Philip M. Jelley

  • Experience

    Mr. Jelley is the president and sole shareholder of Philip M. Jelley, Inc., California professional law corporation, which is a partner in Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP. Mr. Jelley is a member of the firm's Business & Corporate Transactions Group as well as its Nonprofit Practice Group. For more than 55 years, he has focused his practice primarily on general business, tax and real estate issues. He was a certified specialist in tax law for more than 25 years. Mr. Jelley's clients have included major retail stores, oil companies, ranching and agricultural operations, automobile dealerships, manufacturers, shopping centers, financial service organizations, cemeteries and mortuaries, and nonprofit and religious organizations. He is president of the LJ and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation.

  • Education

    J.D., Stanford University School of Law, 1956
    A.B., Stanford University, 1954
    United States Naval Academy, 1949-1952

  • Admissions

    State Bar of California; United States District Court (Northern and Central Districts of California); United States Circuit Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit); United States Tax Court; United States Supreme Court

  • Affiliations

    San Francisco Opera, Board of Directors, 1974-present

    Santa Fe Opera, Board of Directors, 1986-2000, 2001-2007, 2008-present

    Santa Fe Opera Foundation, President, 1994-2000

    Church Divinity School, Chair, Board of Directors, 1991-1999, Board member, 1976-1986, 1989-1999; 2000-2010

    Graduate Theological Union, Board of Directors and Treasurer, 1978-1989

    Panel of Temporary Judges, Alameda County Superior Court, 1979-present

    Judge, Ecclesiastical Court, Episcopal Diocese of California, 2008-2011

    Joint Disciplinary Board, Episcopal Dioceses of California, Northern California, El Camino Real, San Joaquin, President, 2011-present

    Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA, Executive Board, 2011-present

    American Bar Association

    Alameda County Bar Association

  • Speaking & Teaching Experience

    Religious Corporation Issues in California, Lorman Education Services, 2001-2002

    "Forming and Terminating Partnerships," Practical Law Courses, Inc., 1981

    "Organizing and Advising California Businesses," California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), 1979

    "Organizing California Partnerships," (CEB), 1978

    "Business Organization and Planning," (CEB), 1974-1975

     

Contact Information

Philip M. Jelley Partner pjelley@fablaw.com

  • Phone: (510) 451-3300
  • Fax: (510) 451-1527
  • Office: 1221 Broadway
    21st Floor
    Oakland, CA 94612
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