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PRACTICE AREAS
- Agricultural Law
- Corporate Transactions & Business Counseling
- Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate, and Wealth Transfer
- Finance & Financial Institutions
- Healthcare Law
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Pension Plans, Profit Sharing Plans & Employee Benefits
- Taxation Law
EDUCATION
The University of Iowa College of Law
- Juris Doctorate: 1971
University of Iowa College of Business
- BBA in Finance & Insurance, 1968
ADMISSIONS TO PRACTICE
- State of Iowa – 1971
- Federal Courts – Northern & Southern Districts of Iowa; U. S. Tax Court
ASSOCIATIONS
American Bar Association:
- Tax Section & Business Law Section
Iowa State Bar Association:
- Section of Probate & Trust Law
- Section of Taxation (Tax School Chair 2007; Section Council 2007-2010; Section Chair Elect 2009-2010)
Linn County Bar Association
American College of Trust & Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
Cedar Rapids Estate Planning Council
Association for Advanced Life Underwriting
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
Institute of Management Accountants
Our Attorneys
Position: Member
Email: sbogguss@simmonsperrine.com
Phone: 319-366-7641
Fax: 319-366-1917
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J. Scott Bogguss is a member of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC where he is engaged primarily in a general practice, including but not limited to, Business Law, Trusts & Estates, Taxation, Pension & Profit Sharing Plans, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, and Agricultural Law. Prior to joining the firm Mr. Bogguss was a member of the Cedar Rapids firm of Moyer & Bergman, PLC. and served several terms in that firm’s management and as Chair of its Business & Tax Department.
Mr. Bogguss’s practice concentration includes providing tax, estate and general business law counsel to a wide variety of closely held businesses and their owners. His general activities include initial organization and reorganization of business entities to accomplish the financial, tax planning, management and other objectives of the owners and managers of such entities. His work also frequently involves the design and implementation of estate, pension, business succession and executive compensation plans. His experience includes transactional work in mergers, acquisitions and secured lending. Mr. Bogguss also represents business and individual clients with respect to disputed income tax matters.
Mr. Bogguss is active in the community, serving on several charitable institution boards of directors, including the Cedar Rapids Symphony Foundation, past Chair of the St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation and as Chair of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. He is listed in Woodward-White’s peer-selected publication “Best Lawyers in America” in the law areas of taxation, trusts & estates and employee benefits.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Firm Attorneys to be Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2010
The following Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman attorneys have received notifications that they will be listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 publication. Their names are followed by the practice area in which they are listed and the year in which they were first listed.
J. Scott Bogguss (1987)
- Employee Benefits Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Scott Bogguss Appointed Chair of ISBA Tax Section
J. Scott Bogguss has been appointed to serve as Chair of the Iowa State Bar Association Tax Section for the upcoming fiscal year July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
The Tax Section sponsors the Bloethe Tax School each December, which is commonly attended by several hundred lawyers from all over Iowa. The section also sponsors the Spring Tax Institute each May and participates in the ISBA’s activities regarding legislative assistance in federal and state tax matters affecting all Iowans.
