We are happy to announce that Leslie Giordani, Derry Swanger and Michael Ripp have once again been selected to appear in the Texas Super Lawyers magazine, which recognizes the top 5% of lawyers in the state. An imprint of Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
We’re excited to welcome sweet baby Camille Maya Quinones to the GSRP family! She was born August 5, weighing in at 6 lbs. 8 oz. We couldn’t be happier for her mom, our insurance matters coordinator Amy Quiñones—who says her little clan is adjusting well to being a family of four.
Whether she becomes a lawyer, a paralegal or follows her mom’s footsteps into insurance, we know Camille is destined for wonderful things. Welcome to the family!
The Austin Business Journal has recently released its list of finalists for the Profiles in Power awards, a local who’s who of accomplished female entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals. First-named partner Leslie Giordani, a superb firm leader and uniquely accomplished attorney with expertise in estate planning, tax, insurance, and more, has been included as one of fourteen finalists in the area of Professional Services.
We extend our congratulations to Leslie, and are thankful to the ABJ for recognizing in her the qualities that we so treasure at our firm. We can’t wait to attend the awards luncheon on September 29!
It is our great pleasure to announce that Peggy Ugent, our accomplished Tax & Accounting Director, has added another title to her résumé: Vice Chair of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Trust, Estate and Gift Technical Resource Panel. The 10-person panel monitors legislative and regulatory activity, meets with technical staff at the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and other professional groups in order to collaborate and help guide policy, and supports the AICPA membership by developing products and services to assists members in tax practice.
Ms. Ugent’s panel recently contributed to the AICPA’s response to proposed IRS regulations regarding the basis of property acquired from an estate, and an executor’s related reporting requirements. The panel’s comments were published in an article in Tax Analysts, which we are proud to share here.
We are proud to announce our inclusion in IR Global, a United Kingdom-based professional services network that exists to connect legal, accounting, and financial advisors both to each other and to clients the world over. IR Global recruited and approved Leslie Giordani, Derry Swanger, and Michael Ripp, Jr. for membership in the areas of Wills and Estates, Trust and Charity Law, and Tax (Private Client), respectively.
They are now listed alongside foremost attorneys in every area of law in numerous countries around the world, from the UK to the United Arab Emirates, China and everywhere in between. We are currently the exclusive Texas firm in all of our registered practice areas.
Click here to learn more about IR Global, which is the fastest growing professional service firm network in the world.
For the eighth consecutive year, GSRP partner Cindy Grossman has been selected for inclusion in the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list! She is the only Austin area attorney included on the organization’s 2016 list for tax law.
Cindy has been with GSRP since 2009 and a partner since 2011. She possesses a breadth of experience in corporate and partnership formation and operation, investment fund formation, entity conversion and reorganization, business planning, business succession planning, executive compensation planning, and asset protection planning. During her tenure at GSRP, she has guided clients in negotiations with Citadel, New York Stock Exchange, Bloomberg LP, AIG, Knight, Merrill Lynch, Sungard, Barclays and Citi, among others.
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. No more than 2.5% of up-and-coming lawyers in Texas are named to Rising Stars, as determined by Thomson Reuters.
Bob Chesner assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer of GSRP effective January 1, 2016. We welcome Bob’s experience and are excited to have his business leadership and energy in our firm’s administration. In his role, he leads and oversees all of the operational, administrative, and financial functions of GSRP.
Please help us welcome the newest member of the GSRP family! Baby Oliver was born earlier this month, weighing in at 7 lbs, 10 oz. We’re overjoyed for his mom, our tax coordinator Laura Bredeson, and know little Oliver is destined for great things.
Maybe he’ll be a lawyer? Tax professional? Insurance expert? No matter, we are proud and thrilled to have him here!
Bob Chesner presents “Beyond the IRA and 401(k): Creating Unlimited Tax-Free Retirement Income” on the topic of Private Placement Life Insurance at the Tony Robbins Platinum Partnership meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho on February 27, 2016.