J. Richard Duke, J. D., L.L.M

CURRICULUM VITAE

                                                                                  OF

                                                                   J. RICHARD DUKE

 

FIRM:                          Duke Law Firm, P.C.
                                    400 Vestavia Parkway, Suite 100
                                    Birmingham, Alabama 35216
                                    Telephone (205) 823-3900
                                    Facsimile (205) 823-2630
                                    E-mail address: richard@assetlaw.com
                                    Website: http://www.assetlaw.com

PRACTICE:                International and domestic tax, estate planning, wealth ­­­preservation and wealth protection planning; Committee of Academic Advisors and Adjunct Professor of Law, St. Thomas University School of Law, Graduate International Taxation (LL.M.) Program, Miami, Florida; Adjunct Professor of Law at the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (Inter­national Tax and Asset Protection Planning, 1983-1999);  member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Offshore Finance U.S.A., O.F.C. Publications Inc., (Quebec, Canada).

 

BAR ASSOCIATIONS:  American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; The Florida Bar; Birmingham Bar Association 

MEMBERSHIPS:        

Member and Distinguished Fellow of The Royal Society of Fellows (RSOF) (2002-); Member of the Faculty Advisory Board, Royal Society Of Fellows Law Review; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; International Tax Planning Association; The Offshore Institute; International Bar Association (Section on Business Law; Committee on Taxes); Inter-American Bar Association; Tax Sec­tion of the American Bar Association (Committee on Corporate Stock­holders' Relation­ships, 1975-1977; Committee on Closely Held Corporations, 1977-1990; Committee on Individual Investments and Workouts, 1995‑); Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association (Committee on Asset Protection Planning, 1997-; International Estate Planning Committee, 1999-); International Law and Practice Section of the American­ Bar Association (Committees on Inter­national Taxation, 1995-; and Committee of International Private Client Planning, 1995-); Tax Section of the Alabama State Bar and The Florida Bar; Samford University Professional Advisors Council (1996-)

 

EDUCATION:             Graduate Law: Master of Laws in Taxation, Univer­sity of Miami School of Law; Law: Doctor of Jurisprudence, Cumberland School of Law of Samford University Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science, Business Admin­is­­tration, Auburn University

 

PUBLISHED              

BOOKS:                       Chapters Uses of Offshore Life Insurance in International Estate Planning, and Tax Compliance and Reporting for Offshore Trusts, Asset Protection Strategies: Planning with Domestic and Offshore Entities (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association) (2002); U.S. Tax Treatment of Low-Tax Jurisdictions, International Taxation of Low-Tax Transactions, Center for International Legal Studies; co-author Controlled Foreign Corporation TAX Guide; co-author Offshore Tax Boot Camp Manual; Trust in Prime Jurisdictions, Kluwer Law International (The Hague/London/Boston, 2000); and author of the chapters The United States Law of Money Laundering and Forfeiture and USA Patriot Act for the book, Anti-Money Laundering, for the Central Law Training (CLT) training course