Mr. Dean is a tax attorney in San Francisco.  He protects wealth through estate and charitable tax planning.  Mr. Dean received a B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Dartmouth College, and M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Management and Finance at Dartmouth College, a J.D. from the University of Virginia, and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University.  He is a former editor of the Virginia Law Review, the Virginia Journal of In International Law, and the Tax Law Review.  Mr. Dean is a California Bar Association-certified tax specialist. Mr. Dean is a cofounder and managing board member of WealthCounsel, L.L.C.  He writes drafting compendia and teaches courses on income tax strategies, estate planning, generation-skipping planning, and charitable tax planning for attorneys, accountants, and financial professionals.