Scott M. Mendler

Background

Mendler, Scott M. was born on September 11, 1957 in Queens, New York, United States.

Education

Queens College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude in Accounting, 1979). University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1982).

Career

Worked at De Castro, West & Chodorow, Incorporated. (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil and Business Practice, including Federal, State, Local, and International Taxation, Corporations, Partnerships, Real Estate, Pension Planning and Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Health Care Law, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probates, Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation, Business Trial and Appellate Litigation in State and Federal Courts, including Litigation in Connection with Environmental, Land Use and Toxic Tort Matters, Estate and Trust Disputes, and General Business Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1982, California.

1983, United States.

Tax Court. Member, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1981-1982. Recipient, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Award, January, 1979.

Editor, Estate and Gift Taxes Chapter of Rhodes and Langer, "Income Taxation of Foreign Related Transactions," 1990. Company-Author: "Estate Planning for the Foreign Entertainer," Conference on the Business of International Entertainment sponsored by Laventhol & Horwath, Horwath & Horwath International and University of California, Los Angeles Extension, 1988.

Vice Chairman, Tax Section Pro Bono Oversight Committee, 1989-1990.

Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Tax Committee). The State Bar of California. De Castro, West & Chodorow, Incorporated. has a large and diversified business and litigation practice rooted in the areas of taxation, real estate, commercial transactions, and trusts and estates.

De Castro, West & Chodorow, Incorporated. is dedicated to traditions of excellence in its work product.

Achievements

• Scott M. Mendler has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1981-1982. Recipient, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Award, January, 1979. Editor, Estate and Gift Taxes Chapter of Rhodes and Langer, "Income Taxation of Foreign Related Transactions," 1990.