Robert W. Dyess, Jr.

Practice areas

Tax: Business, Real Estate: Business, Business/Corporate, Estate Planning & Probate

Focus areas

Business Formation and Planning, Business Organizations, Limited Liability Companies, Mortgage & Refinance, Partnership, Tax Law, Trusts

Robert W. Dyess Jr. is an AV-rated tax attorney based in Irvine, California, with a primary focus on various legal aspects, including real estate transactions, business tax planning, estate planning, and asset protection planning.

Mr. Dyess boasts a career that spans both prestigious national law firms and executive roles as general counsel within a real estate syndication and property management company. His unique blend of business acumen and legal expertise offers a valuable perspective when serving business owners as his clients.

In his real estate practice, Mr. Dyess specializes in activities such as acquisitions, sales, tax-deferred exchanges, syndications, financings, defeasances, and workouts. He has recently shifted his attention to emerging areas like affordable housing, opportunity zones, and tenant-in-common ownership groups.

Within his business tax practice, he is adept at handling business entity formations, reorganizations, acquisitions, sales, and liquidations, with a particular emphasis on partnerships, limited liability companies, and S corporations.

Furthermore, Mr. Dyess excels in estate planning, where he represents high net worth individuals by implementing tax-saving strategies that involve wills, both simple and complex trusts, private foundations, charitable planning, business succession planning, as well as administering trusts and estates for decedents.

Mr. Dyess holds a Masters in Taxation Law from New York University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Vanderbilt University. His specialization in Taxation Law is officially recognized by the California Board of Legal Specialization. Currently, Mr. Dyess is a partner at the esteemed law firm Good Wildman, Attorneys at Law.