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 Richard
Gaines is a private practitioner with over twenty years of experience in
Estate Planning and Tax Law. Mr. Gaines received his Juris Doctorate from
Southwestern University School of Law in 1983 and his Masters of Law in
Taxation from Denver University School of Law in 1984.
After working for prestigious Southern California CPA and
law firms, Mr. Gaines established Gaines Legal Services, Inc. in 1990.
The firm specializes in wills, trusts, estate and tax planning.
Individuals and small business owners benefit from learning how their
business, family and investments can save taxes, protect what they own
and affect their future. The firm's clients plan today for who gets their
money, how they get and when they get so they can avoid future legal
hassles, uncertainties and family squabbles.
Our Estate Planning clients
express their visions, values and beliefs about how they want the things
they have acquired to affect their spouses, life partners, their kids and
their community.
Our Small
Business clients express their visions, goals and
objectives about how they would like their business to operate
profitably, as well as to establish the ideal relationship they have with
their partner(s).
We
work with individuals and small business owners who want to learn how the
pieces of their personal and financial life can fit into a finished
puzzle. This consolidation provides for the straightforward management
and distribution of their property in order to avoid legal disputes and
family squabbles.
Richard Gaines approaches the planning process from a
multi-dimensional and multi-generational perspective utilizing income
tax, estate tax and money management principles to provide the best
possible integrated service, creating a lasting family legacy. The firm's
work includes: Estate Freezes using Family Limited Partnerships and S
Corporations; Wealth Building through Irrevocable and Grantor Trusts;
Individual Retirement Accounts and many other sophisticated estate and
income tax strategies. The firm also assists in resolving client's tax
problems with the Internal Revenue Service.
Mr. Gaines served two years as chairperson of the North
San Diego County Bar Association's Tax Section and has testified as an
expert witness in court. From 2000-2002, he was a Board Member and
Treasurer of a prominent San Diego charitable organization.
Richard Gaines conducts public and private seminars, is
a much sought after guest speaker on local radio talk shows and
television news. He has presented before such distinguished groups as the
CPA/LAW Forum, the North Coastal Estate Planning Council, the California
Society of Enrolled Agents and the North San Diego County Bar Estate
Planning and Probate Section.
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