Background
Mills, Robert A. was born on January 20, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William N. and Mary Aileene (Arnold) Mills.
Mills, Robert A. was born on January 20, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William N. and Mary Aileene (Arnold) Mills.
University of Missouri (Bachelor of Science, 1955). Beta Gamma Sigma; Washington University (Bachelor of Laws, 1960). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Washington University Law Review, 1960-1961.
Trial attorney United States Department Justice, Washington, 1960-1962. Associate Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, 1962-1965, McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, 1965-1970, partner, since 1970. Editorial consultant California Legal Systems, Wills and Trusts, 1983-1995.
"Remedy Problems in Federal Civil Tax Litigation," 5 Arizona Law Review 32, 1963. "Community Joint Tenancy-Paradoxical Problem In Estate Administration," 49 California State Bar Journal 38,1974. "California’s New Community Property Probate Legislation," 2 Community Property Law Journal 225, 1975."United States Estate and Gift Tax Consequences Affecting Non-Resident Aliens Following the 1976 Tax Reform Act,” 2 International Academy Proceedings 451, 1978. "Community/Joint Tenancy-Avoid a Tax Doubleplay," Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., 1979. Touch the Basis," 31 USC Major Tax Planning 951, 1979."Multijurisdictional Estate Planning," University of California, Los Angeles Estate Planning 29, 1981. Co-Author: "Durable Powers of Attorney For Property-The Deregulated Conservatorship," University of California, Los Angeles Estate Planning, 1984. Editorial Consultant, "California Legal Systems, Wills and Trusts,” Matthew Bender.Chairman, Probate and Trust Section, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1986-1987. Chairman, Probate and Trust Law Committee, State Bar of California, 1975-1976.
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1955-1957. Fellow American College Trust & Estate Counsel. Member American Bar Association, State Bar of California (chairman probate and trust law committee 1975-1976), Federal Bar Association (chapter president 1964), International Academy Estate and Trust Law (President 1988-1990), The Pacific-Union Club, Olympic Club of San Francisco.
Married January 14, 1956 (divorced April 1978). Children: Thomas B., James A., John M. Married Anita Hickey, February 12, 1983.
1 child, Christopher Robert.