SHAREHOLDERS
Louis A. Reisman (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, January 3, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Illinois; 1972, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S. with honors, 1967); Northwestern University (J.D., 1970). Phi Alpha Delta. President, Julius H. Miner Moot Court Board. Author: "Pension Rules and Probate Practice - The New Rules and Aggravation," USC Probate and Trust Conference, 1987. Certified Public Accountant: Illinois, 1967; California, 1973. Faculty Member, UCLA Extension, 1975-2002. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Business.Email: Louis A. Reisman
Sussan H. Shore (Managing Director) born Alingsas, Sweden, August 18, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1977, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude, 1973) Loyola University (J.D., 1976). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2009. Selected, Super Lawyer, 2004-2009 and Top 50 Female Attorneys in Southern California. Co-Author: "Outright Non-Charitable Gifts," California Will Drafting Practice, Third Ed. California Continuing Education of the Bar. "Grantor Income Trusts - A New Tool to Save Estate Taxes," Trust & Tax Forum - TSA, 1985; "Recent Developments in Tax Practice," Continuing Education of the Bar, 1984, 1985; "Minimizing the Impact of `Ballooning Q-tip'," USC School of Law, Fifty-Third Institute on Federal Taxation, Major Tax Planning, 2001. Faculty Member, Estate Planning, UCLA Extension 1982. Member: Planning Committee for USC Probate and Trust Conference; Beverly Hills Estate Planning Council. Member: Beverly Hills (Chairman, Probate and Trust Committee, 1985-1986), Los Angeles County (Chairman, Trusts and Estates Section, 1994-1995) and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Certified Specialist, Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate and Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Estate and Trust Litigation.Email: Sussan H. Shore
Martin A. Neumann (Shareholder) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 29, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978; J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax - Two Years Later--Coping with Technical Corrections," 47 NYU Inst. on Federal Taxation. Co-Author: "Outright NonCharitable Gifts," California Will Drafting Practice, 3rd ed., California Continuing Education of the Bar; "Planning an Estate," 4th Edition (West, 2002). Speaker, "Estate Planning for Larger Estates," USC Tax Institute, 1990. "Estate Freezes Outside of Chapter 14" 52nd New York Institute on Federal Taxation. Lecturer, USC Probate and Trust Conference, 1997 and 2002. Faculty Member, Beginning and Advanced Estate Planning, UCLA Extension, 1987. Member: Beverly Hills and Century City (Chair, Estate Planning Section, 1990-1991) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Business.Email: Martin A. Neumann
Gary M. Borofsky (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, May 28, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 1966; M.S., 1967; J.D., 1970). Beta Gamma Sigma. Selected, Super Lawyer, 2004-2005, 2007-2009. Co-Author: "How to Handle the Deduction for Amortization of Customer Lists," Prentice Hall Tax Ideas Service, April 1979. Member: Beverly Hills (Member, Committees on: Probate and Trust Law, 1971; Taxation, 1971; Chair, 1976-1977, Law Practice Management Committee); Los Angeles County and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Corporate; Business; Tax; Estate Planning; Probate/Trusts.Email: Gary M. Borofsky
M. Neil Solarz (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, December 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, California; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of San Francisco (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu. Member, McAuliffe Honor Society. Selected, Super Lawyer, 2004-2008. Faculty Member, Estate and Gift Taxation, 1998 and Estate Planning, 2003, UCLA Extension. Frequent lecturer, National Business Institute, USC Probate and Trust Conference and numerous programs in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration. Member: State Bar of California; Beverly Hills Bar Association. (Certified specialist, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate/Trusts.Email: M. Neil Solarz
Robert E. Strauss (Shareholder) born Modesto, California, February 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1986); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1990). Faculty Member, Advanced Estate Planning, UCLA Extension, 2004. President, Los Angeles Estate Counselors Forum, 2001-2002. Member: Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate; Business; Tax.Email: Robert E. Strauss
Blake A. Rummel (Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, California; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1987); Southwestern University, School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Beverly Hills Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, Trusts and Estates Section; Chair, 2004-2005); Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Trusts and Estates); State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Probate; Trusts.Email: Blake A. Rummel
Jonathan S. Forster (Shareholder) born Los Angeles, California, November 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Central Districts of California. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Transactions; Corporate; Tax Planning; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Jonathan S. Forster
OF COUNSEL
Harold Weinstock (Of Counsel) born Stamford, Connecticut, November 30, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Connecticut; 1951, Illinois; 1953, U.S. Tax Court; 1955, U.S. Supreme Court; 1958, California. Education: New York University (B.S., 1947); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1950). Recipient, Arthur K. Marshall Award For Outstanding Contribution in Trust and Estate Law, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1996. Selected, Super Lawyer, 2004. Author: Planning an Estate A Guidebook of Principles and Techniques, The West Group, 4th ed., 1995 (Supplemented annually, numerous articles). Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1950-1952. Special Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1952-1956. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: Beverly Hills (Chair, Probate and Trust Committee, 1967-1968), Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Taxation.Email: Harold Weinstock
SENIOR ASSOCIATES
Renee Wittlif (Senior Attorney) born Palestine, Texas; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Houston Baptist University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1985); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1988); Golden Gate University (LL.M., Taxation, with honors, 2001). Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1994. Co-Author, "A New Script for Depreciating Films and Television Series," Los Angeles Lawyer, Vol. 21, No. 2, April 1998. Member: Los Angeles and Houston Bar Associations; State Bar of California; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Estate Planning.Email: Renee Wittlif
Susan Abraham (Senior Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, March 12, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, California; 1987, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: Indiana University (B.S. with highest distinction, 1979); University of Denver (M.S., 1980); University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1986). Order of the Coif. Distinguished Advocate, Moot Court Competition. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in: Wills & Trusts; Legal Professions. Member: Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Probate Law.Email: Susan Abraham
ASSOCIATES
Adam L. Streltzer (Associate) born Columbus, Ohio, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Tax Court. Education: San Diego State University (B.A., 1991); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, (J.D., 1994). Member: State Bar of California (Member, Trusts and Estates, Litigation, and Business Law Sections); Beverly Hills Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Commercial Law League of America. Practice Areas: Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Conservatorship; Business Litigation; State and Federal Courts; Collections; Creditors Rights; Enforcement of Judgments; Corporate Law; Business Transactions.Email: Adam L. Streltzer
Willow A. Mc Jilton (Associate) born Torrance, California, July 25, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., 1998); University of California School of Law, Los Angeles (J.D., 2003). General Editor, Women's Law Journal. Editor-in-Chief, The Docket, Law School Newspaper. Former Associate: Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenmann; Snell & Wilmer. Instructor, Department of Business, Management and Legal Programs, UCLA Extension. Member: Beverly Hills (Section Chair 2009 and Member, Trusts and Estates Section), Los Angeles and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Trust Administration; Probate.Email: Willow A. Mc Jilton
Ann Michael (Associate) born Bartlesville, Oklahoma; admitted to bar, 1992, Oklahoma; 1993, Illinois; 1994, California. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., 1982); Oklahoma City University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Will and Trust I; Agency and Partnerships; Corporations Administrative Law. Member: Oklahoma and Illinois State Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Beverly Hills Bar Association. Practice Areas: Probate; Trust Administration; Estate Planning.