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| Francis A. La Poll, Attorney |
 Francis A. La Poll is a magna cum laude
graduate of the University of Virginia. He
received his law degree from Stanford Law School,
where he served as editor-in-chief of the Stanford
Journal of International Law, and as head of the
Legal Aid Society. Upon graduation from law
school, he clerked for the Hon. Procter R. Hug,
Jr., Chief Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. La Poll specializes in Tax Court litigation
and tax and estate planning for larger estates,
including international and charitable aspects of
such planning.
Mr. La Poll's publications include the section on
income taxation of nonresident aliens in
International Estate Planning (Matthew Bender). He
authored the article "Vaporize Estate Taxes and
Keep It All in the Family: The Family Limited
Partnership," which appeared in the June 1992
issue of the Gilfix Elder Law NewsAlert
(Bancroft-Whitney). He also contributes to Tax &
Financial Planning for the Elderly: Forms &
Practice (Matthew Bender) and is a co-author of
Medi-Cal and Asset Preservation : 1999 Emerging, a
book-length set of materials for practicing
attorneys.
Mr. La Poll has been the featured speaker for
diverse groups (on diverse topics)--from Canadian
chartered accountants (on international estate,
gift, and income tax implications) to California
attorneys (on tax aspects of Medi-Cal planning).
He serves on the City Council of the City of Los
Altos, where he resides with his wife and six
children. He is past Chair of the Board of the
YMCA of the Midpeninsula, and has also served on
Boards of the American Heart Association, the Palo
Alto Senior Housing Project, Inc., and the Santa
Clara Valley Transportation Authority. He is the
Peninsula representative to the California League
of Cities Committee on Revenue and Taxation.
Mr. La Poll holds an AV rating from
Martindale-Hubbell, as judged by his peers in the
legal profession. This rating, the highest given,
"...reflects an attorney who has reached the
heights of professional excellence,... [has]
practiced law for many years, and is recognized
for the highest levels of skill and integrity."
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