For half a century helping individuals and businesses with excessive debt and delinquent tax problems. He wrote the books! He instructs the subject! Plus a record of substantial settlements in major personal injury, fraud, and other civil cases, as well as litigation against abusive debt collectors.

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Produced the 35-hour webinar course on fundamentals of bankruptcy law & procedure. 

 

SNAPSHOT

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• In private law practice since 1972.

• Author of seven books for attorneys on bankruptcy law.

• Author of two books for professionals on delinquent tax remedies

• Chairman of city of Dublin Planning Commission 2002-2010.

• Lead the successful effort to preserve the West Dublin and East Dublin hills Greenbelts.

• Forensic Expert on tax discharge.

• Recipient of NACBA's Distinguished Service Award.

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LAWYER

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Education: A.B. University of California, Berkeley, CA 1968

J.D. University of California, Davis, CA. 1971

 

Author: King has authored many books for tax and bankruptcy attorneys, and many articles for professional periodicals.

 

Memberships: Mr. King is a member of the California bar and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, California Association of Tax Consultants, and formerly the Consumer Law and Ethics Committees of the American Bankruptcy Institute, formerly a member of the American Bar Association Tax Section Bankruptcy Task Force, the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, and other professional organizations.

 

Professor of law: He taught corporation law at St. Mary's College Department of Paralegal Studies for seven years, and taught Bankruptcy law at Lincoln Law School in Northern California. He is Dean of the King Bankruptcy Academy. He has lectured to over 60 professional organizations of attorneys on tax and bankruptcy issues.

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Experience: Morgan King has been practicing law and writing and teaching on legal topics since 1971. Visit the law firm web sites, MorganKing.com,, TaxJustice.com, or BankruptcyPractice.com 

 

Over his career Mr. King has appeared before more than 100 judges and has gained extensive experience in all fields of “consumer," "tax," and "business" law, including personal injury accident cases, civil litigation, criminal defense, divorce and family law, civil rights, corporation and business law.
 

Multiple areas of expertise - Personal Injury - Bankruptcy - bankruptcy forensic testifyijng - Delinquent Taxes - Criminal defense, White Collar Defense.

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PERSONAL INJURY CASES

 

A record of large settlements and experience as trial attorney in personal injury cases.

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Morgan D. King has been in law practice for 49 years! During that period he has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Car accidents, big-rig accidents, near drowning, serious burns, slip and fall, dog bite, defective boat- steering mechanism, defective soda bottle cap, pedestrian hit by car, bicyclist hit by car, assault and battery, sexual abuse, car runs over ticket booth with ticket-taker inside, cremated ashes scattered in wrong cemetery, medical malpractice, negligent police hot pursuit, elder abuse at convalescent home, wrongful firing of employee, suit to stop school closure, suit for violation of civil rights, etc. He has represented plaintiffs in lawsuits over fraudulent "ponzi schemes."

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He has served as Small Claims judge for the County of Alameda.

 

Multiple areas of expertise. His experience includes dozens of jury trials as chief counsel. For more information on his record in personal injury cases

 

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MALPRACTICE FORENSIC EXPERT

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Morgan King is regularly hired as the "forensic" expert witness in tax bankruptcy malpractice cases, and he advises lawyers and other professionals across the nation on virtually a daily basis on the subject of discharging taxes in bankruptcy.
 

A LEADER IN HIS COMMUNITY ...

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Mr. King formerly served as an officer in the United States Army, Field Artillery (reserve. 1970 - 1980; (ROTC University of California. Berkeley)

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Mr. King has volunteered countless hours of his time through the years in service to his community. Among other things;

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Was appointed to the City of San Leandro Mayor's Select Committee on the Future of San Leandro. 1972.

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Served as a homeowners' association president and architectural review board member, and helped revise the CC&Rs and architectural guidelines. 1976-78.

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Served as President of the Board of The 7th Step Foundation 1971-73.

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Was a "den mother" for his son's local cub scout troop. 1996-97.

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In 1999 wrote the draft for the City of Dublin's Measure M (to preserve open space and natural habitat in West Dublin) and successfully served as the campaign manager to get it adopted by the voters in the 2000 general election.

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Served as advisor to Dublin Little Theater Main Stage, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to serious amateur theater in Dublin, California. 1998-99.

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And, He devoted time as the advisor / coach to the Dublin High School Mock Trial Club. 2004.

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One year volunteered in the role of Santa Claus for the Sunol Glen Elementary School's annual kids' Christmas event; his daughter was one of his elves.

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Mr. King was appointed to the chairmanship of the City of Dublin Planning Commission (Dublin, California). 2002-2010

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After 8 years on the Planning Commission, was appointed by the Mayor to the Dublin Heritage and Fine Arts Commission, with the assignment to create and promote the Dublin New Talent Film Festival. 2011.

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Was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Dublin Historic Preservation Association. 2010.

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Was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Tri-Valley Conservancy (protecting open space). 2011

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Is co-Chairman of Save Doolan Canyon 2014, a group working with the City of Dublin to protect the canyon from development.

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AUTHOR

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Morgan King is the author of several books, including Taxpayers Remedies in Bankruptcy, Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Handbook of Taxpayers Rights & Remedies, California Corporate Law, and several other professional practice desk books.

 

See list of books below.

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In addition, the King lawyers regularly tap the resources, experience and advice of lawyers, accountants and enrolled agents all across the country. This is a network of tough, experienced professionals all dedicated to one task ... helping taxpayers with delinquent tax problem resolution. 

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Mr. King is "Of Counsel" at the law offices of King, King, and King, in Pleasanton, California.

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BOOKS BY MORGAN KING ...

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Mr. King has written the following books for the legal profession ...

• California Corporate Practice Guide 2nd

• Deskbook of Delinquent Tax Remedies

• Discharging Taxes In Bankruptcy (the IRS purchased a copy and requested Mr. King's signature on the inside}.

• Chapter 7 Law & Practice

• Chapter 13 Law & Practice

• McGraw-Hill course manual, Taxpayers' Remedies in Bankruptcy

• Attorneys' Fees in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases

• King's Guide to Practice Under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005

• King's Discharging Taxes Under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005

• King's Digest of BAPCPA Cases 2007

• King's Fundamentals Of Consumer Bankruptcy Law & Practice.

• King's Legal Guide to IRS Offers-in-Compromise

• King's Legal Guide to IRS Collection Due Process

• King's Guided to Abusive Debt Collection Practices

 

For more information about the bankruptcy books listed above, go to Mr. King's publishing web sit, BankruptcyBooks.com

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AND FOR THE LAYMAN ...

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• How To Rebuild Your Credit (popular with lawyers)

• Living Together And The Law

 

ARTICLES BY MORGAN KING ...

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[Entire text of several articles may be read, simply click]

Mr. King has authored the following articles in professional publications:

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1. Avoiding Tax Liens on Personal Property in Bankruptcy (31 California Western Law Review 1, Fall, 1994) (this article was cited in I.R.S. v. DIPERNA, 195 B.R. 358, 361 (E.D.N.C. 1996).

2. Clearing the Books of Back Taxes: Bankruptcy, Chapters 11 and 13 (The San Francisco Recorder, Nov. 13, 1992)

3. More Than One Way Out: Some Taxes Can Be Eliminated in Bankruptcy Proceedings (The San Francisco Recorder, Nov. 6, 1992)

4. Voluntary Payments or Chapter 13? (Journal of the National Association of Enrolled Agents, Vol. 9, No. 3, Spring 1992)

5. Ethics And Malpractice Issues in Chapter 13 (Norton's Bankruptcy Advisor, Feb. 1999).

6. Compensation of Debtors' Attorneys in Consumer Bankruptcy - The Failure of Public Policy in Actual Practice and Suggestions For Reform (1996-1997 Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law)

7. Inadequate Compensation of Debtors' Attorneys is Impairing the Chapter 13 System (NACTT Quarterly - National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees - Vol. 8, No. 4, July 1996).

8. Ethics And Malpractice Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy Practice (The Community Tax Law Report, Fall 1998)

9. Emerging and Unsettled Issues in Tax Discharge Cases (CCH Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, June-July 1999)

10. Is a Tax Report The Same Thing as a Tax Return? An Emerging Issue in Discharge of State Taxes in Bankruptcy (Spidel State Tax Newsletter, Fall, 1999)

11. Chapter 13 and 109(e) Debt Limits; A Guide To The Bramble Bush (Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, April, 2000)

12. Discharging California Sales Taxes in Bankruptcy (Spidel State Tax Newsletter, June, 2000)

13. Saving a Business Using Chapter 13 (San Francisco Recorder - 1992)

14. How Is a Tax Lien on An ERISA Retirement Plan Treated in Chapter 13? (Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, June, 2001)

15. How Bankruptcy Reform May Do The IRS More Harm Than Good (CCH Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, June/July 2003)

16. Between the Charybdis of Biggar and the Scylla of Lamie: How Is A Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyer Supposed to Be Paid? (Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, June/July 2004).

17. Bankruptcy Reform: The Discharge of Delinquent Taxes in Bankruptcy, (CCH Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure, June-July 2005)

18. Bankruptcy Reform Did Not Eliminate A Taxpayer's Right To Discharge Taxes in Bankruptcy (CCH Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure Feb. - March 2007)

19. When the Tax Court Takes the Taxpayer's Side in Collection Disputes, (CCH Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure Oct./Nov. 2007)

20. Offers-in-Compromise: Will it Hurt Your Client's Bankruptcy Opportunity? (CCH Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure May 2010.

21. What is a Tax Return For Purposes of Tax Dischargeability? Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor September 2010

22. Tolstoy - McCoy - Late Filed Tax Returns and Discharge of Taxes Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, March 2012

23. Fee Splitting: Between The Devil and a Boulder, Norton Bankruptcy Law Advisor, July 2012

24. McCoy: Are You Out of Your Vulcan Mind? NACBA Newsletter March 2003, and NCBRC March 2013.

25. The IRS Substitute For Return ... The Kiss of Death? or Hold Your Breath? California Bar Association, Tax Section Journal of Tax Litigation, Feb. 2015

26. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy and IRS Offers-in-Compromise Compared., New York York State Society of CPAs, The CPA Journal, date TBD 2015.

27. IRS Substitute For Return: Kiss of Death or Hold Your Breath? California  Journal of Tax Litigation 2015.

28. Sales Tax Discharge Issues in Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy Journal, Summer, 2016 (NACBA)

29. What is an Equivalent Report or Notice"? NACBA Consumer Bankruptcy Journal Fall 2016

30. Tolling Events in Tax Discharge, NACBA Consumer Bankruptcy Journal, Winter 2016

31. Traps For The Unwary in Tax Discharge NACBA Consumer Bankruptcy Journal Fall 2019

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MR. KING'S SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ...

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1. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - California State Bar Section Education Institute, Rancho Mirage California, 1996

2. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Francisco, 1994

3. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Boston, 1995

4. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Antonio, 1996

5. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Diego, 1997

6. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Miami, 1998

7. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Francisco, 1999

8. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy - annual convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Antonio, 2000

9. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, National Association of Insolvency Accountants, San Francisco, 1995

10. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, California Society of Enrolled Agents, Golden Gate Chapter, 1991

11. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, California Society of Enrolled Agents, Mission Chapter, 1992

12. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, California Society of Enrolled Agents, Morrow Bay Chapter, 1993

13. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, California Society of Enrolled Agents, East Bay Chapter, 1994

14. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, California Society of Enrolled Agents, Central Valley Chapter, 1995

15. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Hawaii Society of Enrolled Agents, Oahu, 1997

16. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Inland Valley Society of Tax Professionals, 1994

17. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Alameda County Bar Association, 1993

18. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Contra Costa County Bar Association, 1992

19. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, San Diego County Bar Association, 1997

20. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Orange County Bar Association, 1997

21. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Santa Clara Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, 1999

22. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, National Association of Independent Accountants, San Francisco, 1995

23. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Institute, Central District of California Bankruptcy Association, Fresno, 1997

24. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Idaho State Bar Annual Winter Bankruptcy Institute, Coeur d'Alene, 1998

25. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, National Tax Practice Institute graduate level program, Virginia, 1998

26. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, National Tax Practice Institute graduate level program, California, 1998

27. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, US Tax Marketing Group, Denver, 1998

28. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, US Tax Marketing Group, Denver, 1999

29. Traps For The Unwary in Tax Discharge Cases, Annual Bankruptcy Law and Practice Seminar, Stetson University School of Law, Florida, 1999

30. Attacking Tax Liens in Bankruptcy, Annual Bankruptcy Law and Practice Seminar, Stetson University School of Law, Florida, 1999

31. Fundamentals of Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Palm Desert, CA 1999

32. Emerging & Unsettled Issues in Tax Discharge Bankruptcy Cases, Chapter 13 Trustees & Creditor Education Coalition (CEC) - Fall Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, Columbus, Ohio 1999

33. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Northwest Bankruptcy Institute - Oregon State Bar, Portland, OR 1999

34. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, King Bankruptcy Academy, San Francisco, 1999

35. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, King Bankruptcy Academy, San Francisco, 2000

36. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, King Bankruptcy Academy, Las Vegas, 2001

37. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course, Texas Bar Association CLE, Oct. 4, 2001

38. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Virginia Bar Association, bankruptcy section, Williamsburg VA January 12/13 2004.

39. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, American Bankruptcy Institute, Washington D.C., April 15-18, 2004

40. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, American Bankruptcy Institute, New York, N.Y., May 19, 2004

41. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, Tidewater Bar Association, Virginia Beach, Virginia Dec. 4, 2004.

42. Solving The Mysteries of Discharging Taxes, Maryland State Bar with U. of Maryland School of Law, Feb. 2, 2005

43. Moderator, Effect of Reform on Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, University of Texas School of Law, Consumer Bankruptcy Section, June 31, 2005

44. Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy, NACBA annual convention, San Diego, April 29, 2005

45. Effect of Bankruptcy Reform On Discharging Taxes, NACBA Workshop On BAPCPA, Chicago, Il July 2005

46. Bankruptcy Reform: What Lawyers Need to Know - Central N.Y. and Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association - 10th Annual Conference November 4, 2005 - Cooperstone New York

47. Discharging Taxes Under The Act : 4th Annual Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy, Virginia State Bar CLE, Richmond, VA April 18 2006,

48. Discharging Taxes Under the Act: 14th Annual Convention of NACBA - New Orleans, LA May 19-21 2006

49. Discharging Taxes Under the Act: 15th Annual Convention of NACBA - Philadelphia, PA May 19-21 2006

50. Discharging Taxes Under the Act: 31st North Carolina Bar Association Bankruptcy Institute, Ashville, NC Nov. 21, 2008

51. Hot Issues in Tax Discharge After BAPCPA: American Bar Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA August 6 2010.

52. Featured presenter, King's Tax Discharge Bootcamp, San Francisco Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, November, 2010.

53. Panel member, Discharging Taxes, California State Bar annual convention, Monterey, CA Sept. 23-26 2010

54. Panel member, The Role of The Paralegal, National Society of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants, conference Oct. 13 - 16, 2010.

55. Panelist and Moderator for the Consumer Law program of the California Bankruptcy Forum, Squaw Creek, California 2011. Subject: Traps For The Unwary. Sharing the panel, Hon. Catherine Bauer, Bankruptcy Judge, Riverside California; Lynn Schoenman, President of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (Chapter 7 trustees); Kathleen Leavitt, Chapter 13 Trustee, Las Vegas, NV. and former Editor of the Journal of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees.

56. May 8, 2012 - Presenter - Discharging Taxes in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases San Francisco Bar

57. March 27 2014 Hosted NACBA webinar, The McCoy Case Limits Discharge of Taxes; or Does It?

58. February 6 2015 - 14th Annual Northern California Bankruptcy Conference - Sacramento CA - Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy.

59. February 16, 2015 - Spoke on Discharging Taxes at the East Alameda County Bar weekly meeting.

60. April 17, 2015 - Scheduled featured speaker on the topic "Using IRS Transcripts," for the Alameda County Bar Association CLE program.

61. September 23 2016 - Central California Bankruptcy Association Annual Institute, "Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy," Clovis, CA.

62. Nov. 2021 "Basics of Tax Discharge": Austin, Texas, Bankruptcy Group

63. June 2022 "Update & Evolving Issues in Bankruptcy - Tax  Solutions." King Bankruptcy Academy - live remote.

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MORGAN KING'S WEBSITE URLs

 

​TaxJustice.com. This is Mr. King's law firm web site for taxpayers in trouble.

KingLawPublishing.com

BankruptcyBooks.com. This site showcases KingsPress, books and products written or marketed by Morgan King. These include practice deskbooks on discharging taxes, the fundamentals of Chapter 7, the fundamentals of Chapter 13, Attorneys' fees and ethics, and rebuilding credit. Other books and products by other publishers are listed as well.

CiteCases.com. An affordable online case research service.

ResearchCases.com

BankruptcyAcademy.com is Mr. King's three-day educational seminar on discharging taxes in bankruptcy. The program will eventually expand to include in-depth courses on the fundamentals of consumer bankruptcy practice. The 2001 program will include a segment on marketing tax-bankruptcy services by individual lawyers or small firms.

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MorganKing.com. Mr. King's law practice home page.

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