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Ryan Commons is an associate at Baker Manock & Jensen. Prior to his law career, Mr. Commons was a financial analyst at Prudential Capital Group in San Francisco providing private placements to California businesses. Mr. Commons worked for Asylum Access and the Sempervirens Fund during law school.. Mr. Commons received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with high honors. He received his J.D. from Santa Clara University where he received the Witkin Award for Academic Excellence in Business Organizations.

Mr. Houghton has practiced law since 1979 in the areas of taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and general business. Mr. Houghton is the Chair of the firm's Tax Practice Group. He has significant experience in corporate, partnership, individual, and real estate tax planning and transactions, business succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, and Federal, State, and local tax litigation, including tax proceedings before the United States Tax Court, the United States District Courts, the Federal appellate courts, the California State Board of Equalization, the California Franchise Tax Board, local tax boards and agencies, and the State's courts. Mr. Houghton also assists clients with general business matters, including business formations, acquisitions, reorganizations, and joint ventures.