Chase, Alan R.

Lawyer Overview

Alan has worked for many years with entrepreneurial families, physicians, attorneys, accountants and other professionals, serving as their business, tax and estate planning counsel.  In this regard, Alan helps his clients from the inception and creation of their businesses or professional practices, by negotiating and drafting organizational documents, operating agreements and buy-sell agreements, negotiating real estate leases, business sales, mergers and acquisitions, and structuring liquidations of businesses and professional practices.  In addition, he has developed and implemented sophisticated estate plans for his clients, achieving significant estate tax savings or mitigation through the use of gifts, intra-family asset transfers and life insurance protection.  In providing the foregoing services, Alan relies upon the accounting experience which he gained in becoming a certified public accountant in New York State, prior to commencing the practice of law.

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Contracts, Estate Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate & Estate Administration, Tax

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1971
• Florida, 1975
• U.S. Tax Court, 1975

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The Florida Bar (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Florida Trend Magazine, Florida Legal Elite, Tax Law, 2004 - 2006
• South Florida Legal Guide - Top Lawyers in South Florida, 2010 - 2011
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2010

Classes and Seminars

• Member - Special Panel, New York University Federal Tax Institute, 1981

Past Employment Positions

• Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quental, P.A., Partner, Tax Department, 1975 - 1986
• Harris, Beach & Wilcox, Associate Attorney, 1971 - 1975
• Ernst & Ernst, Staff Accountant, 1967 - 1968

Education

• University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York, 1970
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Law Review: Buffalo Law Review, Member, 1969 - 1970
• State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 1966
  B.S.
  Honors: With Distinction

Fraternities/Sororities

• Beta Gamma Sigma

Published Works

• Copyright Law & Its Relevance to CATV: Can an Old Dog Be Taught New Tricks, 19 Buffalo Law Review 65, 1969
• What is Happening to Subchapter S Corporations, New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, 1981
• Taxation of Tort Damages, Board of Review Florida Torts, Volume 4, Chapter 117, 1991

Address

2731 Executive Park Drive
Suite 10
Weston, FL 33331-3659

Phones

786-338-9986
866-521-5391
800-495-2632 (Toll Free)

Faxes

305-670-6152

Emails

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Websites

http://www.miamitaxlaw.com