10100 Santa Monica Boulevard
Suite 2200
Los Angeles, CA 90067

310.282.2231

310.919.3140

John Arao
Partner

John Arao practices tax planning for business transactions.

He is a frequent lecturer on tax issues and a teacher of taxation courses at the University of California at Irvine and the California State University at Los Angeles.

Publications/Speeches

Co-Author, Songwriters Gain from Change in Tax Law, Entertainment Law and Finance Newsletter - Volume 22, Number 4 (July 2006)
Former Editor,, Taxation Section of the State Bar of California, California Tax Lawyer

Affiliations

Member [Former Chair, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine (1994–1995), Real Estate Tax Committee of the Taxation Section (1993–1994)], Los Angeles County Bar Association
Former Member, Executive Committee, Taxation Section, State Bar of California

Distinctions

Named "Southern California Super Lawyer" in Tax by Law & Politics in Los Angeles magazine (2004 and 2006 editions)
Named in The Legal 500 US in Tax, published by Legalease Limited and John Pritchard (2010 edition)
Highest "AV Preeminent (5 out of 5)" Professional Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Yale Law School, J.D., 1981

Harvard University, A.B., 1973

California, 1981

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1981
U.S. Tax Court, 1982

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