More about Don (CV):
DON D. NELSON
Partner in Kauffman Nelson LLP, CPAs
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS
· Private Legal & Tax Practice - Orange County, California, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He is also a partner in Kauffman Nelson LLP, Certified Public Accountants. His legal and tax practice emphasizes expatriate, international and non-resident taxation law and return compliance, international estate planning, US and international business law, partnerships, corporations, trusts, contract negotiation, real estate law; U.S. aspects of doing business and owning real estate in Mexico and US trademark law and trade secrets law. (in practice of tax law for over 35 years).
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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP- Senior Manager, Tax & Legal Services Department (1999-2001)·
Ernst & Young, LLP – Senior Manager, Estate Planning, Personal Tax Planning and Executive Compensation, Personal Financial Services (1997 - 1999)·
Tosco Energy Company – Corporate Tax Attorney·
Ernst & Ernst – Partnership, Corporate, Trust, Estate and Non-profit taxation-Tax Department·
California State University at Los Angeles – Assistant Professor of Accounting and Taxation (1974-1982)● University of California Los Angeles Extension - Corporate Taxation
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Touche Ross & Co. – Tax Specialist·
US Army – Field Artillery Operations & IntelligenceEDUCATION:
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University of Southern California Law Center – Juris Doctorate in Law· San Diego State University – Bachelor of Science in Accounting
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UCLA – Graduate School of Business AdministrationPROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
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Attorney at Law – California (1974 to present) State Bar No. 62253
Check with California State Bar Association· Certified Public Accountant (retired) – California (1975-2015) State CPA No. 21055
Check with California State Board of Accountancy· Real Estate Broker – California (1978)
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Admitted to California Supreme Court, US Tax Court, US District Court, and Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsPROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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American Bar Association, American Institute of Certified Public AccountantsOTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
· Appeared as tax and business law expert on radio and television; Authored regular monthly column in national business magazine on business and tax matters; Authored numerous other articles on taxation and business law in general publications. Lectures on tax law, business law, and asset protection.
Unlike CPAs and Enrolled Agents, Don provides his clients with the legal privacy and confidentiality of "Attorney- Client" privilege with respect to their personal tax concerns. What you say to him remains legally private and cannot be discovered by the Courts or law enforcement.
