Attorney Profiles

Robert C. Kopple (Partner) rkopple@kandklaw.com
Education: DePaul University (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1967); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1968). Associate Editor, De Paul Law Review, 1967.
Associations: Lecturer on Tax Law, University of Southern California School of Law, 1973-1984. Member, Taxation Advisory Commission to the California Board of Legal Specialization, 1977-1981. Member, Planning Committee of the Annual Institute of Federal Taxation of the University of Southern California, 1980—. Member: Beverly Hills (Chairman, Tax Committee, 1973-1974; Member, Board of Governors, 1975-1978), Los Angeles County (Chairman: Income Tax Committee, 1973-1974; Tax Section, 1978-1979), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Chairman, Tax Section, 1975-1976).


Leslie S. Klinger (Partner) lklinger@kandklaw.com
Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1967); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1971). Order of the Coif. Note and Comment Editor, California Law Review, 1968-1970.
Associations: Chairman: UCLA Entertainment Tax Institute, 1988 and 1989; Estate and Financial Planning for the Closely Held Business, Practising Law Institute, 1977-1987. Vice President, Motion Picture and Television Tax Institute. Member, Advisory Board of Editors, Entertainment Law Reporter. Member: Beverly Hills (Chairman, Tax Committee, 1975-1976; Member, Board of Governors, The Barristers, 1974-1976), Los Angeles County (Secretary, Entertainment Tax Committee, 1997-1998) and American (Member: Section of Taxation; Committee on Corporate Stockholders Relationships, 1974-1975) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Tax Section); American Arbitration Association (Arbitrator, 1992—).

Douglas W. Schwartz (Partner) dschwartz@kandklaw.com
Education: Princeton University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1982); Stanford University (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Pamela A. Rymer, Central District of California, 1985-1986.
Associations: Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section; Chair, Entertainment Tax Committee, 2002-2003; Third Vice Chair, 2005—); State Bar of California; (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Estate Planning, Trust Law; Member, Executive Committee, Taxation Section, 1998-2001).

David J. Elbaz (Partner) delbaz@kandklaw.com
Education: Rutgers University, B.A., with honors, 1995; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1998.  John Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics; Editor, American Criminal Law Review.
Associations: L.A. County and Beverly Hills Bar Association, Sections: Business Law, Trusts and Estates, and Taxation; State Bar of California

Richard P. Ayles (Of Counsel) rayles@kandklaw.com
Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1974); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Associate Editor-in-Chief, University of Miami Law Review, 1978-1979. Bar and Gavel Honorary Society.
Admitted: 1980, Florida and New York; 1985, California.
Associations: Member: State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; The Florida Bar.
Practice Areas: International business law; business law; corporate law; real property law