Attorneys

Mark J. Phillips Goldfarb, Sturman & Averbach 15760 Ventura Boulevard Suite 1900 Encino, CA 91436

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Areas Of Practice:

Taxation

Estate Planning

Probate and Trust Administration

Probate, Wills and Trust Litigation

Certifications/Specialties:

Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, State Bar of California

Bar Admissions:

California, 1980

U.S. Tax Court, 1981

U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1982

Education:

New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1980

LL.M., Taxation

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1979

J.D.

University of California at Los Angeles, 1976

B.A.

Honors: cum laude

Published Works:

'Estate Planning for Non-Resident Aliens', The Practical Lawyer, 1984

 

'Vanishing Holding Requirements: Like-Kind Exchanges After Magneson, Bolker and the Tax Reform Act of 1984', California State Bar Tax Section News, 1985

 

'History and the Law: Judicial Process and the King's Writ ', Northrup University Law Journal of Aerospace, Business and Taxation, 1986

 

'New Restrictions on Attorney Fees in Conservatorships, Trusts and Estates, and Donative Transfers to Drafters (AB21)', CEB Estate Planning & California Probate Reporter, 1993

 

'Families in Transition: California Continues to Grapple with the Inheritance Rights of Stepchildren', California CEB Estate Planning, Trust & Probate News, Spring, 1994

 

'Substantiation Rules for Charitable Gifts', Philanthropy Alert, 2000

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Adjunct Professor of Law, Wills and Trusts, University of La Verne, San Fernando Valley College of Law, 1986 - 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1987

Judge Pro Tem

 

State Bar of California

Member

 

San Fernando Valley Bar Association

Member

 

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Section on Trusts and Estates, 1994 - 1997

Executive Committee

 

San Fernando Valley Estate Planning Council, 1991 - 2000

Board of Directors

 

San Fernando Valley Estate Planning Council, 1996 - 1997

President

 

Jewish National Fund, 1987 - 1998

Board of Directors

 

Jewish Community Foundation, 1992 - 2001

Legal and Tax Committee

 

Philanthropy Alert, 1997 - 1998

Editorial Committee