Taxation:
Successful representation of clients under criminal investigation by Internal
Revenue Service for Money Laundering and Unreported Income. Successfully negotiated with local tax authorities a planned sale of real property for nonpayment of taxes into a five-year installment program. Halted a seizure of an existing business with over 15 employees for nonpayment of trust fund taxes; negotiated with IRS Collection Division into accepting an installment payments for back taxes. Initiated and filed Petitions for Relief before US Tax Court for several taxpayers involving unreported income and unsubstantiated expenditures issues.

Estate Planning:
Prepared numerous estate plans for individuals, including revocable
trusts, wills, insurance trusts and durable powers of attorney. Analyzed and prepared gifting programs for clients. Authored and developed “Motivational” Trusts for children. Counseled clients on asset protection trusts -- foreign and domestic.

Corporate:
Counsel to non-profit, tax-exempt organizations. Advised corporations on
management controls, fiscal and accounting controls and cost containment.

Employment History:

• Principal, Law Office of Ronald Chun, 1992- present
• Of Counsel, CHAN . DOI . LEAL LLP 1994 - present
• Litigation Associate, Adams, Sadler and Hovis, 1989-1990
• Research Attorney, San Francisco Superior Court, 1988-1989
• Tax Associate, Arthur Anderson & Company. 1987-1988
• Intern, IRS - District Counsel, 1986
• Internal Revenue Agent, IRS, 1981-1994
• Inspector - Internal Audit Division, IRS 1979 -1981

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Juris Doctor, University of San Francisco, 1987
Beijing University, Fudan University and Hong Kong University, 1985
Comparative Legal Studies and Foreign Trade; B.S.
Business Administration/Accounting, San Jose State University 1981

Admission to Practice:
State Bar of California, 1988
District of Columbia Bar, 1990
U.S. District Court, Northern District California, U.S. Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals, United States Tax Court, 1988
Illinois Certified Public Accountant, 1990
California Notary Public, 1993
Arbitrator - National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Commissioner, San Francisco County Assessment Appeals Board
• As Chair of the Assessment Appeals Board, authored largest property tax fraud decision in California history, (In Re: One Market Plaza; Findings of fraud penalty and change of ownership upheld on appeal in 2003)
• Deputy Chief - Assessor/Recorder of San Francisco County
• Authored first California county assessor ruling on the application of Proposition 13 to the transfer of real property between same sex registered domestic partners. (www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/assessor/SF-RDP2002.pdf)

• Member, Taxation and Estate Planning Sections of the State Bar of California
• Member, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.

• Member, Taxation and Estate Planning Sections of the State Bar of California
• Member, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
• Council of Asian American Business Associations of San Francisco;
  Asian American Business Association
• Asian Business Association - Silicon Valley
• Association of Asian American CPAs & Attorneys
• Chinese American Democratic Club; La Casa de Las Madres
• Small Property Owners Association
• Bay School; Lakeshore Acres Improvement Club
• Chinese Newcomers Center
• Society of Asian AmericanAccountants
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program
• Kong Chow Benevolent Association
• Chinese American Voters Education Committee (CAVEC) Sunset Democratic Club. Westside Chinese Democratic Club.
  

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