Professional Summary
Education, Admissions, Affiliations & Distinctions

Carl Larson

Partner

Carl Larson is a partner in Burkhardt & Larson. He is chiefly responsible for the firm’s business and estate planning practice. Mr. Larson is experienced in all types of entity formations and consults with business owners regarding a wide variety of matters that arise out of manufacturing, distribution, licensing, and other business operations. His estate planning experience includes over 300 fully integrated estate plans.

Trust Administration and Probate

Civil Litigation

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

  • Represented the personal representative of a $22 million probate estate.
  • Represented seller in the $13 million sale of its manufacturing plumbing line of business.
  • Represented seller in the $8 million sale of its irrigation manufacturing line of business.
  • Represented purchaser in the purchase of a nationwide leader in manufacturing aircraft hangar doors.
  • Represented licensor of digital reader technology used in the First Response pregnancy test.

ADMISSIONS

  • State Bar of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • United States Tax Court

AFFILIATIONS & DISTINCTIONS

  • President, Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club (2005-2006)
  • President, North Central Democratic Club (300 members) (2003-2005)
  • University of California, San Diego Planned Giving Committee (1992-1996)
  • Martindale-Hubbell, “AV” Rated and Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

EDUCATION

  • University of San Diego School of Law, Masters of Law Taxation, 1992
  • University of California at Davis, Juris Doctor 1987
  • Institute of Japanese Studies, Two Year Certificate, Japanese Language (1986)
  • University of California at Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts (English) 1981

REPORTED CASES

  • Heacock v. Ivorette-Texas, Inc. (1993) 20 Cal. App. 4th 1665
  • Rancho Santa Fe Pharmacy, Inc. v. Seyfert (1990) 219 Cal. App. 3d 875
  • Taggares v. Superior Court (1998) 62 Cal. App. 4th 94