminal Justice - Minor in Legal Studies
Washburn University