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 CONCENTRATION
Jason Stone is a shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in the Business Law Division. His practice concentrates on the formation, acquisition, disposition, operation, and liquidation of business entities of all types and sizes and he has served clients in the fields of real estate, advanced technologies, health care, agriculture, manufacturing and finance.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
• Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A, Iowa Ranked Up and Coming 2010
• The Best Lawyers in America 2010, Tax Law.
SPEAKING, PUBLICATIONS AND SEMINARS
Jason is an active speaker and has given presentations on advanced like-kind exchange techniques, distributions from partnerships and limited liability companies, structuring and drafting partnership, LLP, LLLP and LLC agreements, and international taxation.
In 2008, Jason presented on the topic of Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business at the Business Law Seminar at the University of Iowa Law School. In 2009, he presented at the University of Iowa Spring Tax Seminar, Lorman Drafting Partnership and LLC Operating Agreements, University of Iowa/Iowa State Bar Association Tax Seminar, and the Iowa State Bar Association’s 69th Annual Tax School. Jason was a co-author of the chapter on business formation in “How Business Gets Done: Words of Wisdom by Central Iowa Experts" (2009).
Jason served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Drake University, where he taught business entity taxation.
MEMBERSHIPS
Jason is active in the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, where he is a member of the Partnership and Real Estate Committees and the Young Lawyer's Forum. He is also active in the Iowa Bar Association, Section of Taxation, and is a member of the Tax Section Council. Jason is Chair of the 2009 December Tax School and has served as a member of the Planning Committee of the Spring Tax Institute and the Chair of the 2005 Spring Tax Institute Planning Committee.
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 Dave Watson, CPA
Senior Partner
Areas of Expertise:
Real Estate Practice
State, National and International Tax Services
Mergers and Acquisition Structuring
Financing Strategies
Business Start-ups
Business Highlights:
Wrote and taught partnership tax education programs Nationally for Ernst & Young
Professor of Real Estate Investment at Drake University’s MBA program
Continuing Education provider for Iowa Bar Association
Designed and negotiated tax-efficient strategies for all sizes of entities
Previous Experience:
Head of Ernst & Young Iowa/Nebraska Real Estate Tax Practice
BP Real Estate Group Founder
Walnut Acres Farms Founder
Education:
BBA Accounting, University of Iowa
Masters of Taxation, Drake University
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