Don Formoso

Experience

1. Partner

   Peacock Keller, LLP

   Jan 2010 — Present · Allegheny and Washington County, PA, US

   Counsel corporate clients with regard to start-up, financing, governance, taxation, acquisitions, sales, commercial transactions, and business succession-Prepare and negotiate stock purchase, asset purchase, non-competition/non-disclosure, and shareholder agreements-Prepare Wills, testamentary trusts, supplemental needs trusts, family entity agreements, irrevocable trusts, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, powers of attorney, and living wills-Develop estate and gift tax strategies-Advise executors and trustees with respect to estate and trust administration-Advise non-profit clients on obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status, including public charities, private foundations, civic leagues, business leagues, social clubs and cemetery companies-Prepare deeds, mortgages, installment land contracts, sales agreements, and easements-Review and negotiate oil and gas leases.• Author: Entrepreneurs’ Foundation, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 2, 2012• CLE Faculty: The 2010 Tax Relief Act: Implications and Opportunities, February, 2011• CLE Faculty: Nuts & Bolts of Estate Planning: Common Drafting Errors, January, 2013• Past President, Washington County Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Section• CLE Faculty: A Review of Act 95, January, 2015

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  B.A., Magna Cum Laude, University Honors College - Politics and Philosophy

  2001 — 2005

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law

  J.D., Law

  2006 — 2009