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Burton A. Mitchell

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Partner
Assistant Managing Partner
BAM@JMBM.com
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Los Angeles

1900 Avenue of the Stars,
7th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067

Main: 310.203.8080
Direct: 310.201.3562
Fax: 310.712.8562
Lori Miyagawa
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Main BioPersonal Bio

As chair of the Firm's Taxation and Trusts & Estates Groups, Burton Mitchell's practice, spanning more than 25 years, focuses on taxation, estate planning, trust law and administration, non-profit entities, asset preservation and tax-effective financial planning within the family.

Burton generally represents individuals, closely-held businesses, institutional trustees, partnerships, limited liability companies, entrepreneurs and other professionals.

Burton's relevant experience includes: estate planning, trust administration, probate and summary probate proceedings, estate tax returns and related tax matters; litigation and resolution of disputes involving wills, trusts and other testamentary instruments; family gifting, partnerships, limited liability companies, children's trusts and life insurance trusts; closely-held corporations, including formation, mergers and acquisitions, liquidations, redemptions, workouts and reorganizations; taxation of patent transfers; formation of and counsel to private foundations and other non-profit entities.

Education

LL.M., Taxation, 1978, New York University School of Law

J.D., 1977, Georgetown University

CPA, 1975, Maryland

B.B.A., 1974, summa cum laude, City University of New York at Baruch College

PracticesTaxation, Trusts & Estates, Family Office, Trust & Estate Litigation, Patent Litigation Group

Associations
  • State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, Taxation Law, 1984
  • American Bar Association
Awards &
Recognition
  • Recognized in Los Angeles Times Magazine: Southern California's Best Lawyers 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® 2008, 2012 
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating
  • Honoree, "Who's Who in LA Law—The Best of the Bar, The Standout Lawyer for Trusts and Estates," Los Angeles Business Journal, August 20, 2007
  • Bylined article in the American Bar Association Journal 565 cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Powell's dissent in Dickman v Commissioner
  • Recognized as one of Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California's Best Lawyers, 2012
Speaking
Engagements
  • Instructor, Continuing Professional Education programs for Certified Public Accountants
  • Instructor, "What Every California Accountant Should Know About Estate Planning"
  • Instructor, "Beyond Living Trusts: Estate Planning Through Family Partnerships, Life Insurance Trusts and Split-Interest Gifts," "'C' versus 'S' Corporations"
  • Instructor, "Emerging Trends in the Tax Law (1998-99): What Every California Accountant Should Know"
Bar Admissions

State Bar of California

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

U.S. Tax Court

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court, Central District of California

JMBM Events
03/16/11LA County Bar Executive Committee Program: IP Issues in Transactional Matters - The top ten pitfalls in dealing with patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and license assets in corporate transactions
07/15/10JMBM's Corporate Counsel Roundtable: When Management Asks You About Their Estate Planning, Will You Be Prepared?
 
Speaking
Engagements
08/25/11 Appraisal Institute: IRS Valuation Summit 2011
08/24/10IRS Valuation Summit
 
Articles
12/02/11California Trusts and Estates Quarterly: To Bypass or Not Bypass, That is the Question: Using a Formula General Power of Appointment Clause to Address New Estate Planning Uncertainties
10/14/11Elite Advisor Forum: Top 10 Estate Planning Mistakes--Part 2
09/16/11Elite Advisor Forum: Top Ten Wealth Planning Mistakes--Part 1 of 2
Newsletters
10/28/11JMBM Tax Newsletter Fall 2011
05/02/11JMBM Tax Newsletter Spring 2011
06/01/08JMBM Tax Newsletter Summer 2008
 
Media Mentions
12/20/10Commercial Lending Litigation News: New Secretary of the State Bar of California's Financial Institutions Committee
11/28/10Los Angeles Times: Money Talk
08/09/10Los Angeles Business Journal: New Name Partner
Press Releases
07/30/10Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP Changes Its Name to Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
 

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