The town
around the university.

Webster Groves’s population is around 24,000 year-round, but Webster University adds a student population on top of that, much of it in apartments and rental houses inside city limits. The cases that come out of that population often involve a first-time interaction with the criminal or municipal court system — a careless-driving charge after a fender-bender, an MIP at a house party, a DWI on the way home from an Old Orchard restaurant. For an eighteen-to-twenty-three-year-old, even a minor charge that goes on the record can affect graduate-school applications, professional licensing, and federal background checks years later. Our job is to keep those records clean.

On the family side, Webster has one of the steadiest long-term resident populations in the inner ring. Estate plans we draft for Webster households often handle a primary residence in the $400K–$900K range, a 401(k) and IRA mix, and adult children scattered across the country. A revocable living trust paired with beneficiary designations on the retirement accounts handles most of these families cleanly.

Opening questions for a Webster Groves call: for student matters, whether the charge is going through municipal court or has been formally filed by the county prosecutor, whether the school has been notified, and whether any plea has been entered. Early answers usually preserve the most options — including the diversion programs that keep records clean.

A twenty-year-old’s first court date is rarely the last conversation we have with that family. Webster clients tend to call back — for a home purchase, a marriage, a will, a parent’s estate.