JONATHAN D. SOORIASH ESQ., LL.M. 2742 JEANETTA ST. #923, HOUSTON, TX 77063 (904) 655-1139. JDSOORIASH@GMAIL.COM BAR ADMISSION- Florida State Bar April 2011 U.S. Tax Court November 2011 EDUCATION Chapman University School of Law, Orange, CA Tax LL.M., August 2011 Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award (highest grade) for Consolidated Returns 3.44 G.P.A Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, FL Juris Doctor, May 2010 Honors: Book Award (highest grade) for National Security and Anti-Terrorism Law Governor’s Merit Scholarship Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, May 2006 EXPERIENCE Boyd, Richards, Parker, & Colonnelli, P.L. Associate October 2011 – June 2012 • Insurance Defense Litigation. Substantial legal researching and pleading drafting. Legal analysis and memoranda drafting of novel and complicated issues. • Attending depositions and hearings and taking official witness statements under oath. Summarizing depositions and medical records and drafting letters to clients. Tax Appeals Assistance Program, City of Orange, CA Sales and Use Tax Extern June 2011 – August 2011 • Assisted clients in their Sales and Use tax issues against the California State Board of Equalization. Interviewed clients, obtained relevant documents and evidence, completed government forms on their behalf. • Represented clients in their appeals conference contesting their alleged Use tax liability. Presented arguments on a client’s behalf before attorneys of the B.O.E. Capital Consulting LLC, Laguna Niguel, CA Tax Clerk November 2010 - January 2011 • Performed tax research and drafted Word document memorandums and PowerPoint presentations to help clients achieve tax efficiency in real estate and business transactions. Researched issue on whether a particular event would result in triggering gain of a deferred intercompany item within a consolidated group. Law Office of Ashkan Najafi, Jacksonville, FL Patent Law Intern May 2009 - August 2009 • Performed patent searches, entailing research of prior art patents, in order to assist clients in deciding whether to pursue a patent. • Drafted patent search opinion letters and provisional patent applications.

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