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Mr. Matthew Gordon Brown
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Mr. Matthew Gordon Brown

5.0
16 reviews

40 Pacifica, 15th Floor, Irvine, CA 92618

Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Tax Exempt Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations Law and 13 more

About Mr. Matthew Gordon Brown

Matt Brown is a partner with the Orange County, California law firm of Brown & Streza LLP. Matt heads the firm’s Tax, Trusts, & Estates Group and its Ultra-High-Net-Worth subgroup. He represents business owners and philanthropists in personal planning, business succession planning, and charitable planning. Matt is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a former adjunct professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law.

Matt is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and has been included in the Top 50: Orange County Super Lawyers list every year since 2016.Matt has been quoted twice in the Wall Street Journal, twice in the Orange County Register, and in various other publications. Matt is also a frequent speaker and a published author on advanced estate planning, business succession, tax and philanthropy topics.

Matt earned his undergraduate degree in Agricultural and Managerial Economics from the University of California at Davis and his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, where he was a member of the Southern Methodist University Law Review.

Matt lives in Ladera Ranch, California with his wife, Julie, and their four children: Michael, Ryan, Kevin, and Cassidy. The entire family attends Crossline Community Church in Laguna Hills, California.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
  • Trusts and Estates 2
    • Charitable Giving
    • Estate Planning
  • Other 13
    • Tax Exempt Organizations
    • Nonprofit Organizations Law
    • Nonprofit Tax Law
    • Private Foundations
    • Public Charities
    • Charitable Trusts and Foundations
    • Religious Corporation Tax
    • Religious Nonprofit Corporation Law
    • Living Trusts
    • Estate Tax Controversy
    • Estate Freeze Techniques
    • Entity Planning
    • Asset Protection Planning

Practice Details

  • Languages
    English
  • Payment Information
    Payment & Cost Features
    Free initial consultation
  • Video Calls
    Offers Video Calls
    Video Call Options
    Zoom
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Brown & Streza, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Transactions
    Structured $100 Million gift of closely held stock to charitable remainder trust to defer taxation on sale proceeds from $205 Million business sale; Structured $200 Million gift of closely held stock to a private foundation, successfully avoiding excess business holdings challenges; Structured tax-deferred $100 Million business sale by implementing complex multi-tiered partnership structure; Converted for-profit nursing home into nonprofit corporation using tax-exempt housing bonds; Created multi-tiered partnership holding company structure designed to split royalty income of a renowned author among the author, a charitable remainder trust, and a supporting organization while avoiding assignment of income issues; Converted $12 Million S-Corporation into nonprofit publishing company, avoiding liquidation tax, minimizing UBIT during conversion period, and ultimately eliminating UBIT entirely; Converted $32 Million C-Corporation into nonprofit publishing company, avoiding liquidation tax and ultimately eliminating all corporate level taxes; Structured private foundation's investment in foreign for-profit bank designed to provide microenterprise lending to the poor as a program-related-investment instead of a taxable expenditure or jeopardizing investment; Structured supporting organization designed to secure government financing for renovation of distressed housing with profits going to local charities; Created supporting organization subsidiary of a national community foundation to accept and direct international gifts; Created supporting organization subsidiary of a national community foundation to accept and direct gifts of real property
  • Additional Links
    https://www.brownandstreza.com/ https://www.brownandstreza.com

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1999, Texas
    2003, California
    Memberships
    American Bar Association (Member)
    California Bar Association (Member)
    Texas Bar Association (Inactive)
    College of the State Bar of Texas (Member)
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Southern Methodist University
    Class of 1999
    J.D.
    cum laude
    Other Education
    University of California at Davis
    Class of 1996
    B.S.
    Legal Certifications
    Certified Specialist, Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

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Partner at Brown & Streza, LLP
5.0
16 reviews

40 Pacifica, 15th FloorIrvine, CA 92618U.S.A.

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    Yes, Mr. Matthew Gordon Brown is admitted to practice in California and Texas.
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    Mr. Matthew Gordon Brown attended Southern Methodist University.

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