First Admitted: 2003, California

Bar/Professional Activity:

Brown & Streza LLP, Irvine, California: Partner, 2017 - present; Attorney, 2007 - 2016
Gordon & Rees LLP, San Francisco and Newport Beach, California: Attorney, 2003 - 2007
Gap Inc., San Bruno, California: Senior Retirement Benefits Analyst (1995 – 1999) and Real Estate Law Department, Legal Administrator (1999 – 2001)
Coopers & Lybrand, LLP, San Francisco, California: Associate Benefits Consultant, 1993 - 1995
Admissions: All California State Courts; United State District court for the Central District of California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Pro bono/Community Service:

St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church: Parishioner
University of California, Berkeley – Orange County Cal Alumni Club: Member
Orange County Bar Association: Member of Business Law and Tax Law sections
ProVisors: Member and Host of Orange County Lawyers & Legal Professionals
Legatus: Member of San Juan Capistrano Chapter
St. Thomas More Society of Orange County: Member
Charles Institute: Leadership Team
Athletes Touch (Professional Networking Community of Former College and Professional Athletes): Member from 2010-2020 and former Group Leader for Orange County Chapter from 2011-2015
Dana Hills High School Football’s 2013 Honor the Valor Benefit Game – Co-Chair (Benefit/fundraiser honoring combat veterans that served from WWII to Afghanistan)
Former Coach of youth soccer, football, basketball and baseball teams
Big C Society (Cal Student – Athlete alumni): Member and served on Board of Directors from 1996 – 1998

Educational Background:

Master of Law (LL.M.) in Taxation, Chapman University School of Law, 2009 - CALI Awards in Partnership Tax, S Corporations, Ethics in Tax Practice, Corporate Tax II and Real Estate Tax Planning
Juris Doctor, University of San Francisco Law School, 2002
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1993

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Author, Tax and Accounting Elections, Chapter of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Financing and Protecting California Businesses, 2015
Author, Tax and Accounting Elections, Chapter of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Financing and Protecting California Businesses, 2014
Author, Tax and Accounting Elections, Chapter of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) Financing and Protecting California Businesses, 2013

Stephen A. Stafford