Adria Price is an attorney with Price & Associates, LLC based out of Santa Claus, Indiana and focuses her practice in the areas of tax planning and controversy. Ms. Price is a recognized expert witness on the subject of the tax treatment of welfare benefit and defined benefit plans. Ms. Price received her undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky, magna cum laude, where she was awarded membership into the Golden Key National Honor Society and Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Price received her law degree from the University of Kansas in 1998 and received her LL.M. in Taxation with honors from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, California in 2004.

Mr. Boutris is a principal with the law firm of Vaught & Boutris LLP with offices in Oakland and Walnut Creek. Mr. Boutris is a Specialist in Taxation Law with the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. His practice emphasizes tax, tax-related bankruptcy matters and estate planning and related litigation. Mr. Boutris represents individuals and businesses with tax controversy matters before all federal and state taxing authorities. He also does extensive tax, bankruptcy and estate planning for his clients to minimize income and estate taxes, protect assets and discharge tax liabilities. In 1980, Mr. Boutris received a double B.A. degree with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1985, Mr. Boutris received a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree from U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law and the Haas School of Business Management. Mr. Boutris was formerly a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California Tax Section (1996 to 2000) and two-time former Chair of the Santa Clara County Bar Association Tax Section. Mr. Boutris previously chaired the Alameda County Bankruptcy Law Section. Mr. Boutris writes and lectures extensively. Since 2004 Mr. Boutris has taught taxation classes as an adjunct professor in the LLM Program at Golden Gate University. He has published articles in The California Tax Lawyer, Continuing Education of the Bar publications and other prestigious legal journals. Mr. Boutris has been selected as a “Super Lawyer” in tax law in Northern California for the past sixteen consecutive years.

Jacqueline D. Yu offers a breadth of significant experience as an advanced estate, tax, and business succession planning and administration attorney representing high net worth individuals, families and business owners in both domestic and international matters. Her expertise in estate and tax planning, business transactions and probate and trust administration, includes structuring trusts using asset value discounting and estate freezing techniques, providing asset protection through multi-layer entity structures, creating social impact legacies through charitable vehicles, business succession planning through transfers of minority interests in family limited partnerships and limited liability companies and buy-sell agreements, administering complicated estates, and serving as a trusted advisor to families and fiduciaries.

Rami Mitri Khoury, Associate Attorney at the Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor, graduated with his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis School of Law in May 2018. Rami also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a minor in Business Administration from the University of California, Riverside. He is admitted to practice law in California and is a member of the California State Bar. Rami’s practice focuses on representing both individuals and business in court and before the various taxing agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service, Franchise Tax Board, Employment Development Department, and California Department of Taxation and Fee Administration. Rami is also active in the local tax community. He is currently serving as the co-chair of the Orange County California Lawyers Association Young Tax Lawyers, and is a member of the California Lawyers Association Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee. Prior to joining the Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor, Rami worked at Ernst & Young, LLP, where he managed numerous corporate and partnership taxation engagements. Rami also handled tax controversy cases for low-income taxpayers on a pro bono basis, as a volunteer at the BOE Tax Appeals Assistance Program.