Darin S Christensen

Darin S Christensen

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Rating: 8.2

Licensed for 28 years

Tax Lawyer at Portland, OR
Practice Areas: Tax, Estate Planning, Business, Probate

888 SW 5th Ave Ste 300, Portland, OR

About Darin

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Tax 30%

Advise clients on how to structure their business and investment transactions to minimize tax consequences and increase flexibility. Includes helping with business reorganizations and sales or acquisitions.

29 years

30%
Business 25%

Serve as outside general counsel for a variety of businesses helping them with legal issues that arise. Help clients select the appropriate type of entity (limited liability company (LLC), limited partnership, or Corporation (C, S, or professional)) to use for new businesses to provide maximum flexibility and reduced tax liability.

29 years

25%
Estate Planning 25%

Help clients ensure that their assets pass to their desired beneficiaries with minimal tax consequences. Help with advanced estate planning options like insurance trusts, dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable lead trusts, and sales to intentionally defective trusts.

29 years

25%
Probate 20%

Help clients with probate and trust administration, including estate and inheritance tax returns and planning.

29 years

20%

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Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 19 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 2006

Voluntarily Resigned

No misconduct found

Licensed in Oregon for 28 years

State: Oregon

Acquired: 1997

Contact the Oregon State Bar for details

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Darin S Christensen

888 SW 5th Ave Ste 300, Portland, OR, 97204

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Experience

Rating:  8.2 (Excellent)

Honors

2006

Oregon Super Lawyer, Law & Politics Magazine

2006

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

Work Experience

2000 - Present

Shareholder, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC

2007 - 2010

Associate, Wetzel DeFrang & Sandor

1989 - 1996

MOS 97B (Counter Intelligence and Danish Linguist), Utah Army National Guard

Associations

2010 - Present

Portland Tax Forum

Board of Directors

2008 - Present

Metropolitan Business Association

Board of Directors

2008 - Present

Estate Planning Council of Portland

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Department of Revenue v. Michael J. Foote, 19 Or. Tax 405 (2008)

Oregon Department of Revenue complaint was void and refiling was too late

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Education

1997

University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law

LL.M - Master of Laws

1996

Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1991

Brigham Young University

BS - Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2011

Continuing Education Series

Discharge of Indebtedness Income

2009

Continuing Education Series

Recent Tax Developments

2007

Planning for the Global Citizen

Tax and Estate Planning for the Global Citizen

2007

Growing in Numbers

Tax Issues

2003

State and Local Taxation in Oregon

State and Local Taxation in Oregon

2002

Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in Oregon

Taxation, Ethics, and Drafting

2002

Employee Benefits Conference

Executive Compensation and Equity Based Compensation

2001

Fiduciary Income Taxation for Oregon Paralegals

Income in respect of a decedent and tax rules

2001

Deal Maker or Deal Breaker: Advising Companies in Mergers and Acquisitions

Tax Consequences

Publications

2006

Oregon Certified Public Accountant Professional Insight: Reducing LLC Member Self-Employment Taxes

2004

Oregon Certified Public Accountant Professional Insight: Oregon Inheritance Tax Planning (co-author David Malcolm)

2002

Oregon Certified Public Accountant Professional Insight: LLC Alternatives to Granting Options

2002

Oregon Public Accountant Professional Insight: Dealing with the Effects of Hackl (co-author Anne Villella)

2002

Oregon Certified Public Accountant Professional Insight: Use of Defective Grantor Trusts in Succession Planning (co-author Steve Hill)

2001

Oregon Certified Public Accountant Professional Insight: Education Incentives

Languages

Danish

Activity

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