DON D. NELSON
Attorney at Law, Certified Public Accountant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS 

· Private Legal & Tax Practice -  Dana Point,  Orange County, California, Practice emphasizes expatriate, international and non-resident taxation law and return compliance, international  estate planning,  US and international business law, partnerships, corporations, trusts, contract negotiation, real estate law; U.S. aspects of doing business and owning real estate in Mexico and  US trademark law and trade secrets law (in practice of  tax law for over 32 years).

· PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP- Senior Manager, Tax & Legal Services Department (1999-2001)

· Ernst & Young, LLP – Senior Manager, Estate Planning, Personal Tax Planning and Executive Compensation,  Personal Financial Services (1997 - 1999)

· Tosco Energy Company – Corporate Tax Attorney 

· Ernst & Ernst – Partnership, Corporate, Trust, Estate and Non-profit taxation-Tax Department 

· California State University at Los Angeles – Assistant Professor of Accounting and Taxation (1974-1982)

●  University of California Los Angeles Extension - Corporate Taxation

· Touche Ross & Co. – Tax Specialist

· US Army – Field Artillery Operations & Intelligence 

                    EDUCATION:

· University of Southern California Law Center – Juris Doctorate in Law 

· San Diego State University – Bachelor of Science in Accounting 

· UCLA – Graduate School of Business Administration 

                    PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

· Attorney at Law – California (1974)

· Certified Public Accountant – California (1975)

· Real Estate Broker – California (1978)

· Admitted to California Supreme Court, US Tax Court, US District Court, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

· American Bar Association,  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

· Appeared as tax  and business law expert on radio and television; Authored regular monthly column in national business magazine on business and tax matters; Authored numerous other articles on taxation  and business law in general publications. Lectures on tax law, business law, and asset protection.