PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

March 2017  To Present                      

 

Law Office of Lemoine Skinner III

San Francisco, California

Tax, corporate law, and trust administration.

 

February 2016 to March 2017                       

 

The Mitzel Group, LLP

 San Francisco, California

 Partner 

General corporate law and tax law. 

 

January 2014 to February 2016                            

 

FisherBroyles, LLP

Palo Alto and Los Angeles, California

 Partner

Tax and corporate law: corporate, partnership, and individual tax planning; international tax                                               planning; tax controversy work; and documentation of transactions for closely held                                                         businesses.  Complex estate planning and trust administration for wealthy families and                                                       individuals. 

 

April 2002 to December 2013                             

 

Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis

 A Professional Corporation

Los Angeles, California

Shareholder (January 2006 to December 2013)

 Of Counsel: (April 2002 to January 2006)

Tax and corporate law: corporate, partnership, and individual tax planning; international tax                                                planning; tax controversy work; and documentation of transactions for closely held                                                        businesses.  Complex estate planning and trust administration for wealthy families and                                                        individuals. 

 

April 2000 to April 2002                           

 

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 Professional Corporation

 Palo Alto, California

Of Counsel in Fund Services Group

Formation of venture capital and other investment funds; negotiation and documentation                                                     of transactions involving partnerships and limited liability companies; and related tax                                                           advice.

 

June 1983 to April 2000                               

 

Titchell, Maltzman, Mark & Ohleyer

 A Professional Corporation

 San Francisco, California

  Shareholder (August 1986 to April 2000)

  Associate (June 1983 to August 1986)

 Tax and corporate law: corporate, partnership, and individual tax planning; international                                                      tax planning; tax controversy work; and documentation of transactions for closely held                                                        businesses.  Complex estate planning for wealthy families and individuals.

 

February 1979 to August 1982                    

 

Guilfoil, Symington, Petzall & Shoemake

 St. Louis, Missouri

Associate: Business litigation and corporate law.

 

September 1975 to August 1978                    

 

Pettit, Evers & Martin

 San Francisco, California

 Associate: Insurance litigation.

 

August 1973 to August 1975                     

 

 Hullverson, Hullverson & Frank

 St. Louis, Missouri

 Associate: Personal injury litigation.

 

EDUCATION

 

New York University School of Law

LL.M. (Tax), 1983

 

 Hastings College of the Law

 University of California

 J.D., 1972

 Grade Point Average: 87.1 - Class Standing: 2 out of 453

  Academic Honors: Order of the Coif and Thurston Society

 

 Princeton University

 B.A. (History), 1966

 

CERTIFIED

SPECIALTY                        

 

Certified Specialist in Taxation (State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)

 

BAR ADMISSIONS            

 

California and Missouri

 

BAR COMMITTEES

 

September 1996 to December 2013                

 

Member, Business Law Section, State Bar of California

 (Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee: September 1996 to September 1998

(Chair of Limited Liability Companies Subcommittee: September 1997 to September 1998) and September 2000 to September 2003; Corporations Committee: September 2003 to 2007).

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

 

July 1981                             

 

Freelance journalism in Afghanistan.

 

October 1966 to September 1969                   

 

United States Army

 Academic Graduate from Officer Candidate School.

 Second lieutenant - commanding officer of a transportation company in Vietnam. First lieutenant                                       - deputy chief of the command operations center for Mobility Equipment Command in St. Louis, Missouri. 

Army Commendation Medal.

 

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