Alex J. Hemmelgarn
- Biography
- Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Memberships
- Alex J. Hemmelgarn is a Certified Specialist in Tax Law as designated by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He is a Shareholder in our Corporate, Tax, and Trust & Estate Planning Practice Groups representing businesses, as well as individual and family estates.
Primarily providing clients counsel on tax issues based on state and federal statutes and regulations, case law, IRS Revenue Rulings and Procedures, and tax treaties, Mr. Hemmelgarn has experience in the following:
- Entity formation, conversion and reorganization
- Municipal, state and federal tax compliance
- Tax-deferred transactions
- Business Succession Planning
- Acquisitions
- Sales and Liquidations
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (including Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Profit Sharing Plans, and Phantom Stock Plans)
- Trust Instruments (including QTIPs, QSSTs, GRATs, QPRTs, Charitable Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships, Special/Supplemental Needs Trusts, etc.)
- International Estate Planning and Administration
- Disability Planning
- California Property Tax
A graduate of Ohio State University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History, Mr. Hemmelgarn later attended the University of Illinois at Chicago’s John Marshall Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor. He also received his Master of Laws in Taxation from John Marshall Law School, and graduated with honors.
Mr. Hemmelgarn currently serves on the Board of Directors for HOPE Connection, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that provides individual and group support, educational programs, and other resources for individuals grieving the loss of loved ones.
Mr. Hemmelgarn also serves as Chair on the Board of Directors for MEND, a San Fernando Valley-based nonprofit organization that helps collect and distribute food, clothing, and furniture to less fortunate families in the community.
An experienced speaker, Mr. Hemmelgarn has frequently presented on the improvement of cultural competency in client counseling and the development of person-centered, trauma-informed best practices in the provision of legal services, including the preparation of trainings and materials for legal professionals seeking to better serve victims of trauma and persons with disabilities. Mr. Hemmelgarn has also been named a Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine.
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- Presenter, The Basics of Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax – San Fernando Valley Bar Association, May 2022
- Co-Presenter, A Review of Proposition 19 – San Fernando Valley Bar Association, December 2020
- Featured, Meet the 2020 SFVBA Trustee Candidates, Valley Lawyer, a publication of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, July 2020
- Presenter, Tax Planning and Pitfalls for the Global Family – San Fernando Valley Bar Association, May 2020
- Co-Presenter, 2019 Year-End Tax Planning – MCLE and CPE accredited Client Seminar Series, November 2019
- Co-Author, Chapter 10 – Special Powers in Powers of Attorney Relating to Special Needs Issues, Special Needs Trusts, Illinois Institute for Continued Legal Education, 2013
- Co-Presenter, Wills and Advance Healthcare Directives – Café Europa (community group for Holocaust Survivors) – August and September 2017
- Trusts and Estates Guest Lecturer, Formalities of Execution of Estate Planning Instruments, John Marshall Law School, November 2014
- Co-Presenter, Estate Planning for LGBT Couples, Chicago Public Library, May 2014
- State Bar of California
- San Fernando Valley Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- United States Tax Court
- State Bar of Illinois
- State Bar of California
- Central District of California
- Southern District of California
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