Our Founders

Philip Garrett Panitz

Certified Tax Specialist • Taxation
California State Bar • Board of Legal Specialization • New York Bar 

Philip Garrett Panitz holds a Masters Degree (LL.M.) in Tax Law from New York University School of Law in addition to his Juris Doctorate law degree (J.D.) from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. He is also an alumnus of Arizona State University School of Accounting where he completed his undergraduate education.

He was admitted to the California Bar in January, 1981 and is also a member of the New York Bar Association. He began practicing law as a prosecutor with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office. After much success and 7 years of litigation experience, Phil went on to get his Masters in Tax Law from New York University where he graduated in 1989. After NYU, he was a tax associate with Beck & Casello in Southern California, and was subsequently recruited to head up the tax litigation department of a Ventura County law firm -- Staker & Gose. He became a partner in the firm Gose, Panitz and Lechman, and in 1997 he formed his own law firm. Today, Mr. Panitz is the managing partner of Panitz & Kossoff, LLP, a Federal Tax litigation law firm that litigates tax cases nationwide.

In addition to his many years of experience and his tax law education, Mr. Panitz has been a lecturer and writer on taxation issues for years. He has a periodic column in Citations magazine and he has written for The Los Angeles Daily Journal on tax related topics.

He is frequently in demand as a speaker to business groups, professional associations, collegiate classes, and various sections of the Bar Association, where he addresses tax and corporate issues.

Mr. Panitz is a past president (2004) of the Ventura County Bar Association, and sits on the Board of Directors of the VLSP, the Ventura Lawyers Services Program, which funds pro bono legal representation to the poor in Ventura County, California.

If you need assistance in any of these areas, do not hesitate to call Mr. Panitz at (805) 379-1667 or (818) 991-1750.

 

Kenneth W. Kossoff

Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law
California State Bar • Board of Legal Specialization

Kenneth W. Kossoff is Certified as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. As a Certified Specialist, Ken’s focus is in probate and trust law; it is not an incidental area of practice along with other areas of law. Ken advises clients in probate administration, trust administration, estate planning, closely held/family business management and succession, trust and will contests, asset protection and fraudulent transfer issues, and long term care/Medi-Cal issues. Ken has extensive experience in the multitude of issues that confront clients in these areas. Many of these problems are complicated by the emotions of family members. Ken brings common sense to these issues, and his nearly two decades as a mediator also helps to contain family battles – though some battles cannot be contained.

If you need assistance in any of these areas, do not hesitate to call Ken at (818) 865-0766 or (805) 497-6299.