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Jim Burau's practice focuses primarily on wealth preservation for higher net worth clients.  He employs a counseling-oriented approach to ascertain the client's estate and business planning goals, then designs a plan which integrates the client's tax and non-tax related goals with their hopes and concerns for their loved ones.  To this end, he incorporates a team approach by involving the client's financial advisors in the development and implementation of the plan, where appropriate.  His process also includes a high commitment to the funding and follow-through elements to ensure that the client's plan will work as it was intended and will remain current.. Jim has counseled hundreds of clients in regard to their estate and small business planning to maintain control over their person and affairs, assure the continuation of their current lifestyle, protect their assets from excessive taxation and lawsuits, reduce income, gift, and estate taxes, preserve the value of the family business, pass values and responsibility to family members, and protect the estate from unnecessary administrative expenses and delay.  He also handles probate matters and provides estate and trust administration services.. Jim also assists clients with real estate and commercial transactions and the formation, administration, sale, and transfer of small businesses.

I am the founder of Mountainside Law, a boutique civil litigation firm in Incline Village, Nevada. I am licensed to practice law in California and Nevada. My practice focuses on all aspects of business litigation and complex commercial litigation in California and Nevada state courts, federal courts, and private arbitration. I have experience with a wide range of matters, including commercial contract disputes, complex business litigation, real estate disputes, construction dispute litigation, employment advice and employment discrimination litigation, business torts, unfair competition, trademark/trade dress infringement litigation, trade secret misappropriation, fraud, insurance coverage and bad faith, employee stock agreement and earn-out agreement disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, and judgment enforcement.Mountainside Law provides top-notch litigation representation, as well as counseling and general legal advice, for a wide variety of business and other civil matters. As a small, boutique law firm, we provide our clients with the direct representation and personalized attention that their businesses deserve. We take a practical, economical, and strategic approach to achieving positive results. Our focus is on accomplishing the client’s goals with careful dedication and efficiency. We strive to reach business solutions to disputes whenever possible. When the need arises and our clients must prosecute or defend litigation, the firm fights for its clients zealously and aggressively. At Mountainside Law, you get the benefit of attorneys with outstanding academic credentials, a professional demeanor, and prior large law firm experience, without the rates typically charged by larger firms. Our clients receive the high-quality representation of large, national firms, but with the accessibility, client-focus, efficiency, and value of a boutique law firm.