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Newport Beach,
CA 92660
Telephone: (949)
476-2106
Facsimile:
(949) 476-9320
Email: assetlaw@sklaw.net
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STEPHENS & KRAY LAW FIRM RESUME
STEPHENS & KRAY was established
in 1987 by Steven B. Kray and Lon T. Stephens as a partnership of professional
law corporations. Prior to the formation of the firm Steven B. Kray was
the Managing Partner of the 25 attorney Newport Beach branch office for
a 700+ attorney New York based law of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Manley,
Myerson, Underberg & Casey. Mr. Kray was a senior tax partner who headed
the Estates and Trust Department for the firms LA, Beverly Hills, San Diego
and Newport Beach offices. Both Mr. Stephens and Mr. Kray were responsible
for a majority of the legal work and business originated in their office.
STEVEN B. KRAY is an AV rated member of the California Bar, a
Certified Public Account and has been practicing law and tax and estate
planning since 1977. Mr. Kray is experienced in the handling of the most
complicated asset transfers between and among corporations, estates, trusts,
individuals, etc., and also handles the most basic forms of estate planning.
He was legal counsel to the Fluor family in the Estate of J.R. Fluor, deceased
1986 and at that time, he developed an expertise in “Asset Protection”
as an integral part of estate planning. Mr. Kray is one of the first
California attorneys to find creative uses of the Business Trust. A former
managing partner and head of the California estates and trusts department
for the country's largest law firm, Mr. Kray now practices both basic and
sophisticated estate planning, and represents closely held businesses in
all areas, including formation, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual
property/license agreements and strategic tax and business planning. Mr.
Kray was born in Los Angeles, California, May 21,1952; admitted to bar,
1977, California; 1982 U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit);
1983 U.S. Supreme Court; 1979 certified Public Accountant. Education: San
Diego State University (B.S. with Honors and Distinction in Accounting,
1973); University of Southern California (J. D.,1977).
LON T. STEPHENS is an AV rated member of the California Bar.
Mr. Stephens was the former President of the Tax Section of the Orange
County Bar. He represents entrepreneurs and serves as corporate counsel
for all types of businesses and is very involved in all aspects of their
operations. These include engineering, construction, including
general and subcontractors, computer hardware manufacturers and distributors,
real estate development and developers, financial services, food services,
medical services and physician groups, restaurants and beverage companies,
and toy manufacturers and distributors. Mr. Stephens was born in Lynwood,
California, September 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, California;
the U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1981; and
the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991. Member: Orange County Bar Association (President,
Tax Section, 1986) and Beta Gamma Sigma. Education: California State
University, Fullerton (B.A., in Accounting, 1977); Pepperdine University
School of Law (J.D., 1980).
Client and Professional
references for Mr. Kray and Mr. Stephens include:
800 Web Mall, Temecula, CA
Aids Research/Support Foundation, a nonprofit corporation,
Newport Beach, CA
AMN Television Marketing, Gardnerville, NV
Anagraph, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA
Armour Building Company, Newport Beach CA
Caudill & Associates Inc., Anaheim, CA
CBS Software, Inc., Glendale, CA
CMS Peripherals, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA
David Rickey & Company, Costa Mesa, CA
Diversified Resolutions, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
EuroDesign Cabinets, Inc., Chino, CA
GLP Karjala Associates, Costa Mesa, CA
Graybill Medical Group, Inc., Escondido, CA
Hansen Beverage Company, Anaheim, CA
Heaven on Earth Ministries, Meadow Vista, CA
Home Americair of California, Costa Mesa, CA
Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, Jim Zukin, Los Angeles,
CA
Insulcom Contractors, Inc., Lake Forest, CA
Jezowski & Markel Contractors, Inc., Orange, CA
Marmac Engineering & Construction Management, Cypress,
CA
McCormick Construction Company, Burbank, CA
Mendoza, Dillon & Asociados, Inc., Newport Beach,
CA
Meridian Pacific, Irvine, CA
Midas Muffler Shops of Palo Alto, San Jose, Fresno, and
San Mateo, CA
NTI Ron Spire, Los Angeles, CA
One Source Industries, LLC, Laguna Niguel, CA
Protection One Alarm Monitoring Services, Inc., Los Angeles,
CA
Resource Builders, Inc., San Clemente, CA
Sherman & Parent Ins., Brokers, LLC, Newport Beach,
CA
Southwest Building Services, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
The IFM Group, Inc., Anaheim, CA
The West Coast Group, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tranamerica Plastics Corporation, Ontario, CA
Universal Reproductions South, Inc., Irvine, CA
Walz Postal Solutions, Inc., Fallbrook, CA
World Wide Security Services, Laguna Hills, CA
Wyclif Bible Translators, Orlando, FL
Dean Sperling, Esq., Litigation and Bankruptcy, Santa
Ana, CA
John B. Bisnar, Esq., Personal Injury, Irvine, CA
Ord & Norman, Attorneys, International Tax, Century
City, CA
Robinson & Campbell, Robert Robinson, Esq., Litigation,Irvine,
CA
Roland Day, Esq., Securities, Santa Ana, CA
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Greg Halliday,
Esq., Litigation, Irvine, CA
Silverstein & Huston, Litigation, Santa Ana, CA
Steven Kuhn, Esq., Personal Injury, Laguna Niguel, CA
William G. Lane, Esq., Patents and Trademarks, Irvine,
CA
Accetta & Olmstead, Fountain Valley, CA
Allen, Haight & Cooney & Monoghan, CPAs, Irvine,
CA
Wright, Ford & Young, CPAs, Laguna Hills, CA
Christopher K. Wyncoop, CPA, Irvine, CA
Conrad Giedt, CPA, Escondido, CA
Glenn Gelman & Associates, CPAs, Irvine, CA
Jeffry R. Graham, CPA, Santa Ana, CA
The Fluor Family, Mrs. Lillian Fluor,
Corona del Mar, CA
The Yorba Family, Mrs. Margaret
Yorba, Yorba Linda, CA
Mr. William Long Davenport, Newport
Beach, CA
Mr. Norman A. Zahler, Denver, CO
Mr. Guy Baker, Newport Beach, CA
Pastor Tim Timmons, Irvine, CA
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