Shareholder

Scottsdale

Direct: 480.383.1829

Office: 480.383.1800

sfox@buchalter.com

Bar Admissions

California, Arizona, U.S. Tax Court

Overview

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Steven M. Fox focuses his practice on corporate, estate planning and tax matters. He has extensive experience in trusts and estates, taxation, estate tax reduction, family partnerships, IRS tax controversies, LLC/Partnership formation, corporate structuring, start-ups, and business succession planning. He is admitted in both Arizona and California, and practices in both states.

Mr. Fox is the author of “The Charitable Gifting of Real Estate in Estate Planning,” co-authored “The New Tax Law and You: An Executive Summary,” and regularly presents estate planning seminars. His comments on the issues of tax and estate planning have been published in both Forbes and Worth Magazine.

Mr. Fox has been recognized as a 2026 Best Lawyer in America in the area of Tax Law; Trusts and Estates Law. Mr. Fox was listed in Arizona Business Magazine’s Top Lawyers List in the area of Tax and Trusts and Estates.

Admissions

  • California
  • Arizona
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

  • Touro Law Center, J.D., cum laude
    • Member of the Touro Law Review
    • Law clerk for the Honorable Herbert S. Glickman in the New Jersey Superior Court
  • Golden Gate University School of Law, L.L.M., Taxation, with honors
  • University of Richmond, B.A., History
  • University of California, Berkeley, B.A.

  • Board Member, Scottsdale Healthcare Foundation Financial Advisors
  • Board Member, Central Arizona Estate Planning Council
  • Board Member, Paradise Valley Estate Planning Group
  • National Board Member, Kids at Hope

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