MARK J. PHILLIPS (A Professional Corporation),PARTNER, admitted to bar, 1980, California; 1981, U.S. Tax Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, State Bar of California. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1987. Education : University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., cum laude 1976; J.D., 1979); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1980). Adjunct Professor of Law in Wills and Trusts, University of La Verne, San Fernando Valley College of Law, 1986-2002, Author (partial listing): 'Estate Planning for Non-Resident Aliens ,' The Practical Lawyer, 1984; 'Vanishing Holding Requirements: Like-Kind Exchanges After Magneson, Bolker and the Tax Reform Act of 1984 ,' California State Bar Tax Section News, 1985; 'History and the Law: Judicial Process and the King's Writ ,' Northrup University Law Journal of Aerospace, Business and Taxation, 1986; 'New Restrictions on Attorney Fees in Conservatorships, Trusts and Estates, and Donative Transfers to Drafters (AB21) ', CEB Estate Planning & California Probate Reporter, 1993; 'Families in Transition: California Continues to Grapple with the Inheritance Rights of Stepchildren ,' California CEB Estate Planning, Trust & Probate News, Spring, 1994; 'Substantiation Rules for Charitable Gifts ,' Philanthropy Alert, 2000; 'Accepting the Inevitable; California Statute Finally Embraces Oral Testamentary Contracts; Journals of Legal Advocacy & Practice', Vol. 4, 2002.  Member : State Bar of California; San Fernando Valley Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association (Executive Committee, Section on Trusts and Estates, 1994-1997); San Fernando Valley Estate Planning Council (Board of Directors, 1991-2000; President 1996-1997); Board of Directors, Jewish National Fund, (1987-1998); Legal and Tax Committee, Jewish Community Foundation, (1992-2001); Editorial Committee, Philanthropy Alert, (1997-1998). Concentration : Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate and Trust Administration; Probate, Wills and Trust Litigation.  Honors :  Los Angeles Magazine Super Lawyers 2007.