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Extremely knowledgable and hardworking! I couldn’t recommend these wonderful, caring professionals more!

Nightmare!!! beware before you hire this firm! Billing and running up hours is their first priority at this firm not the client's interest. I was referred to this firm by my accountant. under pressure by deadlines,I agreed to a free consultation! a 15 minutes in to our consultation Rice told me he knows exactly what to do and he assured me i have nothing to worry about. well that was not the case! he would not start on my case until the retainer was paid in full and check had cleared his bank! then a junior attorney was assigned to my case(whom i never met personally). i was told that she will be reporting to Mr. rice directly and that he will be monitoring my case. so then the billing for emails and phone calls started at the speed of light! when i went there for the second time to make a payment for the retainer, I ran in to Mr ice in the hallways, he told me he is vigorously working on my case, few days later when i questioned the junior attorney, she told me Mr rice has not started on my case! i should have known better then! thousand of dollars later! Mr. rice asked me a question about the case which made me realize he has no idea what is going on with my case. i decided to go for a second opinion and after searching for another attorney i met an attorney who took 4 hours with a junior attorney present going over my case. don't make the mistake i made.

I have spoken to 2-3 attorneys and "paid" them no one gave me a straight answer about fraudulent of RE transfer question. Your answer is crystal clear and free. I think you are a great attorney. If there was a room for 10 stars I would give you 10. Please feel free to contact me. I did not consult you but I checking consulted, otherwise the system will not let me post my review. Good Job Bravo !!!

I have known and worked with Bruce for over 20 years on estate planning involving cross border transactions: either US persons with assets abroad or foreign persons with assets in the US. I have also worked with him on international asset protection planning. Bruce's knowledge and recall of the law is remarkable; Bruce's wiciked sense of humor is humanizing; and his documents are superb.

I work with Mr. Givner for a few years now and found him very knowledgable and professional. I trust his opinions and suggestions and I feel comfortable to recommend him to anyone who needs his services.

Bruce, is very straight forward and giving with his time. He helps you understand some complex ideas in a very simple fashion, answering all your questions as you go along. He is very knowledgeable about all the different tax laws and uses them to analyze your specific situation.

My family first started working with Bruce in 1988, when I was in college. When it came time for me to assume the estate, Bruce was there to guide through the initial process. The estate was complex and contentious, and I was certainly not prepared for the complex legal transition. Not having a legal, real estate or accounting backround, I turned to Bruce for help. Many other "proffesionals" that I was working with obfuscate the transition with legal/ proffesional jargon. Bruce gave me straightforward answers with understandable explanations and analogies. I am now in the second year of running the real estate based trust. I would have not made it through the first six months without Bruce's expert estate and tax advice. Your immediate planning needs are important. However, please take into consideration the long term impact of the lawyer you select now, with regard to the long term needs of those you seek to protect.

I am a business owner in Los Angeles and have known Bruce Givner for a long time. It was a pleasure to be introduced to Bruce. He first helped to create an asset protection plan for myself and my family. Later Bruce assisted my company in saving a tremendous amount in tax. I highly recommend Bruce Givner.

Before I engaged Bruce as my tax attorney, I’d met and talked to several tax lawyers; none of them I talked to have exuded the level of confidence, trust, and professionalism like Bruce has. I was trying to find a good lawyer that can really help me navigate through the IRS examination process. Only a few minutes into the phone conversation with Bruce for the first time, I knew intuitively that he is the right person to handle the problem I have with the IRS. In every subsequence meetings I had with him, he wasted no time to get directly to the point. He asked all the right questions. He made me focus on the problem instead of the fear and worry of the possible outcomes of the case. Without his help, I still have doubts whether I have the stomach and motivation to go through this torturous IRS examination process. His legal advice and not related to legal advice are invaluable. The decision to retain his legal service is not only one of the most important decisions, but also the right one I made in life.

Mr. Givner listened to me, heard me, and then communicated different strategies to not only help me, but my children.

I have known of Bruce Givner for close to three decades and have worked with him for the last 25 years. I have never seen a brighter, more creative Attorney than Bruce. In addition to all the the other descriptive terms, add problem solving, he is the master.