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New name at Jeffer Mangels

By Richard Binder

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP has announced it is changing its name to Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP. The name change is effective August 5, 2010 and coincides with the date that Marc Marmaro, one of the firm?s founding partners, will be sworn in as a Judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Marmaro's appointment to the bench was announced by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in June.

The firm?s partnership has elected to include Burton Mitchell as a name partner, in recognition of his commitment and contributions to the Firm for almost 25 years. Mitchell is the Firm's Assistant Managing Partner and, as head of JMBM's Tax Department, has built one of the leading Tax, Trusts and Estates practices in California.

Burton Mitchell earned an LL.M. in Taxation from the New York University School of Law; a J.D. from Georgetown University; a CPA in Maryland; and a B.B.A., summa cum laude, from the City University of New York at Baruch College. He has been recognized as one of Southern California's Best Lawyers in 2008, 2009, 2010.

Marc Marmaro received a J.D. cum laude, Order of the Coif, from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from George Washington University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).