William Kent Norman
Los Angeles, CA
Licensed for 54 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Real Estate
Language
Spanish
About
William K. Norman is a Partner of the California tax law firm of Ord & Norman. He is a Certified Specialist in Taxation Law (State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). He is admitted to practice in California and Wyoming. He has been practicing tax law for more than 30 years including experience as tax staff of a big four accounting firm and tax manager of a major corporation. In his current practice, he focuses on the counseling of clients in business transactions, cross border trade and investments, and personal wealth transfer planning for multinational families, especially those with Asian connections. Many of his client engagements involve sophisticated choice of entity issues (including use of LLC’s, statutory trusts, foreign situs trusts and civil law foundations), the development of complex restructuring plans and tax planning for exports including establishment of IC DISCs. His clients include privately held companies and high net worth individuals. Mr. Norman received an A.B. degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1962, a J.D. degree from the University of California in 1965 and an LL.M. (in Taxation) degree from New York University in 1970. He also attended the Graduate School of Business of University of California at Berkeley and the Stern Graduate School of Business of New York University. He is the co-editor of a three volume work published by the American Bar Association entitled Practical International Estate Planning. He is the co-developer of materials for the CEB courses on asset protection planning for estate planners. Ord & Norman is the business name used by the partnership of Norman & Zak to practice law in Southern California. Another law firm E.O.C. Ord Inc. using the business name of Ord & Norman in its own Northern California based law practice is a separate and independent legal entty which on occasion with notice collaborates with Norman & Zak on client matters.
Practices Areas
Estate Planning
International Law
Language
Spanish