S Corporations
C Corporations
Dental Corporations
Professional Corporations
California Corporations
Tennessee Corporations
Texas Corporations

A full-service business practice,
emphasizing small business start-ups,
professional practice sales and transitions,
corporate and business law and related tax issues,
real property, and estate planning.

Prompt and personalized service guaranteed.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES

Practice sales and transitions (dental, medical, veterinary) and related tax allocations; incorporations and corporate maintenance; expense sharing, shareholder, employment and association agreements; commercial and private lending; collections; and medical and dental office leases.

CORPORATE & BUSINESS LAW

Corporate and limited liability company formations, maintenance and securities registration exemptions; business sales; buyout, employment and independent contractor agreements; consumer and commercial collections; loan, lease, distribution, marketing, licensing, non-disclosure and other customer and supplier contracts; and pre-trial litigation, counseling and resolution of various civil law matters.

REAL PROPERTY LAW

Real property leases, sales, options and loans; road and utility system maintenance agreements, CC&Rs and grants of easements; and partnership and limited liability company formations.

ESTATE PLANNING

Living trusts, wills, insurance trusts, health care directives, powers of attorney, and gift and tax planning.

EDUCATION

USC Law School, J.D., 1984
  Top 20% Graduate
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1981
  Honors Program in Mathematics
  Golf Team

LICENSED

California, 1984
Texas, 2000
Tennessee, 2007
US Tax Court, 1989
US Supreme Court, 2009
California Broker, 1998

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

US Supreme Court Bar
California Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Santa Barbara County Bar Association
  Medical Legal Committee (Chair 1993-1997)

REFERENCES

California Practice Sales, Inc.
Ken Rubin Practice Sales, Inc.
Lee Skarin and Associates, Inc.
Practice Transition Partners, Inc.
Pacific Capital Bancorp, N.A.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Berti Spechler Sarmiento McKay and Co.
and many individual dentists, corporations, and other small businesses

PUBLICATIONS

Expert Fees for Treating Dentists, publication pending (2009)
Are you a Law.Pro? New Domain Extensions for Attorneys, publication pending (2009)
Corporate Formalities: Protect the Tax and Limited Liability Benefits of Your Incorporated Business; Staff Pick, Avvo Legal Guides (2010)
The Health Care Bill - S Corporations, Payroll Tax, Distributions, and Material Participation; Avvo Legal Guides (2010)
Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes; Staff Pick, Avvo Legal Guides (2009)
Top 10 Incorporation Mistakes; Staff Pick, Avvo Legal Guides (2009)
California Business Sales: When the Landlord Demands Part of the Sale Price; Avvo Legal Guides (2009)
Safely Choose a Tradename for Your Business; Avvo Legal Guides (2009)
Buyer and Seller Beware: Why You Need a Transition Attorney for your Dental Practice Transition, California Dental Association Journal (2008)
Compensation to Physicians Providing Medical Testimony or Records, Santa Barbara County Bar Association Journal (The Quibbler) (1996)
Post Medi-Cal Liens: Physician and Attorney Rights and Responsibilities, Santa Barbara County Bar Association Journal (The Quibbler) (1995)