388 Market Street, Suite 820
San Francisco, California
94111
Tel. 415-391-9600
Fax 415-391-9611
Buffington & Aaron specializes in Corporate Law, Taxation, Employee Benefits, Pension, Estate Planning, Business Transactions and Executive Compensation. The firm is located in the San Francisco financial district.
GEORGE N. BUFFINGTON
Position: Member.
Born Boston, Massachusetts, September 24, 1948. Admitted to bar, 1975, District of Columbia; 1977, California; 1991, U.S. Tax Court.
Education: Boston University, B.A., cum laude, 1970; George Washington University, J.D., with honors, 1975.
Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University Graduate School of Taxation, 1989 and 1993. Arbitrator, Bar Association of San Francisco, Subcommittee on Arbitration of Law Firm Dissolutions and Fee Disputes among Attorneys, 1988 -- . Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Section on: Corporate Law); Bar Association of the District of Columbia; State Bar of California (Member, Tax Section). (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization).
Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Transactions; Employee Benefits.
Email: gnb@buffingtonaaron.com
DIANE AARON
Position: Member.
Born New York, N.Y., March 12, 1949; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1983, U.S. Tax Court.
Education: Queens College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1970; Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1981).
Associate Editor, Industrial Relations Law Journal, 1980-1981. Lecturer: Courses of Study on Pension and Profit Sharing Plans, ALI-ABA; Practicing Law Institute; Western Pension and Benefits Conference. Golden Gate University Graduate School; Hastings College of the Law; California Continuing Education of the Bar; National Institute of Pension Administrators; Society of Pension Actuaries; American Society of Pension Actuaries; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Author: "Drafting Tips for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders," Journal of Taxation for Lawyers, 1986. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California (Member, Tax Section); American Bar Association (Member: Tax Section; Employee Benefits Committee); Practicing Law Institute (Member, Advisory Committee on Employee Benefits Law); Women Lawyers Alliance Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1988).
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Taxation.
Email: da@buffingtonaaron.com