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R. Gordon Baker Jr.

Attorney at Law, A professional Corporation

1850 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Ste. 430

Walnut Creek California 94596 

Telephone: (925)930-9647     Fax: (925)935-5851

E-mail: g_baker@pacbell.net

rgbaker@gmail.com

Practice Profile: Mr. Baker provides estate, tax and business planning services to closely held businesses and to business owners, executives, professionals, real estate investors and other individual clients. The practice provides an integrated approach to tax, business and management aspects of family wealth preservation, on-going business operations and business succession planning. The practice also includes trust formation and administration matters, probate matters, planning and implementation of business transactions and representation in gift and estate tax controversies.

Mr. Baker is certified by the State Bar of California, California Board of Legal Specialization, as a specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. He holds an LLM (Master of Laws and Letters) degree in taxation law. He is an Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.

Mr. Baker has achieved an AV attorney rating, the highest possible for legal ability and professional standards from Martindale-Hubbell, the preeminent professional directory of attorneys in the United States. Martindale-Hubbell ratings reflect the confidential opinions of the legal community with respect to an attorney's abilities and adherence to ethical standards of conduct.

Admitted to practice in California, 1977; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1977; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1977; U.S. District Court, Central District of California 1984; and U.S. Tax Court, 1984.

Education: Pepperdine University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1977), Order of the Coif. Member: Thurston Society; Moot Court Board, Phi Alpha Delta; Golden Gate University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1989).

Professional Experience:

• R. Gordon Baker, Jr., Attorney at Law, A Professional Corporation. Shareholder 1995 - present
• Field, Baker & Richardson, Walnut Creek, CA: Partner, 1990 - 1994.
• Stark, Stewart, Wells, Rahl Field & Schwartz (and predecessor firm), Oakland CA and Walnut Creek, CA: Associate 1977 - 1983; Partner, 1983 - 1989.
• Office of the Attorney General of the State of California: Deputy Attorney General, 1977 - 1979.

Affiliations:

• Contra Costa County Bar Association
• Contra Costa County Bar Association Taxation Section
• President/Chair, 2001, 1993-1994
• Vice Chair, 1992-1993, 1999
• Director 1990- 2005
•  Contra Costa County Bar Association Probate, Conservatorship and Guardianship Section
• American Bar Association (Member, Section on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
• Trusts and Estates Business Planning Group
• Estate Planning and Administration for Business Owners
• Farmers and Ranchers Committee
• Business Investment Entities, Partnerships, LLC's, and Corporations Committee)
• State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law; Taxation Section)
• Diablo Valley Estate Planning Council
• National Association of Estate Planners and Councils.

Author:

• Family Business Entities: Much More than Death and Taxes," Contra Costa Lawyer, November, 2000
• "Cut Loose", California Law Business, 1998
• "Planning for Transfers of Patentable Technology", Contra Costa Lawyer, December, 1995
• "What is IRC Article 14 and Why Should You Know About It?" Contra Costa Lawyer, April, 1992.

Author/Faculty:

• National Business Institute (1999 - )
• Courses:
• "Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies in California"
• "Limited Liability Companies in California"
• "How to Protect Assets During Life and Avoid Estate Tax at Death in California"
• "Advanced Estate Planning Techniques in California"