I’m an attorney at a full-service boutique Silicon Valley Law Firm that caters to wealth creators and business people, Rutledge & Rutledge. I became an attorney because I enjoy helping people solve their problems, and few problems are as central and serious in a person’s life as a legal problem. Living in the Silicon Valley allows me to serve my community’s individuals and businesses with creative, tailor-made, tax-efficient solutions for their business and estate planning needs. My firm is equipped for and experienced in litigation, but my greatest successes are negotiating deals, devising the legal foundation of businesses, and drafting legal documents that will hopefully never need to be litigated.

In China and California, I have worked for and represented international software, technology, finance, clean energy, logistics, beverage, private equity, construction, and biotechnology companies in all aspects of their business, including inception, distribution, labor, mergers, and closure. My earlier blog, Experience Not Logic, was voted the Second Top English language China business and law blog in the world, it was named a top 100 resource for China business, and has been discussed and cited by the Wall Street Journal online and Yahoo! Finance.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, I am most proud of the time I spent working at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in the Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource in small-angle biological x-ray scattering.  I wrote a data acquisition and analysis software package in C++ for a CCD. And I was certified in General Employee Radiation Training. Scientists from around the world came to our beam, and I guided them through its use.  Most fun, I designed high energy research components and worked with my machinist to fabricate them.

I can be reached at lewistaxlaw@gmail.com, and I also blog at www.glbperspective.com.

Education

New York University School of Law, LL.M. Taxation
University of San Diego School of Law, J.D.
Pomona College, B.A.

Community Involvement

Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County

Professional Associations

U.S. Tax Court
State Bar of California
International Law Section of the State Bar of California
Taxation Section of the State Bar of California