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Gordon Litt is a partner with Bricker & Eckler LLP and a member of the tax, trusts & estates practice group. Gordon counsels privately-held business, business owners, their families and other advisors in designing comprehensive (yet practical and understandable) business succession plans, tax strategies and estate plans including various charitable giving alternatives. He also represents individuals and executives in connection with all aspects of personal estate planning and related estate, gift and generation-skipping tax planning and charitable giving. Gordon routinely organizes and restructures closely held businesses utilizing partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations and C corporations. In connection with all of the above, Gordon regularly assists corporate trustees, financial advisors, insurance agents, appraisers and accountants.p>
Representative Experience
Counsel to a variety of closely-held businesses, owners and families in Ohio and around the country
Counsel to various charitable organizations (colleges, universities, private foundations, public charities) in connection with charitable giving and other matters
Counsel to landowners and land trusts in connection with conservation easements
Counsel to landowners and developers in structuring land acquisition, development and holding arrangements and like-kind exchanges
Successfully litigated federal tax cases, including the recovery of attorney fees from the IRS
Frequent lecturer to bar association and professional groups on tax, business and estate planning matters
Certified Public Accountant (inactive), with experience in the audit and tax areas of international accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney
Community and Professional Activities
Member, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
Member, American, Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations; Member, ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Member and past Chair, CBA Business Tax Committee; Member, CBA Estate and Gift Tax Committee
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Trustee, Muskingum College 1997 - present
Member (1996 - present) Muskingum College Alumni Association (President, 1997-present)
Trustee, International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals (the "Wilds")
Member, Voluntary Incentives Committee, Governor Voinovich's Farmland Preservation Task Force
Past Trustee, and past Chair, Planned Giving Committee of the Arthritis Foundation, Central Ohio Chapter
Past Trustee and executive committee member, Scioto Superfest Association
Adjunct Professor of Agricultural Law, The Ohio State University (1989-90)
Member and Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, Ohio
Member, Athletic Club of Columbus
Member Muskingum College Roundball Club
Commissioner and coach, Fairfield Union Elementary Basketball League
Member, Belted Galloway Society
Awards and Recognitions
Listed, Best Lawyers in America (tax law; trusts and estates) 2003-2008
Super Lawyer, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2004-2008
Education
Muskingum College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980)
The Ohio State University College of Law, (J.D. with honors, 1985); Member, Board of Editors, Ohio State Law Journal; Member, Order of the Coif
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