David Starkweather

**** **** ****** . *** *********, CA 94122 . Cell 415-***-**** .

aceymv@r.postjobfree.com

Bar Membership

Admitted to California State Bar and Northern District, June 2011

Education

Golden Gate University Law

LLM in Taxation, May 2014

. GPA 3.76

University of San Francisco School of Law

JD, May 2010

. Graduated Cum Laude (GPA: 3.40), class rank: Top 15%

. Law Review Board Member

University of Chicago

. BA, US History

Professional Experience

The Law Offices of David Starkweather

10/11-pres

. Tax planning services for small business

. Tax advisor, including multi-state compliance issues

. Entity formations: incorporations and LLC organizations

. Research on International compliance, inbound and outbound

. In depth knowledge of executive compensation and employee benefits

issues

. Recently added FBAR compliance to practice areas

. Capital structure and debt/securities advice

. In depth tax research

Non-legal Contract Work

9/12-3/13

. RFP coordinator at Vimo, Inc dba Getinsured bidding on Affordable Care

Act Exchanges

. Advising on Affordable Care Act compliance

. Successful bid on the New Mexico Health Exchange

Pro Bono

. Volunteer at the SF Bar Association and Aids Legal Referral Panel

(ALRP)

The Rouda Law Firm, San Francisco, CA 7/09-

09/10

Intern/Clerk

. Extensive legal research using Rutter guides, Google

Scholar, Westlaw

. Using free web resources to pinpoint the law involved in complex

issues and verifying through the official reporters or legislative

resources

. Drafted, prepared, and finalized discovery motions and

demand letter

Computer and Research Skills

. Proficient in Bloomberg, RIA Checkpoint, BNA portfolio research

. Frequent user of the Tax Almanac, IRS website and Cornell online code

. Maintain bi-weekly open research of tax blogs such as The Tax

Professor's Blog

. Rules of the Tax Court and the Tax Court website

. Familiar with Concordance and Relativity

. Proficient with Westlaw and Lexis Resaerch

Language Skills

Conversational in Cantonese

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