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10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400
Los Angeles, California 90024-3941 (Los Angeles Co.)
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 Free Initial Consultation  Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Goodson Wachtel and Petrulis, A Professional Corporation represents wealthy families and closely held companies in tax and estate planning and business transactions. Its practice is concentrated in tax law, including federal and state income tax, gift, estate, and generation skipping transfer tax, and property tax planning, trusts and estates law; and general corporate law for privately held corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. The Firm has achieved the highest rating in Martindale-Hubbell for ethical standard and legal ability and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Statement of PracticeTax, Trusts and Estates, Estate Planning, Business Transactions, General Corporate Law, Real Estate, Trust and Estate Litigation. Year Established: 1973
Firm Size: 3
Representative Clients:Union Bank (Beverly Hills Regional Head Office)
Ansbacher Limited (Cayman, B.W.I.)
Asiati Trust Pacific Limited-Cook Islands
BNY Mellon, NA.
Rate InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards
Address10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90024-3941, (Los Angeles Co.)
PhonePhone: 818-465-9469
Facsimile: 310-208-8582
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Website
http://www.gwtaxlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Edward W. Wachtel (Member) born San Bernardino, California, February 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, California; 1974, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court. Education: University of California at Los Angeles and California State University at San Diego (B.S., in Accounting, 1970); University of San Diego (J.D., cum laude, 1973); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1974). Managing Editor, University of San Diego Law Review, 1973. Law Clerk to Judge William A. Goffe, U.S. Tax Court, 1974-1976. Author/Lecturer: "The Expanded Use of ESOPs and ERTA 81: PAYSOP, Flexible ERTA LESPs and Re-emergence of the Prohibited Group String," Twelfth Annual Employee Benefits Institute, Practicing Law Institute, 1982; "The Corporate Recapitalization Process," California State University at Los Angeles, Eleventh Institute of Taxation and Ninth Estate Planning Institute, 1984; "Value Shifting: Maximizing or Avoiding Minority Discounts and the Corporate Recapitalization Process," California State University at Los Angeles, Eighth Annual Estate Planning Institute, 1983; "Updating Qualified Plans after TEFRA," California State University at Los Angeles, Seventh Annual Advance Institute on Taxation, 1982; "ESOPs and ESOPs: Asset and Stock Acquisition Financing Techniques," California State University at Los Angeles Eighth Annual Institute on Taxation, 1981; "Alternate Valuation Date for Estates," 61 American Bar Association Journal 1136, 1975; "David Meets Goliath in the Legislative Arena: A Losing Battle for an Equal Charitable Voice?" 9 San Diego Law Review 944, 1972. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation and Real Property; Probate and Trust Law; Committee on ERISA, 1985) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Tax Planning; Tax Controversies; Estate Planning; ERISA; Business Acquisitions and Dispositions; Real Estate Structuring; Property Tax Matters; Corporate and Partnership Transactions.Email: Edward W. Wachtel
Kenneth G. Petrulis (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, February 10, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, California. Education: Illinois Institute of Technology (B.S., Physics, 1967); University of Illinois (J.D., 1973). Author: CEB California, California Estate Planning Practice, Ch. 6, Revocable Trusts (2002); CEB California, Revocable Trusts, 4th Ed. Ch. 6, Terminating Events; "Executors at Odds with Beneficiaries: Anomalies and Strategies in California Creditors' Claim Statutes," 5 California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, No. 4 at p. 27 (State Bar of California, 1999); "Medicaid Eligibility - A Pitch for Morality," San Mateo County Bar Association Magazine, June/July 1993; "Joint Tenancy, a Mere Form of Title," State Bar of California, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate News, No. 4, at p. 8 (1992). Speaker: State Bar of California Continuing Legal Education of the Bar Programs on Fundamentals of Probate Estate Administration; Estate planning for the Blended Family; Antidotes for Estate Planning Scams, Botched Trusts and Other Disasters. Member: Beverly Hills Bar Association (Past President); Beverly Hills Bar Foundation (Past President); State Bar of California (Commissioner, Estate Probate Law Advisory Commission). [LTJG, USNR, 1969-1971]. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Wills; Trust Law; Probate; Conservatorship; Trust Litigation; Estate Litigation.Email: Kenneth G. Petrulis
Lemoine Skinner III (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, July 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, California and Missouri. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1966); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Order of the Coif. Member, Thurston Society. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California (Member, Business Law Section, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee, 1996-1998, 2000-2003; Corporations Committee, 2003-2007); The Missouri Bar. (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Tax; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estate Planning; Business Law.Email: Lemoine Skinner III
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