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R. Brooks Whitehead received his Juris Doctorate in 2008 from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law and is admitted to practice in the State of California.  Brooks also received a Master’s

 

Degree in Business Administration in 2009 from California State University, Sacramento.  He completed his undergraduate work at the University of California at Davis, double-majoring in Economics and Political Science.

While in law school, Brooks worked as a staff writer and editor for the McGeorge Law Review, as an extern for the California State Board of Equalization’s Tax Appeals Assistance Program, and as a research assistant for Tax Professor Christine Manolakas.  Upon graduation he was made a member of the Roger J. Traynor Honor Society, which is awarded to students who achieved consecutive years of Dean’s Honor List.

After law school, and while completing his MBA, Brooks worked as a law clerk for a solo practitioner in Carmichael, which provided him experience in business, contract, and estate matters.

 

Brooks joined the Burton Law Firm in late 2009 as an associate, where he works on transactional business, tax, and estate matters.

Brooks currently resides in the North Natomas area of Sacramento with his wife, Melissa.  He loves European travel, having visited Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.  While at home, he is an avid sports fan, especially of professional basketball and football, an aspiring cook, and an endless tinkerer with computers and other electronic gadgets.