Tony attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. After graduating from Grinnell, Tony worked in the Equities Futures and Options pits on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange before returning to St. Louis to attend the Washington University School of Law. After graduating from law school, Tony began his legal career in a trusts & estates and probate practice, before joining Edward Jones where he led the paralegal team, drafted and negotiated corporate contracts in the firm’s legal department, after which he then moved to the compliance department where he focused on high net worth clients and product partner relationships. At Edward Jones Tony earned the FINRA Series 7, 9, 10, 24, and 66 securities licenses. After Jones, Tony joined Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale as a Trusts & Estates associate. In 2019, Tony joined a real estate investment practice and several years later started his own trusts & estates and probate practice.