Greenberg Traurig Announces New Of Counsel Michael Starler to
Join Highly Regarded Los Angeles Tax Group
LOS ANGELES, CA-- March 30, 2006 -- Greenberg Traurig has announced
Michael H. Starler
as the newest member of its Los Angeles tax group, where he will
serve as of counsel.
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Michael Starler |
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Specializing in sophisticated estate planning, business tax matters,
and trusts and estates, Starler previously practiced in Brentwood,
California, for more than 20 years, representing high net worth
individuals and closely held businesses. He also has represented
clients in matters of business law, corporate law, partnership and
limited liability law, real estate, entertainment law and intellectual
property.
“Greenberg Traurig’s Los Angeles tax group is well known for
its handling of sophisticated tax and estate matters, relying on
the expertise and leadership of attorneys like
Carol Perrin and
Norman Lane,” said
Tom Loo, co-managing
shareholder of the Los Angeles office at Greenberg Traurig. “Now
with the addition of Michael, a 30-year tax veteran, our clients
will gain tremendous value from his expertise in dealing with complex
tax matters and his practical approach to structuring integrated
estate plans.”
Starler provides counsel on family limited partnerships, family
limited liability companies and business succession planning as
well as individual, corporate and partnership tax. Other areas of
expertise include tax controversy matters, complex business transactional
law including taxable and non-taxable mergers and acquisitions,
private charitable foundations, executive deferred compensation,
and premarital and postnuptial agreements.
“Greenberg Traurig is an ideal environment for my clients, who
now can benefit from its broad scope of legal services and the added
support of a comprehensive tax group,” said Starler. “The firm’s
outstanding reputation, combined with the knowledge and skills of
its tax team, will benefit our clients worldwide when seeking guidance
for tax and estate matters.”
Starler first was introduced to Greenberg Traurig in the late
1970s, when he served as co-counsel with the Miami office of Greenberg
Traurig, representing a major title insurance company in a dispute
relating to a condominium development in the Florida Keys. Regarding
that experience, Starler said, “I was extremely impressed with the
caliber of the lawyers at GT with whom I had the pleasure of working,
as well as the firm culture, which seemed much different from that
of other large law firms I had encountered. When I decided to look
for a firm environment within which to conduct my practice, the
Los Angeles office of GT was my first choice.”
Starler earned his LLM in taxation from the University of San
Diego School of Law and his law degree from Southwestern University,
where he was a member of Law Review. He holds a bachelor of science
degree in business administration from California State University
at Northridge. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association
and the State Bar of California. Starler and his wife Suzan, a chiropractor,
reside in Malibu.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with 1,500
attorneys and governmental affairs professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The
firm is ranked seventh on The American Lawyer's Am Law 100 listing of the
largest law firms in the U.S., based on number of lawyers.
Greenberg Traurig serves clients from offices in: Albany, NY; Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; Atlanta, GA; Boca Raton, FL; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver,
CO; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Houston, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL;
Morristown, NJ; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA;
Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA; Silicon Valley, CA; Tallahassee, FL; Tokyo, Japan;
Tysons Corner, VA; Washington, D.C.; West Palm Beach, FL; Wilmington, DE; and Zurich,
Switzerland. Additionally, the firm has strategic alliances with the following independent
law firms: Olswang, London and Brussels; Studio Santa Maria, Milan and Rome; and
Hayabusa Kokusai Law Offices in Tokyo.
For additional information, please visit the firm's Web site at
www.gtlaw.com.
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