Jeffrey M. Verdon Law Group, LLP

Jeffrey M. Verdon, Managing Partner of Jeffrey M. Verdon Law Group, LLP, and Of Counsel at Oshins and Associates, specializes in estate, trust and income tax planning, and asset and lifestyle protection planning for high-net worth clients across the United States.  Mr. Verdon is regarded as one of the country’s pre-eminent asset protection planning attorneys, and enjoys professional relationships with many of the most highly regarded taxation and asset protection lawyers in the United States and abroad. 

Mr. Verdon regularly lectures at both land-based financial and investment conferences, and aboard luxury cruise ship investment conferences and similar U.S. and international investment conferences. He is also lectures regularly at local and national law firms, providing accredited CLE programs on Asset Protection: An Overview of Offshore Planning Strategies and U.S. Tax Compliance.

Jeffrey M. Verdon has been practicing law in the areas of taxation and asset protection since receiving his Masters of Law (LL.M. Taxation) from Boston University in 1979. Mr. Verdon is a Fellow and Senator of the distinguished Isle of Man-based Offshore Institute, a professional body that is dedicated to the education and training of competent practitioners in offshore and international finance and tax planning, and to improving the professional standards of those who dispense professional advice in this field.

Mr. Verdon is one of the founding members of the editorial board of one of the earliest and most distinguished publications on asset protection planning, Jacob's Report on Asset Protection Strategies. Mr. Verdon regularly lectures at both land-based and at-sea professional meetings and national and international financial conferences.

Biographical Profile

Born in Miami, Florida, July 24, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, California

Education: Woodland University, Van Nys, CA (B.S.L. 1974; J.D. 1977); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation 1979).

Publications

"S Corporations - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - S Corporations v. Family Partnerships - The Proper Way to Own Your Mobilehome Park", WMA Reporter, March, 1990;

"Why You Should Consider Asset Protection." Sonoma County Physician, Vol. 41, No. 1, Jan/Feb., 1990;

"How You Can Insulate Your Assets From Liability Lawsuits and Unintended Creditors," (1989);

"Asset Protection & You" (1993) Chapter on International Trusts.

BNA Tax Portfolio - Asset Protection Chapter on Community Property.

Instructor:

Business Law, Brooks College, 1977-1978
Fellow and Senator, Isle of Man-based Offshore Institute
CEB "Asset Protection Planning", panelist 1995-1996

Scott B. Flaherty, Esq., an associate at Jeffrey M. Verdon Law Group, LLP, practices in the areas of estate and income tax planning, as well as asset and lifestyle protection planning.

Scott earned his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Flaherty worked as investment analyst for a money management firm and as a product specialist for an investment firm.

Biographical Profile
Born in Dayton, Ohio, May 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, California

Education: Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, Mathematics, 1995); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 2002)

Jerome (“Jerry”) M. Hesch, Esq. is a tax and estate planning consultant for lawyers throughout the country and is Special Senior Tax Counsel for Jeffrey M. Verdon Law Group, LLP and Oshins and Associates.

Former tax partner with the national law firm of Greenberg Traurig (Miami, Florida), Professor Hesch is a member of the America College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami School of Law (Graduate Programs in Estate Planning and Taxation) and Florida International University School of Law. An accomplished author, Professor Hesch has published numerous articles, several Tax Management Portfolios, and co-authored a law school casebook on Federal Income Taxation, now in its third edition.

Also a highly sought after speaker, Professor Hesch has presented for groups such as the AICPA, the University of Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, the University of Southern California Tax Institute, and the New York University Institute on Federal Taxation. He has participated in several bar association projects, such as the Drafting Committee for the Florida Revised Uniform Partnership Act and preparing the ABA’s comments on the IRS’s proposed private annuity regulations.

Professor Hesch received his BA and MBA degrees from the University of Michigan and a JD degree from the University of Buffalo Law School. He was with the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C. from 1970 to 1975, and was a full-time law professor from 1975 to 1994.

For more information about Professor Hesch, please visit: www.jhesch.com.

PUBLICATIONS

Testamentary Charitable Lead Trusts: When Should They Be Used for Estate Planning, and Don’t Overlook the Income Tax Planning Opportunities, 49 Tax Management Memorandum 411 (2008) (with Donald Tescher).

Gaubatz at the Bat, 62 University of Miami Law Review (2008), (A tribute to Prof. John Gaubatz).

Dynastic Planning for Education: The Income and Estate Tax Savings from Rolling Over 529 Plans from Generation to Generation, 32 Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 255 (2007) (with Eileen Trautman).

A Holistic Analysis of Private Annuities, 59th Institute on Federal Taxation, USC Gould School of Law, Chapter 18 (2007) (with Andrew Katzenstein, Norman Lane and Kevin McGrath).

Grantor Trusts: Supercharging Your Estate Plan, 32 Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 66 (2007) (with Todd Steinberg and Jennifer Smith).

Death of a Partner in Family Limited Partnerships: Income Tax Traps, 22 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 293 (2006) and 31 Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trust Journal 56 (2006) (with Todd Steinberg).

Intra-Family Sales Using Private Annuities: The House Wins, 30 Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trust Journal 81 (2005).

Case Studies-Implementing Bright Ideas, 38th Annual University of Miami Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Chapter 19 (2004) (with S. Stacy Eastland and Ellen K. Harrison).

21st Annual Review of Federal Income Taxation: Individuals and Business Entities (2004 Edition), Tax Section, Florida Bar (with Elliott Manning). This book is an annual publication and prior annual editions have been published since 1984.

The Use of Settlor Guarantees in ILIT Premium Financing, 28 Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 219 (2003) (with Laura Baek).

The Individual Income Tax Base: Cases, Problems and Policies in Federal Taxation (West Group 2002) (with Prof. Laurie Malman, NYU; Prof. Linda Sugin, Fordham; and Prof. Lewis Solomon, George Washington University).

Coordinating Income Tax Planning with Estate Planning in an Uncertain Estate Tax World: Uses of Installment Sales, Private Annuities and Self-Canceling Installment Notes, 36th Annual University of Miami Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Chapter 10 (2002) (with Elliott Manning).

Divorce: A Window for Estate Planning Opportunities, 41 Tax Management Memorandum 163 (2000) (with Frank Adams).

Beyond the Basic Freeze: Further Uses of Deferred Payment Sales, 34th Annual University of Miami Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Chapter 16 (2000) (with Elliott Manning).

The OID and Installment Sale Impact on Earnouts, Holdbacks and Escrows, 15 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 59 (1999).

Deferred Payment Sales to Grantor Trusts, GRATs and Net Gifts: Income and Transfer Tax Elements, 24 Tax Management Estate, Gifts and Trusts Journal 3 (1999) (with Elliott Manning).

Installment Sales, SCINs and Private Annuity Sales to a Grantor Trust: Income Tax and Transfer Tax Elements, 23 Tax Management Estate, Gifts and Trusts Journal 114 (1998).

Partnership Investment Company Rules for Family Limited Partnerships, 38 Tax Management Memorandum 247 (1997) and 22 Tax Management Estate, Gifts and Trusts Journal 200 (1997) (with Elliott Manning).

Purchasing the Remainder Interest in a QTIP Trust: An Analysis of Olsten v. Commissione, 21 Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 122 (1996) (with Jonathan Gopman and Seth Kaplan).

Sale or Exchange of Business Assets: Economic Performance, Contingent Liabilities and Nonrecourse Liabilities (Part One), 11 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 19, (Part Two), 11 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 35, (Part Three), 11 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 51, (Part Four) 11 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 263 (1995) (with Elliott Manning).

Federal Income, Gift and Estate Tax Consequences of Separation and Divorce, Chapter 52, New York Civil Practice: Matrimonial Actions (Matthew Bender Co., 1995).

Partnership Capital Interest for Services: What, How Much and When" (Part One), 10 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 27 (1994), (Part Two), 10 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 47 (1994) (with Elliott Manning).

Problems, Cases and Materials in Federal Income Taxation, 2d Edition and Teacher's Manual (with Prof. Lewis Solomon, George Washington University and Prof. Laurie Malman, NYU), (West Publishing Co. 1994); Current Developments for Use With Federal Income Taxation, 2d Edition, (West Group, August, 2000).

Partnerships: Overview, Conceptual Aspects and Formation, 710 Tax Management Portfolio (1994).

The Debt-For-Equity Exception To Discharge of Indebtedness Income for Partnerships (Part One), 9 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 39 (1993); (Part Two), 9 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 63 (1993).

Intrafamily Sales & OID Safe Harbors: Transfer Tax Anomalies, 17 Tax Management Estate, Gifts, and Trusts Journal 131 (1992) (with Elliott Manning).

Family Deferred Payment Sales: Installment Sales, SCINs, Private Annuities, OID and Other Enigmas, 26 University of Miami Phillip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, Chapter. 3 (1992) (with Elliott Manning).

Dispositions of Installment Obligations By Gift or Bequest, 16 Tax Management Estate, Gifts and Trusts Journal 137 (1991).

Divorce and the Personal Residence: An Analysis of the Tax Consequences (Part One), 5 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 255 (1989); 16 Fam. L. Rep. 3001 (1990); (Part Two), 6 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 3 (1990); 16 Fam. L. Rep. 3017 (1990).

Tax Aspects of Separation and Divorce, 124 Fam. L. Rep. 42 (1990).

Commission Will Seek Certiorari in Pleasant Summit, 5 Tax Management Real Estate Journal 183 (1989).

Partnerships, Tax Practice Series (Tax Management-BNA, 1989). Wrote several chapters for the partnership volume.

Alimony, Child Support and Property Settlements, Tax Practice Series (Tax Management - BNA 1989). Wrote the Separation and Divorce chapter.

Domestic Relations: Separation and Divorce, 95-5th Tax Management Portfolio (1988).

Gift and Estate Tax Aspects of Separation and Divorce, 12 Tax Management Estate, Gifts & Trust Journal 127 (1987); 3 Financial Planning Journal 514 (1987); 14 Family Law Reporter 3007 (1988).

Problems, Cases and Materials in Federal Income Taxation and Teacher's Manual (West Publishing Co. 1987) (with Prof. Lewis D. Solomon), and Recent Materials for Use With Federal Income Taxation, (West, June, 1992).

Death of a Partner: Pre and Post-Mortem Planning, 1 Akron Tax Journal 73 (1983).

Tax Free Exchanges of Partnership Interests and Incorporation of Partnerships, 41st. NYU Tax Institute, Chapter 15 (1983).

Rental of Personal Residences: Traps for the Homeowner, 40 The Barrister 8 (1982).

Private Annuities After The Installment Sales Revision Act of 1980, 6 The Review of Taxation of Individuals 20 (1982) (with Elliott Manning).

Separated Couples and the Marriage Penalty, 45 Albany L. Review 116 (1980).