Phone: 707-543-4900
Fax: 707-543-4910
E-mail: rwargo@frigolaw.com

Ronald P. Wargo is a partner in the firm. He practices in the areas of estate planning, business law, and intellectual property. He is certified as a specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California. He has been a professor of business organizations at Empire College School of Law.

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

• Estate Planning
• Business Law
• Tax Law
• Intellectual Property Law

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• California
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• U.S. Tax Court

EDUCATION:

• Juris Doctorate
      University of California, Hastings College of the Law        
        Senior Notes Editor, Communications & Entertainment Law Journal


• Bachelor of Arts, History
      University of California, Berkeley

AFFILIATIONS:

• California State Bar - Trusts and Estates Section
• California State Bar - Business Law Section
      Chair, Partnerships and LLC Standing Committee
  
• Califonia State Bar - Taxation Section
  
• Sonoma County Bar Association, Founder, Business Law Section
      Member, Probate Section
      Member, Intellectual Property Section

RECENT ARTICLES:

• 2010 - Organizing and Operating Limited Liability Companies, Comparison of California and Delaware LLC Law
      Continuing education of the Bar (May 2010)
• 2010 - North Bay Wealth, investment advisers offer guidance
      North Bay Business Journal (March 1 2010)
• 2009 - Pitfalls of Limited Liability Company Loss Allocation for Non-Tax Practitioners,
      Business Law News (Issue No. 4, 2009)
• 2009 - Succession Planning: Trust Can Help Transfer Business to Heirs,
      North Bay Business Journal (April 20, 2009)
• 2009 - Times Require Assessment, Patience,
      North Bay Business Journal (March 23, 2009)
• 2008 - Deferring Compensation Not as Simple as It Sounds,
      North Bay Business Journal (October 13, 2008)

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• Nonequalified Deferred Compensation Plans
      Sonoma State University (July 2010)
• Comparing California And Delaware LLC Law
      Sonoma County Bar Association Intellectual Property Section (June 2010)
• Essentials of Partnership and LLC Formation
      California State Bar (March 2010)
• Estate Planning
      Wells Fargo Financial (October 2009)
• Client Trust Accounts,
      Sonoma County Bar Association MCLE (June 9, 2009)
• Estate Planning Concerns,
      Addison Avenue/Agilent (April 8, 2009)
• Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans,
      Redwood Empire Estate Planning Council (April 1, 2009)
• Partnership Loss Allocations,
      California State Bar (February 25, 2009)
• Sowing the Seeds of Farm Succession,
      California Farmlink (February 21, 2009)
• Probate Practice: The Essential Basics,
      National Business Institute (December 17, 2008)
• A Personal Financial Health Checkup,
      Redwood Empire Dental Society (November 11, 2008)
• Succession Planning Business Workshop,
      Vantreo Insurance Brokerage (October 15, 2008)
• Estate Planning,
      Santa Rosa Mothers Club (September 10, 2008)
• Avoiding Scams and Frauds,
      Sebastopol Senior Center (June 10, 2008)
• Entity Issues for Lenders,
      First Community Bank (May 14, 2008)