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J. Peter Wakeman is the President of Wakeman Law Group, Inc., a California law firm. He is certified as a specialist by the California Bar in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law. His practice is concentrated in the areas of estate and tax planning for high net worth individuals. Mr. Wakeman has attained the highest possible rating of AV© from Martindale-Hubbell©, an independent legal rating service, and is also rated as a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters.

Mr. Wakeman has written extensively on estate and tax planning and has been interviewed and quoted by publications as diverse as the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Daily Journal and Standard and Poor's The Outlook. He co-authored an article entitled "Charitable Options: The Use of an Option Agreement to Facilitate Gifts of Real Estate to Charitable Remainder Trusts" which was published by Tax Management, Inc., in The Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal. He has also written for the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate News published by the State Bar of California. Mr. Wakeman is also a frequent seminar speaker on topics involving tax and estate planning strategies.

Prior to starting the firm in 1987, Mr. Wakeman served as University Affairs Legal Counsel and Director of Planned Giving at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. While at Pepperdine, Wakeman was Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Seaver College and also taught at the School of Law.

Mr. Wakeman is a member of the State Bars of California and Florida, the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles and Ventura County Bar Associations, is the past Chairman of the Ventura County Community Foundation Technical Advisory Council, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley.

Mr. Wakeman received his BA from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and his JD from Stetson University in St. Petersburg, Florida.