James Burns
Hom e Phone 949-***-**** ~ Email: ********@***.***
Cell 949-***-****
QUALIFICATIONS
The commitment and loyalty that attaches with being a team player.
Twenty-seven years of professional work experience.
Eleven Years of estate and asset protection working with 120 strategies requiring life insurance
Working as advanced markets sales and planner with brokerage houses.
WORK HISTORY
2010 - Present White Diamond Insurance Services Inc: Present
Managing Director of Sales Operations
Over see agent sales in 4 states for life, health, disability
Business insurance planning e.g., buy/sell, keyman
Wholesaling and GA with producers and agencies
Premium Finance for retirement & Estate Planning
Group benefits
2003 - 2011 Hoplon Financial Group: 4/2011 to 12/2011
Director of advanced insurance markets
Estate and business planning solutions
College planning solutions
Law Office of James Burns:08/03 to 01/2012
Life Planning Solutions ® (Estate) & Asset Protection Planning.
Corporate succession planning.
Insurance planning (buy/sell, executive bonus and keyman focus).
Retirement income planning under 7702a using insurance products.
White Diamond Properties Inc.:09/06 to 2009
CEO of company running business and negotiating deals
Broker licensed company
Investment properties
Distressed Properties liquidated
Responsible for $6,760,000 in sales
2002 Law Office of R. Zebulon Law & Associates: 11/02 to 08/03
* Tax controversies and tax planning.
* Business transactions and corporate maintenance.
* Estate and asset protection planning.
2001 Madera Alternate Defense: 06/01 to 11/01
* Court appointed criminal defense representation with large caseload.
* Daily court appearances on criminal matters, child dependency cases, and drug court.
* Over 300 hearings and Bench Trials on criminal and child protection matters.
INTERNSHIPS
1999 Los Angeles Superior Court (Long Beach)
Judicial Law Clerk: Honorable Judge Di Loretto.
* Performed legal research for the Law & Motion Division.
* Prepared tentative rulings on civil motions that were uniformly adopted by the Court.
* Drafted court opinions.
1998 Los Angeles Superior Court (Compton)
Judicial Law Clerk:
* Researched legal issues for Law & Motion Division.
* Prepared tentative rulings on civil motions that were uniformly adopted by the Court.
1997 Law Office of David Liberman (Constitutional Law)
Legal Researcher:
* Provided research for an appellate brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals 11th District.
MILITARY
1981- 1985
United States Marine Corps:( Force Recon)
Received an Honorable Discharge. Served in Force Recon, akin to the Navy Seal Program.
Recon Team Leader and Platoon Commander in charge of fifteen Recon Marines in numerous
operations.
EDUCATION
2000- 2003 S.J.D., Doctorate of Juridical Science (candidate), Golden Gate U. Analogous to a PhD.
LL.M., Masters of Law in Int’l Tax (cand.), Regent University.
2000 -2003
* 3.9 GPA (top 5%)
1999- 2000 LL.M., Masters of La w in Taxation, Golden Gate University
* Honors: Graduated Cum Laude.
1996-1999 J.D., Golden Gate School of Law
* Honors: 1998 AT LA Trial Advocacy Scholarship.
* Law Review (Comment editor).
* Moot Court.
1985-1996 B.S., University of the State of New York, Albany.
LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, & COURT ADMITTANCE
Ad mitted to practice in State of California.
Ad mitted to practice in U.S. Court, Ninth Circuit (Central District).
Ad mitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court.
Ad mitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
California Insurance License #0E00909
NV Insurance License #565496
Ohio Insurance License #766129
Hawaii Insurance License
California Real Estate Broker License #01707953
AWARDS RECEIVED
Trial Advocacy Scholarship recipient (1998).
Merit awards for service as Tribune of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity.
United States Marine Corps. Meritorious Masts (x3).
AFFILIATIONS
* American Bar Association
* Orange County Bar Associations (tax section).
* Federal Bar Association (tax section).
* ABA (tax section).
PROPRIETARY CONCEPTS & BOOKS
“Life Planning Solutions”®
“Wealth Makers”
“Ho w to Buy Foreclosure Properties for Less Than $ 30,000”©
"The 3 Secret Pillars of Asset Protection"©
"Fire Sale" - contributing author (Wiley & Sons)
“The 3 Secret Pillars of Wealth – Cracking Your Wealth Code Using Tools
of the Self-made Billionaires”© (5 & 4 stars Amazon.com).