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A. Lavar Taylor Born Salt Lake City, Utah, November 23, 1957; admitted to bar,1981, District of Columbia; 1987, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education:University of Illinois at Champaign (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). (Also Of Counsel to Shulman, Hodges & Bastian, Foothill Ranch, California). Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, 1994-1999. Adjunct Professor, Chapman Law School, 2004 - present; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, Tax Division, 1987-1989. Senior Trial Attorney, Internal Revenue Service, Laguna Niguel, California, 1984-1987. Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, General Litigation Division, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C., 1981-1984. Member: Orange County (Past Chair, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Past Chair: Taxation Section, Committee on Procedure and Litigation; Committee on Bankruptcy and Insolvency Tax); Orange County Bankruptcy Forum.

PRACTICE AREAS: Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies; Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Employment Tax; Tax Litigation; Tax Aspects of Bankruptcy and Insolvency.

Email: ltaylor@taylorlaw.com

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Fred Richard Shapiro Position: Associate. Born Brooklyn, New York, May 13, 1935; admitted to bar,1970, California. Education:University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1959; M.B.A., 1963); University of La Verne College of Law (J.D., 1969). [U.S. Army, 1955-1957] Certified Public Accountant, California, 1967. Revenue Agent, Internal Revenue Service, Hollywood, California, 1959-1966. Instructor, Internal Revenue Service Regional Training Center, Los Angeles, 1964-1966. Appeals Officer, Internal Revenue Service, Los Angeles, California, 1966-1968; Tax Manager, Peat Marwick Mitchell, 1968-1972; Tax Partner, Kenneth Leventhal & Company, Los Angeles, California, 1972-1995.

PRACTICE AREAS: Federal and State Tax Controversies; Civil Tax Controversies; Tax Audits; Tax Appeals.

Email: dshapiro@taylorlaw.com

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Robert S. Horwitz Position: Associate. Born Chicago, Illinois, October 26, 1948; admitted to bar,1978, Illinois; 1983, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1985, California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1991, Arizona; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education:University of Illinois (B.A., cum laude, 1969); University of Nebraska (M.A., 1972); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Order of the Coif. Trial Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1984. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, 1984-1988. Member: State Bar of California.

PRACTICE AREAS: Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation; Tax Collection; Tax Audits; Tax Appeals.

Email: rhorwitz@taylorlaw.com

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Lynda B. Taylor Position: Associate. Born Canton, China, July 13, 1951; admitted to bar,1982, Massachusetts; 1983, New York; 1998, California. Education:San Francisco State University (B.S., 1978); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1982).

Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, General Litigation Division, Washington, D.C., 1982-1985. Trial Attorney, District Counsel, Los Angeles, California, 1985-1990. Assistant District Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Laguna Niguel, California, 1990-1998. Member: Massachusetts and New York State Bar Associations; State Bar of California.

LANGUAGES: Chinese.

PRACTICE AREAS: Tax Litigation; Federal Tax Controversies; Tax Audits; Tax Appeals.

Email: lbt@taylorlaw.com

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Charles F. Rosen Position: Associate. Born Buffalo, New York, May 23, 1945; admitted to bar,1977, California. Education:California State University at Northridge (B.A., in History, 1970); Western State University (J.D., 1976). Admitted to the California Bar, 1977. Planning Commissioner, City of Yorba Linda, California, 1977-1984. Member: Orange County Bar Association; Chairman, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section, 1984; Member, Board of Directors, Bankruptcy Study Group, 1982-1991.

PRACTICE AREAS: Tax Collection and Tax Controversies, Bankruptcy and Receivership Taxation.

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James M. Kamman Position: Of Counsel. Born Grand Rapids, Minnesota, 1945; admitted to bar,1976, California; 1977, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1993, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education:University of Michigan (B.A., 1967); Pepperdine University (J.D., cum laude, 1976); Golden Gate University (LL.M., Taxation, 1980). REPORTED CASES:Graham v. Commissioner, 83 T.C. 575 (1984); Homnes By Ayers v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 1984-475; Marine v. Commissioner, 92 T.C. 958 (1989); Condor International, Inc. et al v. Commissioner, 98 T.C. 203 (1992). Member, Pepperdine Law Review, 1974-1976, Managing Editor, 1975-1976. Senior Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, 1980-1996. Former Special Trial Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Laguna Niguel, California.

PRACTICE AREAS: Tax Litigation; Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies.

Email: kammanesq@aol.com


Joyce E. Cheng Position: Paralegal. Education:Jersey City State College (B.S., Speech Therapy); Rutgers University (M.A., Speech Pathology); VTI Paralegal Institute (1988). Enrolled Agent, 1999 - present. Named Outstanding Student, 1988; Recipient, Westlaw Research Award. Certified Legal Assistant, 1989. Paralegal, Bird & Skibell, Dallas, Texas, 1989-1991. Paralegal Specialist, IRS, Office of District Counsel, Laguna Niguel, 1991-1995. Team Leader, Laguna Niguel Quality Improvement Team, 1993-1995. Member: National Association of Legal Assistants; Orange County Paralegal Association (Past Director); Tax Section Orange County Bar Association.

Email: jcheng@taylorlaw.com

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