Meet Our Team

A Montana native, Ms. Allen brings international tax, accounting, finance and law to Allen Barron, Inc. Allen has worked with a diverse group of businesses, advising clients in legal, financial and tax arenas.

Beginning her career in the public accounting arena, she moved into the private sector as tax director for a biotech firm, Hybritech, Inc. She progressed to controller and CFO/Legal Counsel positions for a number of San Diego companies before becoming a partner in Allen Barron, Inc.

She has led seminars throughout California on Tax-Advantaged Corporate Structures and Tax Minimization, and appeared as a panelist for Tech Coast Venture Network in a roundtable discussion for venture capital and angel financing.

Background:
B.S. Accounting, University of Montana
MBA International Finance, University of San Diego
J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles
LLM Masters of Law in Taxation, USD School of Law.

Richard Barron, whose roots are in nuclear science, is dedicated to assisting companies achieve new directions of growth and profitability.

Barron's career began in his native England as a junior scientist for a UK government research department, studying the technical functionality of nuclear partical accelerators. After emigrating to Canada, he became a member of the Bell Northern Research team that developed and implemented advanced digital telephone switching systems.

In 1979, he began his climb to the top of executive management starting as Director of Manufacturing Operations for Northern Telecom. His corporate career reached its apex during tenure as President/CEO of numerous technology companies including General DataComm, Telenex Corporation, Inc., Bourns Electronics, and Valor Electronics (a publicly held company with over $120 million in revenues).

Allison Soares, Esq.,
Legal Associate

Ms. Soares was raised in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and also spent a year abroad at the University of Sheffield in northern England during that time. After graduation, Ms. Soares moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil to teach English to local business and medical professionals and later returned to San Diego where she worked as a Staff Accountant at Physician Management Group, Inc.  Her adventurous nature soon took her to Miami, where she attended St. Thomas University School of Law.  After her first year of law school, she enrolled in the joint degree program to obtain her M.B.A in Accounting. She also expanded on her previous accounting experience with several internships including positions at the United States Securities Exchange Commission, with the Honorable William M. Hoeveler, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. She later interned with the United States Attorney’s Office where she applied her accounting skills in extensive preparation on a case, leading to her testimony as a summary witness for the U.S. Government. After law school, Ms. Soares and her husband relocated back to San Diego where she currently handles tax law, entity formation and contract law.

Background:
B.A. Finance, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, FL
M.B.A. in Accounting, Certificate in Forensic Accounting, St. Thomas University, Miami, FL

Madeline  Hill, Esq., Legal Associate

Raised in Modesto, California. Ms. Hill received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Medieval Studies from the University of California, Davis. While enrolled at the University of California, Davis, Ms. Hill spent her junior year studying abroad at the National University of Ireland, Galway and her final semester at the Universita' per Stranieri (University for Foreigners) in Perugia, Italy. After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts degree, Ms. Hill continued her education at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, where she earned a Masters of Philosophy degree. In 2005, Ms. Hill moved to San Diego, California, to pursue a law degree at California Western School of Law. Following graduation, she worked for several boutique firms specializing in estate planning, entity formation and the drafting of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) before coming to Allen Barron, Inc. where she currently handles estate planning, entity formation and contract law matters.

Background:
B.A. Medieval Studies, University of California, Davis
Masters of Phil., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
J.D., California Western School of Law, San Diego, California

Rachel  Markovitz, Esq., Legal Associate

Ms. Markovitz is currently on sabbatical leave from Allen Barron, Inc. and will return in December of 2010.

Background:
B.A. Journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
J.D., Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA
LLM Masters of Law in Taxation, University of San Diego

Noni Clayton handles our internal and external business administration needs at Allen Barron, Inc. As our Administrative Director, her knowledge and expertise in office management and human resources is a valuable addition to our well-rounded team. Noni‘s background includes such diverse backgrounds as a paralegal, data analyst in the financial field, marketing assistant for a major petroleum company and a private investigator for one of the most notorious investigation firms in Hawaii. Noni enjoys spending time with her husband and son at their home in the San Pasqual Valley.

Other partners that we call upon for special services are:

Janathan L Allen APC, handles our legal issues, IRS representation, arbitration and mergers.

Genworth Financial Services, handle our investment and financial planning activities. Formally GE Financial they are a leading firm in this specialized area.

      Stephen Cross, ChFC. 619-992-9449

      stephen.cross@genworthrr.com

      Tony Kon, MBA. 858-794-1694

      tony.kon@genworthrr.com

Synchronous Management International, handles our activites in materials management and supply chain optimization. This world wide firm has had extensive experience in supplier consolidation and cost reductions from supply chain improvement.

      Dr. Victor G. Lippa, CFPIM

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