For Love & Money, Protecting Family & Wealth in Estate and Succession Planning, A New Approach Blending Law and Psychology, book co-authored with Howard R. Berens, M.D., and Richard Goldwater, M.D., with Tom Gorman. Full edition published 2008; condensed version published 2007; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
The book will help you better understand why the family business failure rate is so high by understanding the relationship between the tax and non-tax reasons for such failures. It presents a new “conceptual framework” to use to integrate the tax and the non-tax issues by being able to manage the negative consequences of family dynamics in the family business succession process: The Roles and Rules™.
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Mixing Business with ‘Family Stuff,’ published in Montecito Journal, November 16, 2006; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Co-author of Risky Business: Family Succession and the Rules of Professional Conduct, California Trust & Estates Quarterly, published by the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section (now known as the Trusts and Estates Section) of the California State Bar, Vol. 12, No. 2, Summer, 2006; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Co-author of From Roles to Rules: A New Model for Managing Family Dynamics in the Estate Planning Process, California Trust & Estates Quarterly, published by the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section (now known as the Trusts and Estates Section) of the California State Bar, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring, 2004; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
“Successful Estate Planning: What Works and What Doesn’t,” in Private Wealth Advisor (now Private Wealth Management), Vol. 3 No. 9, May 2001; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Chapter 4, “Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax,” and Chapter 5, “Real Property Tax,” in California Transaction Forms: Estate Planning, West Group, 1999; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Co-author of “Handling Postmortem Trust Administration: A Checklist”, Action Guide of California Continuing Education of the Bar (1996, updated 1997, 1999); John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Co-author of Family Enterprise Planning: The Forgotten Component in the Family Business Succession Plan, California Trust & Estates Quarterly, published by the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section (now known as the Trusts and Estates Section) of the California State Bar, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall, 1998; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
“Bad Dreams May Be Real: The Generation-Skipping Tax Inclusion Ratio after the Final Regulations,” California Tax Lawyer magazine, published by the Tax Section of the California State Bar (1996); John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Co-author of “Post Mortem Trust Administration: A Checklist Approach,” published by the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section (now known as the Trusts and Estates Section) of the California State Bar (1995) (See Step 1); John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
“The Value of Sustaining the Values,” a paper presented to the University of Southern California Federal Tax Institute and published in the Institute’s 1994 proceedings; John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Co-author of “California Real Property Tax Issues with Estate Planning Transfers to Legal Entities and Making Gifts” Estate Planning, Trust & Probate News (now, California Trust & Estates Quarterly), published by the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section (now known as the Trusts and Estates Section) of the California State Bar, Part I: Vol. 13, No. 3 (Fall, 1993); Part II: Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter, 1993); John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
Co-author of “Family Limited Partnerships: A Client Primer” (Estate Planning, Trust & Probate News (now, California Trust & Estates Quarterly), published by the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Section (now known as the Trusts and Estates Section of the California State Bar, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring, 1993); John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
“Selected Solutions for Coping with the Generation Skipping Transfer Tax Rules,” California Tax Lawyer magazine, published by the Tax Section of the California State Bar (1991); John W. Ambrecht, JD, MBA, LLM.
