John R. Bonn

John R. Bonn is a partner in the Corporate Tax Group of the Tax, Employee Benefits and Estate Planning Practice Group. Mr. Bonn is based in his office in Massachusetts and is affiliated with the Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. offices of the firm.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Bonn's areas of specialization include tax and business law relating to mergers and acquisitions, formation and operation of corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships, and executive compensation and employment agreements.

Education

• J.D., University of California, Boalt Hall, 1976
• Graduate Program, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
• A.B., Princeton University, 1972

Admissions

• California
• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• U.S. Tax Court

Languages

• Spanish

Honors

• The Best Lawyers in America, every edition

Memberships

• Member, Tax and Business Law Sections, American Bar Association
• Member, California State Bar Association
• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

Articles

• Selective Summary of Tax Reconciliation Bill as of May 11, 2006, May 11, 2006
• California LLC Fee Unconstitutional; Filing Protective Claim for Refund, April 11, 2006
• It's Time to Establish a Deferred Compensation Insurance Plan, August 16, 2005
• New Tax Benefits Available for Film and Television Producers in the United States, October 29, 2004

• Two-volume treatise entitled "Partnership Taxation," published in September 1987 by Callaghan & Co. (now West Group)

Speeches

• Frequent speaker for the American Bar Association, California State Bar, California Continuing Education of the Bar, and other professional organizations, including the Bureau of National Affairs, New York University School of Continuing Education, and the University of Southern California Institute on Major Tax Planning.
• Served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law.