“Colleen Thomas and Jessica Dorvinen are extremely valuable members of our firm,” said senior partner John Fitzpatrick, “and their promotions to partner status symbolize their importance to our clients and Frazer Ryan’s future.”
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Frazer Ryan senior partners John Fitzpatrick (Estate Planning & Probate Law), Brandon Keim (Tax Law), Jonathon Morrison (Tax Law) and T.J. Ryan (Estate Planning & Probate Law) are featured in “Az Business Leaders 2023,” published by Az Big Media.
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Bobby Bartels has been elected to a two-year term on the board of the Maricopa County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division.
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Phoenix’s Frazer Ryan Law Firm Works to Build Family Atmosphere

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Phoenix Business Journal,

December 8, 2022

Frazer Ryan has been named one of Phoenix Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work” for 2022, ranking #1 in the small company category (50-99 employees).

The Firm received the #1 ranking in its first year of competition. Winners were announced at the “Best Places to Work” awards ceremony and luncheon held on December 8.
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In addition to meeting his clients’ needs in estate planning, probate, and trust administration, Roger provides an extensive background in real estate transactions and business entity formation, succession planning, and business purchases and sales.
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By opening an OCLAT investment account and shifting assets to it equal to their desired tax deduction, Millennials create both a triple tax-advantaged retirement account that can grow exponentially over time and a giving-engine that donates increasingly more to charity, usually over 20-30 years. This tax deduction strategy, perhaps most famously associated with Jackie Onassis (see

related article

by Jonathon Morrison), is IRS-approved and has many benefits that make it attractive to high-earning Millennials, including a high-funding limit (30% of annual income) and charitable giving, retirement savings and generational wealth transfer components. Specifically:

• The individual funding the OCLAT receives a

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Continue Reading Jonathon Morrison in Forbes magazine: OCLAT offers year-end tax deductions, wealth growth

Mr. Smith demanded in writing the prompt release of the unredacted police report. The Town declined, and, in May 2021, Mr. Smith sued the Town, seeking to compel it to comply with Arizona’s public records statutes.

At trial, Mr. Smith argued that, because the shooter was not a victim for purposes of disclosure law (as the County Attorney had declined to prosecute), Mr. Smith was not required to establish that the public interest in disclosure outweighed the shooter’s right to privacy. (A 1984 decision, in

Carlson v. Pima County,

places a burden on public entities to presumptively disclose information unless…
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Frazer Ryan is a Regional Tier 1 law firm recognized in:

• Tax Litigation

• Trust & Estate Litigation

• Trust & Estate Law

We are also a Regional Tier 2 firm in Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law.
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Frazer Ryan senior partner T.J. Ryan chaired the 2022 Tax & Legal Seminar. The seminar is presented annually by the Arizona Community Foundation and the Center for Jewish Philanthropy of Greater Phoenix.
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Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold LLP, a leading Phoenix-based law firm that is consistently voted as one of BestCompaniesAZ’s “Top Companies to Work for in Arizona,” is seeking a full-time Director of First Impressions.

This position is responsible for greeting clients, answering the telephones, maintaining supply inventory and placing the supply order, and hospitality duties such as keeping the conference rooms tidy and setting up for meetings.

This person should be able to lift at least 25 lbs. This is a perfect position for a student. The working hours can be from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Frazer Ryan Goldberg…
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Qualifying charitable contributions give you control over how a portion of your state income tax dollars will be used.

As 2022 rapidly comes to an end, you might be considering some of the special Arizona charitable donations that generate a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on your Arizona return.

Here is some basic information (for tax year 2022) on some of those special donations. Happy year-end tax planning!



You may claim a dollar-for-dollar Arizona tax credit for making contributions to a certified School Tuition Organization to create scholarships for K-12 students attending private schools.

• Contributions for the 2022 tax year can

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That potential liability was described in our July 26, 2022, article, “

New IRS Rules and Actuarial Tables Impact RMDs for 2021 and Beyond.

” Our article discussed how a then-required distribution for 2021 could have been missed by a beneficiary of an inherited IRA or inherited “individual account plan”

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whose original owner died on or after January 1, 2020.

While the IRS’s reversal on this issue is an obvious benefit for affected beneficiaries who

did not

make an RMD for 2021 or 2022, it also impacts those who

did:

• First, if you have already withdrawn an RMD for

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Continue Reading IRS announces RMD waivers for some beneficiaries of an inherited IRA

• Workplace Culture

• Leadership Excellence

• Corporate and Social Responsibility

• Customer Opinion

• Innovation and Diversity

• Equity and Inclusion

“We are truly honored by this recognition,” said Jim Ryan in commenting on the award. “It shines a light on the commitment to excellence that is shared and perpetuated by every attorney and staff member who makes our law firm a special place for the people we serve.”

The 2022 “Most Admired Companies” selection is the first for Frazer Ryan and the second business-excellence award received by the firm this year. In July, the law firm was named as one of the “

Top …
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