In 1980, Mr. Boutris received a double B.A. degree with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1985, Mr. Boutris received a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree from U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law and the Haas School of Business Management. Mr. Boutris graduated with highest honors and was an editor of the International Business and Tax Lawyer.

Mr. Boutris is currently Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California Tax Section and two-time former Chair of the Santa Clara County Bar Association Tax Section. Mr. Boutris writes and lectures extensively. He has published articles in The California Tax Lawyer, Continuing Education of the Bar publications and other prestigious legal journals. Mr. Boutris most recently lectured at the State Bar's Annual Meeting on the topic of asset protection and estate planning.

Biography

Admitted to: California Bar (in 1985), Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court, for the Northern and Central Districts of California, U.S. Tax Court.

Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1980, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa; M.B.A. 1985, Haas Graduate School of Business Administration; J.D. 1985, Boalt Hall School of Law).

Publications: Editor, partnership section in "Selecting and Forming Business Entities", California Start Up Business Series, by the Continuing Education of the Bar; Author, Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, California Tax Lawyer, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Fall 1994).

Professional Associations: Vice-Chair, Tax Section of the State Bar of California (1997–present); Chair, Tax Section Santa Clara County Bar Association (1995 and 1996); Chair, Young Tax Lawyers Committee of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California (1994); Chair, Santa Clara County Chapter of Young Tax Lawyers Committee of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California (1992-1994).

Member: State Bar of California, Alameda County Bar Association, and Santa Clara County Bar Association.