Roger Royse
Haynes BooneRoger Royse, the founder of the Royse Law Firm, works with companies ranging from newly formed tech startups to publicly traded multinationals in a variety of industries, including technology, entertainment and new media, sports, real estate and agri-business. Roger regularly advises on complex tax structuring, high stakes business negotiations and large international financial transactions. Practicing business and tax law since 1984, Roger’s background includes work with prominent San Francisco Bay area law firms as well as Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy in New York City. Roger is active in leadership roles with several bar associations, including the following: President of the Palo Alto Area Bar Association; Chair of the Taxation Committee of the ABA Business Law Section; Vice Chair of the Tax Policy and Simplification Committee of the ABA Tax Section; Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Member of the California Bar Tax Section Policy Committee; and Member of the California Bar Business Law Section Agri-Business Committee. Roger is the author of Dead on Arrival: How to Avoid the Legal Mistakes That Could Kill Your Startup and sits on the boards of advisors and mentors to several funds, accelerators and tech companies and takes an active role in the strategic planning decisions of his clients. Roger is a participating instructor of corporate law for the Center for International Studies (Salzburg Austria) and has been an adjunct Professor of Taxation (Property Transactions and International Taxation) for Golden Gate University. Roger is the founder of the philanthropic organization “Team Motion to Dismiss Cancer” which conducted high profile auctions of meetings with venture capitalists to raise money for charity and has been recognized for his efforts on behalf of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by being named the 2012 San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Man of the Year. Roger is a Northern California Super Lawyer, is AV Pee
- New York University School of Law
- LL.M. (1989) | Taxation
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- University of North Dakota School of Law
- J.D. (1984) | Law
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- University of North Dakota
- B.S. (1981) | Accounting
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- Royse Law Firm
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- Agtech Law, ITECH Law Conference, Melbourne, Australia
- iTech Law Association
- The Law Firm of the Future, CodeX, Stanford Law School
- Stanford Law School
- M&A Tax, San Francisco Tax Club, San Francisco
- San Francisco Tax Club
- Reinvigorated Tax Reform Arrives for 2015, TEI-SJSU Tax Policy Conference, San Jose
- Tax Executives Institute
- Crowdfunding and Alternative Finance, Association for Corporate Growth, San Francisco
- ACG
- Innovator Award
- The Recorder
- State Bar of California  # 152217
- Member
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- American Bar Association Business Law Section
- Chair, Tax Committee
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- American Bar Association Tax Section
- Vice Chair, Tax Policy and Simplification Committee
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- Palo Alto Area Bar Association
- President
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- New York State Bar  # 2348282
- Member
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- California
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New York
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Criminal Tax Litigation, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, International Taxes, Payroll Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Planning
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- English: Spoken, Written