Ronald P. Adams Ron Adams believes that educating clients about all of their many options is critical to the creation of a truly effective estate plan. Ron Adams has first-hand knowledge and experience regarding the legal complexities, delays and greatly increased costs associated with the lack of proper planning. His principal goals are to: guide his clients and their loved ones through the complex minefield of estate planning; ensure that his clients are able to care for themselves and family members while alive and well and in the event of disability; and - give his clients confidence in knowing they will leave their estate to whom they want, when they want and in the way they want.
Read Ron Adams' helpful estate planning articles Practice areas Estate and Succession Planning Business Transactions Corporate Law Real Estate Law professional memberships State Bar of Arizona: Sections on Business Law, Probate and Trust, and Tax Law Maricopa County Bar Association Central Arizona Estate Planning Council East Valley Estate Planning Council National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, East Valley Chapter COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP Board of Directors, Chandler Chamber Community Foundation Past Chairman and Ex Officio Member of the Board of Directors, Chandler Chamber of Commerce City of Chandler Transportation Task Force Chandler Ostrich Festival Member, LEED Program (Local Engines for Economic Development) Past Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Past President, North Phoenix Lions Club education J.D., magna cum laude, Northern Illinois University, 1989: Notes and Comments Editor, Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1988-1989 B.S., University of Utah, 1984 bar admissions Arizona, 1989 U.S. District Court, District of Arizona U.S. Tax Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit professional highlights Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Litigation: Assisted numerous individuals in creating revocable and irrevocable trusts for estate planning, tax savings and other purposes, including life insurance trusts, marital deduction trusts and education trusts ... preparing wills, general and special powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills ... establishing conservatorships and guardianships for minors and adults with disabilities ... and resolving various probate/trust/estate disputes through probate court litigation and through alternative dispute resolution. Business Transactions: Represented the sellers of a family-owned manufacturing business in a transaction involving over $15 million ... the owners of a manufacturing corporation in a tax-free merger transaction resulting in the transfer of cash and stock valued at several million dollars ... the buyer of a medical staffing company acquiring the assets of an operating limited liability company ... the buyers and sellers of a variety of professional practices ... the buyers and sellers in numerous other transactions involving the sale or purchase of stock or assets in amounts ranging from several hundred thousand dollars to several million. Loan Transactions: Represented owner-operators of multi-unit residential complexes in multi-million-dollar loan transactions ... the owners of commercial and professional office buildings in obtaining acquisition financing ... developers in obtaining interim, construction and permanent financing. Entity Formation: Represented healthcare professionals in the formation of corporations for the provision of managed health care services ... individuals in the formation of limited liability companies for real estate brokerage ... individuals in the formation of limited liability partnerships for acquiring and developing real estate ... a major grocery store chain in the conversion of existing general partnerships into limited liability companies ... several local hospital auxiliaries in creating non-profit corporations and obtaining tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ... numerous other individuals and businesses in the formation of corporations, limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships. Tax Planning and Dispute Resolution: Represented a precious metals business in the successful challenge to an Internal Revenue Service assessment of several hundred thousand dollars of additional employment taxes ... a major automobile dealership in the resolution of additional income taxes sought by the IRS ... individuals in obtaining "innocent spouse" relief to proposed tax assessments ... a sole proprietorship in reversing an Internal Revenue Service assessment of additional Social Security, Medicare and unemployment taxes ... numerous parties in the formation of business entities best suited to minimize income and employment tax liabilities associated with business operations Real Estate Transactions: Represented a corporation in the $2 million sale of an apartment complex ... a limited partnership in the acquisition of multi-unit residential complexes in transactions involving over $5 million ... a limited partnership in the acquisition of mobile home park in a transaction involving over $8 million ... a family limited partnership in the sale of an industrial complex in a transaction involving over $2.5 million ... numerous other individuals and businesses in the sale and purchase of improved and unimproved commercial and industrial real property. personal Born San Jose, California, 1961
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