Attorney Mayer Nazarian Joins Valensi Rose

We are pleased to announce the addition of tax attorney Mayer Nazarian to our Tax and Wealth Planning practice group. 

 

Mayer Nazarian is a transactional tax attorney distinctively trained within top regional and national tax firms. Mayer capitalizes on his depth and breadth of business and taxation expertise when advising and advocating for his clients and providing planning, research and consultation services. Mayer has successfully represented his clients and negotiated on their behalf before the Internal Revenue Service, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California State Board of Equalization and other taxing authorities.

In addition to his law degree, Mayer earned a Master of Business Taxation degree from the University of Southern California. He established a practical foundation as a tax professional with the accounting firm of Holthouse, Carlin and Van Trigt, LLP and then as a tax manager with Deloitte Tax, LLP.  Mayer went on to become the founder and managing principal of a law firm in Los Angeles, the Nazarian Law and Tax Group, Inc.

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The Rule 26 Amendments: One Year Later

John Keith

Louis Kempinsky

by Louis E. Kempinsky 
and John C. Keith

Originally published by the American Bar Association, April 30, 2012

On December  1, 2010, several amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 took effect.  The primary thrust of the 2010 amendments was to address the “undesirable  effects” of the 1993 amendments to Rule 26, which had provided for “routine  discovery into attorney-expert communications and draft reports.” 2010 amends.,  advisory committee’s notes. The four main changes were

• generally  narrowing the subject-matter of a testifying expert’s disclosure, Fed. R. Civ.  P. 26(a)(2)(B);
• extending  work-product protection to draft expert reports, Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(4)(B);
• providing  new work-product protection to attorney-expert communications, Fed. R. Civ. P.  26(b)(4)(C); and
• clarifying  which testifying experts are required to provide written reports, Fed. R. Civ.  P. 26(a)(2)(B) and (C).

The 2010  amendments have been in effect for just over a year, and they have not been  applied in all cases. The 2010 amendments apply to cases pending as of December  1, 2010, only “when just and practicable.” Order Amending Federal Rules of  Civil Procedure, Apr. 28, 2010. As is not surprising in light of the standard,  cases examining whether it would be “just and practicable” to apply the new  version of the rule are highly fact-driven and have come down on both sides. Case  law interpreting the amendments is still in an early stage of development.  Nonetheless, a number of potentially significant issues have already emerged.

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Valensi Rose Attorneys Receive 2012 Super Lawyers Designation

We are pleased to announce that four of our attorneys were named by Law and Politics Magazine and the Publishers of Los Angeles Magazine as Super Lawyers in Southern California for 2012. Only 5% of lawyers statewide receive this designation.
  
The following attorneys were designated Super Lawyers in their individual practice areas:

Philip S. Magaram for Estate Planning and Probate
Designated nine years in a row

 

Michael R. Morris for Tax
Designated seven years successively

Bruce D. Sires for Estate Planning and Probate
Designated six years 



Peggy Lennon for Estate Planning and Probate
Designated seven years




Super Lawyers employs a rigorous selection process – one that has been recognized by bar associations and courts across the country for its credibility and sophistication.  It combines peer nominations and evaluations with third-party research.  Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.  Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. 
   
Super Lawyers are chosen based on a variety of criteria, including transactions, experience, honors and awards, special licenses and certifications, bar and other professional activities and scholarly lectures and writings, just to name a few.