As realtors, taxes take centerstage in many aspects of both your professional and personal lives.  As many of you are commission based sales people it is important to understand how to best handle your personal income taxes and maximize your annual salaries.  As front line contact people for your sellers it important for you, as realtors, to understand capital gains and estate taxes and how they affect your clients, especially in the current climate of no estate taxes for 2010. 

Come allow Leo J. Cushing, Esq., LL.M, CPA to unlock the mysterious world of taxes and help make you a better advocate for both yourself and your clients. 

Leo J. Cushing, Esq., CPA, LLM is the founding Partner of Cushing & Dolan, P.C., formerly a Boston based law firm established in 1984 specializing in closely held businesses, taxation, sophisticated estate planning, elder law and real estate.  Leo's practice includes all aspects of sophisticated estate planning techniques, asset protection, trust planning, charitable giving and resolution of tax controversies.

Leo has written and lectured extensively on all aspects of taxation and estate planning, including Editor in Chief and Program Chair of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program (MCLE) "Preparing Estate Tax Returns.”  Leo is also a contributing author and lecturer at MCLE's program "Preparing Fiduciary Income Tax Returns" as well as its "Advanced Issues in LLC's, covering the topics, "Using an LLC to Consolidate Family Assets to Facilitate Succession Planning and Save on Gift and Estate Taxes" and introducing the Delaware Series LLC." 

Leo is a much sought after speaker as he is able to articulate complex issues in a clear, concise and easy to understand way.  Leo is a graduate of Boston Latin School, the University Of Notre Dame (Accounting) and earned his JD, cum laude, from the New England School of Law while working full time as a forensic accountant, and obtained his Masters Degree in Taxation from Boston University Law School.  Leo is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Leo is married with two children and currently lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.