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Donald Hastings Read

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Rating: 9.9

Licensed for 57 years

Tax Lawyer at Berkeley, CA
Practice Areas: Tax, Estate Planning, Partnership ... +2 more

982 Santa Barbara Rd, Berkeley, CA

About Donald

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Tax 80%

I am a Certified Taxation Law Specialist (State Bar of California). I work in all areas of tax law (other than employee benefits, where my work is limited to divorce-related transactions). I emphasize advising family law attorneys, but I also actively practice in the area of tax exempt entities, individual, business entity and taxation of trusts and estates.

55 years | 500 cases

80%
Estate Planning 10%

I prepare estate plans and estate planning documents for existing individual clients on a very selective basis. I also advise trust and estate lawyers and litigators on tax aspects of their matters.

45 years | 50 cases

10%
Partnership 4%

I form and advise on the operation and tax aspects of partnerships.

47 years | 30 cases

4%
Corporate and Incorporation 3%

I form and advise on the operation and tax aspects of corporations.

47 years | 60 cases

3%
Limited Liability Company (LLC) 3%

I form and advise on the operation and tax aspects of limited liability companies and other business entities.

37 years | 20 cases

3%

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Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 37 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 1988

Voluntarily Resigned

No misconduct found

Licensed in Hawaii for 49 years

State: Hawaii

Acquired: 1976

Inactive

No misconduct found

Licensed in New York for 53 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1972

Resigned

No misconduct found

Licensed in California for 57 years

State: California

Acquired: 1969

Inactive

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Donald Hastings Read

982 Santa Barbara Rd, Berkeley, CA, 94707-2454

Lakin Spears LLP

Embarcadero Place 2400 Geng Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94303

Severson & Werson

One Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA, 94111

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Barbara Difranza

Tax lawyer | Apr 22

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I've worked with Donald Read for close to 25 years. My clients and I have always been pleased and completely satisfied with the speed and quality of his services. Don is preeminent in the field of taxation as it relates to family law, having been instrumental, through his ABA committee work, in obtaining spouse-friendly family law tax legislation and regulations. Don is especially expert in dealing with stock options and other nonqualified deferred compensation plans in the divorce context."

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Experience

Rating:  9.9 (Superb)

Honors

2009

SuperLawyer - Northern California, Law & Politics Magazine

1981

Certified Specialist -- Taxation Law, State Bar of California

Work Experience

1995 - Present

Tax Counsel, Severson & Werson

1987 - Present

Tax Counsel, Lakin-Spears, LLP

1985 - 1986

Partner, Flynn, Steinberg, Dick & Lee

1980 - 1985

Partner -- Chair, Tax Department, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps

1976 - 1980

Partner, Hoddick, Reinwald, O'Connor & Marrack

1974 - 1976

Attorney-Advisor, Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, United States Treasury Department

Associations

2007 - Present

American Bar Association, Family Law Section

Chair -- Taxation Committee

2007 - Present

East Bay Tax Club

President

2000 - 2002

American Bar Association - Taxation Section

Vice-Chair -- Domestic Relations Committee

Education

1972

New York University School of Law

LL.M - Master of Laws

1968

Columbia University School of Law

JD, cum laude

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