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John M. Goralka
Sacramento, California

Attorney
phone	(916) 440-8036
fax	(916) 440-8038
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John M. Goralka is a certified specialist in taxation law practicing exclusively in business and estate planning matters. John practices primarily in the areas of business sales and transfers, general business and corporate law, estate planning and administration, trusts and probate issues. He earned a B.S. Degree in Accounting and successfully completed the California Certified Public Accountant's (CPA) Examination. John was previously an income tax auditor and hearing officer with the Franchise Tax Board. John received his Juris Doctor (with distinction) and his LL.M. Degree in Taxation from McGeorge School of Law. John is a member of the Business, Taxation, Estate Planning and Probate Sections of the California and Sacramento County Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice:: Business & Commercial Law; Business Organizations; Estate Planning; Intellectual Property Law; Probate & Estate Administration; Real Estate Law; Taxation Law

Certification/Specialties:: Certified Specialist in Taxation Law, State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization; Passed the California Certified Public Accountants' Exam; Member of Sacramento Estate Planning Council; Designated as a California Super Lawyer

Education:: McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
LL.M.; McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California
J.D.
Honors: University of the Pacific, Class Rank-4th; University of Sacramento
B.S.

Published Works:: Can the Service Partner Finally Go Back To Work?, California Tax Lawyer, August, 1992

Honors and Awards:: Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Making the Most Outstanding Contribution to Legal Scholarship, 1985, 1988; American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts and Business Planning; Order of the Coif; Traynor Society for Academic Achievement; Prentice-Hall Outstanding Tax Student Award

Past Employment Positions:: State of California, Franchise Tax Board, Former Hearing Officer and Income Tax Auditor

Goralka Law Firm
4470 Duckhorn Drive
Sacramento, CA 95834

Telephone: 916.440.8036
Facsimile: 916.440.8038

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Based in Sacramento, the business law, tax litigation, and estate planning attorneys at the Goralka Law Firm serve business clients, business owners, and key employees throughout northern California, the Sacramento Valley, Napa Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area, including the cities of Stockton, Granite Bay, Elk Grove, Lodi, Roseville, Galt, Citrus Heights, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, Davis, Antelope, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Antioch, Brentwood, Napa, Woodland, Lincoln, Yuba City, Vacaville, and Fairfield. Our corporate laywers also serve the communities in and around Sacramento County, Placer, Sutter, Yolo, Solano, San Joaquin, and Santa Clara counties.

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