Attorneys

*Certified Specialist in Taxation Law certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Debra Burns, JD, PhD has been practicing law with SLG since 2013. She is admitted to practice law in California and is 1 of the 300 Certified Specialists in Taxation Law who have been certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. She graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law with concentrations in Tax and Intellectual Property (IP).

Debra Brubaker Burns, JD, PhD

SLG – Schwartz Law Group, Inc.
200 Clock Tower Place, Suite E-103
Carmel, CA 93923
Tel. 831-625-6255
Fax. 831-886-1684
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Practice Areas
Tax Planning
Business
Real Estate
Estates & Trusts

Admissions
State of California Bar

Education
JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
PhD, University of Minnesota

Besides addressing her clients’ tax planning and compliance matters, Debra works with clients in their business formation and planning, various type of contracts, property sales, and trademark application and prosecution. She is also experienced in estate planning and trust administration. Debra has been active with Carmel Chamber of Commerce as board member (2016-2018), Government Affairs Committee member (2017-present), and Business Roundtable participant (2018-present). Since 2012 she has provided pro bono services for clients in the mortgage redress project at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.

Debra enjoys research, writing and giving presentations. Her law-related publications include “Golden Apple of Discord: International Cost-Sharing Arrangements” in the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal (2015) and “Titans and Trolls Enter the Open-Source Arena” in Hastings Science and Technology Journal (2013). She won the 2012 Roger J. Traynor Writing Competition at the U.C. Hastings College of the Law for “Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Pay: States, Their Public-Pension Bills, and the Constitution.” While at Hastings, she served as an Executive Supervising Editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and as an Articles Editor for the Hastings Science and Technology Journal. She has given presentations for the Monterey Bay Information Technologists on “Current Trends in Mining, Regulating and Taxing Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies” and “Current Legal Issues in the Open-Source Cloud”.

Debra’s previous legal and paralegal positions have involved tax, probate, intellectual property, employment law, and civil litigation. As a law student, she mediated for the San Francisco Small Claims Court through the UC Hastings mediation clinic. Before law school, she was a paralegal coordinator and provided paralegal services for Morrison & Foerster, LLP (patent). She was also a paralegal for the Santa Clara County Office of County Counsel (probate and civil litigation), and several high-technology companies (intellectual property). For Burns Engineering, she helped prepare patent applications and research-grant proposals while managing its office.

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P.O. Box 22650, Carmel, California 93922-0650 | Telephone (831) 625-6255.

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Attorneys

*Certified Specialist in Taxation Law certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Debra Burns, JD, PhD has been practicing law with SLG since 2013. She is admitted to practice law in California and is 1 of the 300 Certified Specialists in Taxation Law who have been certified by the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. She graduated from UC Hastings College of the Law with concentrations in Tax and Intellectual Property (IP).

Besides addressing her clients’ tax planning and compliance matters, Debra works with clients in their business formation and planning, various type of contracts, property sales, and trademark application and prosecution. She is also experienced in estate planning and trust administration. Debra has been active with Carmel Chamber of Commerce as board member (2016-2018), Government Affairs Committee member (2017-present), and Business Roundtable participant (2018-present). Since 2012 she has provided pro bono services for clients in the mortgage redress project at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.

Debra enjoys research, writing and giving presentations. Her law-related publications include “Golden Apple of Discord: International Cost-Sharing Arrangements” in the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal (2015) and “Titans and Trolls Enter the Open-Source Arena” in Hastings Science and Technology Journal (2013). She won the 2012 Roger J. Traynor Writing Competition at the U.C. Hastings College of the Law for “Too Big to Fail and Too Big to Pay: States, Their Public-Pension Bills, and the Constitution.” While at Hastings, she served as an Executive Supervising Editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and as an Articles Editor for the Hastings Science and Technology Journal. She has given presentations for the Monterey Bay Information Technologists on “Current Trends in Mining, Regulating and Taxing Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies” and “Current Legal Issues in the Open-Source Cloud”.

Debra’s previous legal and paralegal positions have involved tax, probate, intellectual property, employment law, and civil litigation. As a law student, she mediated for the San Francisco Small Claims Court through the UC Hastings mediation clinic. Before law school, she was a paralegal coordinator and provided paralegal services for Morrison & Foerster, LLP (patent). She was also a paralegal for the Santa Clara County Office of County Counsel (probate and civil litigation), and several high-technology companies (intellectual property). For Burns Engineering, she helped prepare patent applications and research-grant proposals while managing its office.

© Schwartz Law Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 200 Clock Tower Place, Suite E-103 Carmel, CA 93923

P.O. Box 22650, Carmel, California 93922-0650 | Telephone (831) 625-6255.

ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. Results depend on a number of factors unique to each matter. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
If you wish to report an accessibility issue, have any questions or need assistance, please contact us at (831) 625-6255.

Debra Brubaker Burns, JD, PhD

SLG – Schwartz Law Group, Inc.
200 Clock Tower Place, Suite E-103
Carmel, CA 93923
Tel. 831-625-6255
Fax. 831-886-1684
Email
vCard


Practice Areas
Tax Planning
Business
Real Estate
Estates & Trusts

Admissions
State of California Bar

Education
JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
PhD, University of Minnesota