Top Rated Tax Attorney in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified by the State Bar of California as a Specialist in Taxation
• Certified Public Accountant

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, San Bernardino County Bar Association
• Member, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of California

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Member, Chamber of Commerce for Rancho Cucamonga

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Judgement for over $17 million against defendants for fraud, RICO, professional negligence, unfair competition, and untrue/misleading advertising, 2017
• Judgment in U.S. Tax Court in favor of taxpayer corporation over a two-year intense audit finding no deficiencies in income tax due, as alleged by the IRS, 2017
• Settlement with two national retail stores for premises liability cases, 2017
• Settlement at the IRS Office of Appeals, ending a two-year intensely contested audit of a taxpayer and its spouse, and approximately 15 corporations owned by the taxpayer--resulting in no additional taxes to be paid, 2017
• Judgment in U.S. Tax Court in favor of taxpayer, resulting in a finding that not only was no tax liability due as alleged by the IRS (e.g., "no deficiency in income tax"), but also a finding that a refund was due to the taxpayer by the IRS, 2014
• Settlement with a prominent university for a case involving gender discrimination, 2013
• Settlement with a governmental entity for a case involving civil rights (excessive use of force)

Transactions:

• Represented client in juvenile dependency court, facing an "e" charge (i.e., intentional child abuse with the county alleging fear the child would be killed--resulting in an alleged subdural hemorrhage, four fractured ribs, and an alleged multiple acts of vicious battery to the face of the six-month old child). Put differently, the county was attempting to permanently take the client's six-month old child--with no interest whatsoever in a negotiated settlement to return the child to the client at any point in the future. Despite having no expert available due to limited funds (where an expert was desperately needed), the (e) charge was nevertheless defeated on the basis of a thorough and compltely destructive annihilation of the government's medical doctor expert, with a pediatric specialty and a child abuse sub-specialty. No lawyer had won on an "e" charge in that courtoom for at least five years according to reports, and many juvenile dependency lawyers have never even heard of defeating an "e" charge--but the "e" charge was defeated and the Court set forth directives for reunification of the child with client., 2017
• Represented client accused of driving under the influence, however, after securing the police video and analyzing the police reports--noted major discrepancies undermining the police officer's credibility--the prosecutor agreed to reduce the charge to a traffic violation/infraction. This was particularly important as the client was a legal resident that potentially could have faced substantial immigration problems--which were altogether averted by the reduction of charges to a mere infraction., 2017
• Represented client in a case where the county took the client's real estate property in a tax sale alleging the client owed property taxes. After filing lawsuit against the county, the new purchaser of the property in the tax sale, and numerous agents of the county, including two consecutive tax assessors--the new purchaser acquiesced and agreed to return the property for a relatively small amount of money--while the county also acquiesced and agreed to pay the client various sums to avoid continued litigation., 2017
• Represented client in state criminal court accused of conspiracy to commit murder, with the result being the complete dropping of all charges by the prosecution., 2017

Educational Background:

• New York University School of Law (NYU), Master’s Degree in Law, Major: Tax Law
• Northwestern University School of Law, Juris Doctor, Major: Law
• The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., with highest honors (summa cum laude), Major: Anthropology
• The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), B.A., Major: History
• The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), B.A., Major: Economics