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Gordon A. Schaller

Partner, Office Managing Partner, Orange County

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d. 949.623.7222
f. 949.623.7202

3 Park Plaza
#1100
Irvine, California 92614

Assistant Carey Ferguson
949.623.7200 Ext: 7223
CFerguson@JMBM.com

Mr. Schaller is a prominent tax and estate planning attorney in Southern California who has been in practice for over 30 years. Gordon focuses his practice on tax, estate planning, business succession, charitable and wealth management services and trust and estate litigation. He has represented individuals, family offices, and numerous public and private charitable organizations. Gordon provides creative solutions for tax, charitable, business succession and family issues. He is well known throughout the country for developing comprehensive, integrated multi-generational wealth planning, preservation, insurance and management solutions. Gordon is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

Representative Experience
  • Wealth transfer planning integrating innovative financial, estate and tax structures
  • Creation and implementation of numerous tax advantaged strategies to facilitate diversification of concentrated wealth
  • Advisor to numerous financial service, investment and insurance firms in creating innovative client and industry strategies
  • Creation of business process and technology solutions to aggregate and integrate client financial, estate, tax and investment information
  • Advising founders of numerous public and private companies on estate planning, business succession planning, financial and liquidity planning
  • Represented multiple generations of family members who own major real estate and other business interests on all aspects of ownership, operation, governance and disposition
Education
  • J.D., University of Minnesota Law School
    magna cum laude
  • B.S., Iowa State University
    with distinction
Bar Admissions
  • California
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • Washington (inactive)
Associations
  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
Awards & Recognition
  • Listed, Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California Super Lawyer, 2005-2024
  • Recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, 2012-2025 and named 2022 and 2024 "Lawyer of the Year"
  • Listed, Worth Magazine's Top 100 Attorneys, 2006
  • Staff Editor, Minnesota Law Review
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating
    2014 Top Rated Lawyer, Taxation

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