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Tom 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.
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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 dollar trust
disputes, serving as legal counsel in trust litigation cases,
assisting clients in minimizing estate tax liability and unnecessary
probate fees, probating
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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 Business and Estate Planning advice to the Firm’s
clients as well as handles the Firm’s Probate and Litigation 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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