Background
Dostart, Paul Joseph was born on November 12, 1951 in Riceville, Iowa, United States. Son of Leonard Atchison and Lois Marie Dostart.
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Dostart, Paul Joseph was born on November 12, 1951 in Riceville, Iowa, United States. Son of Leonard Atchison and Lois Marie Dostart.
Iowa State University (Bachelor of Science, 1973). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1977). New York University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1978).
Lasker Scholar, 1978.
Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1976-1977). Order of the Barons (Chancellor, 1976-1977).
Editor, Houston Law Review, 1976-1977. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1974.
Worked at Dostart Clapp Sterrett & Coveney, Limited Liability Partnership (San Diego, California) specializing in Entrepreneurial Businesses, Tax Exempt Organizations, Corporate Finance, Technology Exploitation and Licensing, Litigation, Executive Compensation, Biotechnology, Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Texas. 1978, California.
National Merit Scholar, 1970.
Lasker Scholar, 1978.
Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1976-1977). Order of the Barons Scholastic Honorary (Chancellor, 1976-1977).
Editor, Houston Law Review, 1976-1977. Editor/Publisher: East.O. Update, 1985-1992, succeeded by NPO Update, 1994, (exempt organization/non profit organization newsletter).
Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1974.
Course Sequence Award, Business of Biotechnology, University of California, San Diego College of Extended Studies, 1993. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, 1986-1988. Associate to Partner (including Chair of Tax Department, 1988-1990), Gray Cary Ames & Frye, 1978-1992.
Auditor, United States.
General Accounting Office, 1973-1974. Member: San Diego County (Member, Tax Section, Chair, 1989) and American (Member: Tax Section and Business Law Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Member, Tax Section and Business Law Section). American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
American Tax Policy Institute.
American Electronics Association (San Diego Council Executive Committee, 1993-1997). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Dostart Clapp, Sterrett & Coveney Limited Liability Partnership is located in San Diego"s Golden Triangle near University of California, San Diego, Sorrento Valley, Sorrento Mesa, and North County.
The firm focus is on start-up businesses, particularly in the biotech, health care, and high tech areas, on tax exempt organizations, particularly in the health care, scientific research, and educational areas, on corporate finance and capital formation.
Founder U. Houston Tax Law Society. Board directors Christian Executive Officers, 1988-1991, president, 1989-1990. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (chairman various subcommittee section taxation since 1982, exempt organizations committee since 1977), California Bar Association (tax and business sections), San Diego County Bar Association (chairman tax section 1989), San Diego Tax Practitioners Group, American Electronics Association (San Diego county Executive Committee 1993-1995), World Trade Association (board directors), Order of Barons (chancellor), Phi Delta Phi (magister Hutcheson Inn.).
Married Joyce Alene Sicking, August 14, 1976. Children: Zachariah Paul, Samuel Paul.