Jon G. Blaustein Andre & Blaustein, LLP 700 The Candler Building 127 Peachtree Street N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Jon G. Blaustein was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, obtained an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Georgia State University (B.B.A., 1976) and received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1983. Mr. Blaustein has been practicing law in Atlanta since that time.

The primary focus of Mr. Blaustein’s practice is to represent and counsel closely held businesses and their principals in a wide range of business, transactional and tax matters. Areas of practice include corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, income tax, estate tax and asset protection planning, planning for succession and transfer of control, complex business, commercial and financing transactions, contracts and contract law, securities regulations and private offerings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, franchise law and commercialization of intellectual property.

Mr. Blaustein received a Certificate as a Certified Public Accountant in Georgia in 1980. His experience includes having performed various accounting functions for a manufacturing company while completing his undergraduate degree, and extensive forensic accounting and auditing experience for a well-known insurance company to help meet the requirements for his CPA Certificate.

Mr. Blaustein is the author of "Bankruptcy Taxation: Succession to Tax Attributes," Journal of Corporate Taxation, 1984; and was a Teaching Assistant, Business Law, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1982-1983. Mr. Blaustein is a member of the Atlanta and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Taxation) Bar Associations and State Bar of Georgia (Member, Committee on Cooperation with GSCPA, 1989-1992; Vice Chairman 1990), and a former member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Committee on Cooperation with the State Bar of Georgia, 1984-1990).

Current Employment Positions:

Partner

Areas Of Practice:

Corporations

Partnerships

Limited Liability Companies

Income Tax

Estate Tax and Asset Protection Planning

Planning for Succession and Transfer of Control

Complex Business, Commercial and Financing Transactions

Contracts and Contract Law

Securities Regulations and Private Offerings

Mergers, Acquisitions and Divesitures

Franchise Law

Commercialization of Intellectual Property

Certifications/Specialties:

Certified Public Accountant, Georgia, 1980

Bar Admissions:

Georgia, 1983

U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1983

U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1990

U.S. Tax Court, 1983

Education:

University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA, 1983

J.D.

Honors: Cum Laude

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976

B.B.A.

Major: Accounting

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Published Works:

"Bankruptcy Taxation: Succession to Tax Attributes," Journal of Corporate Taxation, Winter, 1984

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Teaching Assistant, Business Law, University of Georgia, Athens, 1982 - 1983

Drafting Agreements with Accounting Division, ICLE Georgia, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Atlanta Bar Association, 1983 - Present

Member

American Bar Association, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Taxation

Member

State Bar of Georgia, 1983 - Present

Member, Committee on Cooperation with GSCPA, 1989-1992

Vice Chairman, Committee on Coop with GSCPA, 1990

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1984 - 1990

Member

Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1984 - 1990

Birth Information:

September 23, 1954, Atlanta, Georgia