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Thomas Reid
received his Juris
Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in
Sacramento, California. Prior to his law school career, he studied Criminal
Justice at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada. Tom is currently
licensed to practice law in California and Oregon. He is an active member
of the American Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, the
University of Nevada Alumni Association, and the Oregon and California State
Bars. He served as the Treasurer and
now serves as
Secretary
of the
Probate
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and Estate
Planning Section of the Sacramento
County Bar
Association.Tom also has a passion
for teaching and has lectured for the National Business Institute
and currently is an adjunct professor at Heald College teaching
Torts to paralegals.
Tom has had a
wide array of experiences in the financial industry since his law
school career working for E*Trade Financial and Investor’s Bank and
Trust. While working at E*Trade Financial, he obtained a
wealth of knowledge regarding investments and financial planning
through administering the accounts of numerous high-profile
corporate clients and their employees. At Investors Bank and
Trust, Tom reconciled investment transactions to protect corporate
client’s assets. His knowledge of investment strategies and
the financial industry, as a whole, provides his clients with a
strong base from which to preserve wealth and secure their assets
from unnecessary fees and taxes.
Tom operated the Law Office
of Thomas D. Reid from 2006 through 2008, where he practiced Estate
Planning and Business Law. During the representation of his
clients, Tom provided a wide variety of services including but not
limited to representing beneficiaries in multi-million dolla rust
disputes, serving as legal counsel in trust litigation cases,
assisting clients in minimizing estate tax liability and
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unnecessary
probate fees, probating estates, and drafting business documents for small to
medium sized businesses in the Northern California area.
Tom joined The
Burton Law Firm in August, 2008. He
currently provides Litigation support for
the Firm’s Business and Estate clients as
well as handles the Firm’s Probate matters.
His focus on advocacy in law school and his
professional career provides an invaluable
asset to the Firm’s clients.
Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Tom
currently resides with his wife, Kate, and
son, Hayes, in Fair Oaks, California.
In his free time, he enjoys spending time
with his family, traveling (having visited
43 of the 50 states), attending college
basketball and football games and spending
time outdoors. Tom is an avid
fisherman and outdoorsman and can be found
fishing on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula on his
time off.
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