Background
Brod, Jonathan A. was born on September 19, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Jonathan A. Brod
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Purdue University (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Cornell University (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Career
Worked at Jonathan A. Brod, Law Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Estate Planning, Probate, Wills and Trusts, Tax Planning and Litigation, Pensions, Corporate and General Business. Admitted to the bar, 1971, California. Author: "Tax Planning for Professionals," "Tax Shelters," and "Retirement Plans for the Professional," all chapters of Financial Planning for the Independent Professional, a Wiley Interscience Publication, 1978.
Articles, "Settling the Corporate Debt: Who Gets Taxed?" Los Angeles Lawyer, February, 1979.
"Nonsimultaneous Real Estate Exchanges--Important Problems and Pitfalls of Starker," Taxes, The Tax Magazine, June, 1980, reprinted in Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Summer, 1980. "Recent Developments in Corporate Liquidations," Major Tax Planning, September, 1980.
"Exercise Caution in Forming Secretary 337 Liquidating Trusts," Taxes, The Tax Magazine, January, 1981. "Tax Planning for the Liquidating Corporation That Owes Money To Its Shareholders," Taxation for Accountants, October, 1980 and Taxation for Lawyers, November-December, 1980.
"Liquidations Involving Shareholder Creditors--Tax Traps for the Unwary," Journal of Corporate Taxation, December, 1980.
"Section 337 Liquidating Trusts Revisited--The Internal Revenue Service Revises Review Proceedings 79-1," Taxes, The Tax Magazine, May, 1981, reprinted by the National Tax Education Program of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. "Use of Disclaimers and QTIP Elections to Cure Defective Marital Deduction Provisions," Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Fall, 1985.
Adjunct Professor of Law, San Fernando Valley School of Law, 1975-1978. Lecturer, University of Southern California Tax Institute, 1980.
Trial Counsel for Tax Court Division, Office of Regional Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, 1970-1975.
Founder and Director, Tax Court Pro Se Program, Company-sponsored by Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and Century City Bar Associations, 1979-1989. Member: Beverly Hills (Nominee for the 1986 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Pro Bono Service Award. Board of Governors, 1986-1988) and Los Angeles County (Nominee for the 1985 California State Bar Pro Bono Services Award) Bar Associations.
The State Bar of California.
Sole practitioner since February 1, 1992. Practiced tax and estate planning since early 1971, starting as a trial lawyer for the I.R.S. and spending 11 years as a shareholder (including managing partner) of Valensi, Rose & Magaram in Los Los Angeles
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Member: Beverly Hills (Nominee for the 1986 Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Pro Bono Service Award. Board of Governors, 1986-1988) and Los Angeles County (Nominee for the 1985 California State Bar Pro Bono Services Award) Bar Associations. The State Bar of California.
