Jon Robert Vaught
Associate
Jon R. Vaught has been a member of the California State Bar since 1984. He is certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in both Taxation Law and in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Mr. Vaught specializes in counseling and litigation for clients in the areas of income, estate, gift, and generation skipping taxation, estate planning, probate and trust administration, asset protection, and business law. He advises clients on entity formation, business and real estate transactions, and succession planning. Mr. Vaught also often serves as an expert witness, mediator, a special master, estate administrator, trustee, and guardian at litem. Mr. Vaught received a J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1984. In 1994, he received an LL.M. in tax law from Golden Gate University School of Law. Mr. Vaught is currently a candidate for an LL.M. in dispute resolution from Pepperdine University. Since 1994, Mr. Vaught has been an adjunct professor in the Golden Gate University School of Law’s LL.M. Tax Program and Estate Planning Program teaching classes in estate and gift taxation, estate planning, advanced estate planning, and professional responsibility for tax attorneys. He is also an adjunct professor in the Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation and Accounting, Golden Gate University, where he currently teaches estate and gift taxation, estate planning and advanced estate planning. Mr. Vaught is also an adjunct professor of law in the University of San Francisco Law School’s LL.M. Tax Program, where he currently teaches courses in estate and gift taxation and estate planning. Achievements & Other Notable Experience
