Thomas A Crear - Bakersfield, CA
Attorney at LeBeau Thelen, LLP
Agriculture Lawyers in Bakersfield, CA
9801 Camino Media Suite 103 Bakersfield, CA 93311
Bakersfield Agriculture Lawyer
Updated: 03/19/2026
Areas of Practice
- Agriculture
- Business and Corporate
- Estate Planning
- Healthcare
- Real Estate
- Probate and Trust
Attorney Information
Overview
Over the past 40 years, Thomas Crear has built a reputation in the Kern County legal and business communities as a pre-eminent transactional attorney, business planner and tax specialist. His efficient, results-oriented approach to transactions rests on a well of experience and a thorough grasp of his clients' goals, available business strategies, tax consequences, and solid and durable documentation.
Mr. Crear's practice focuses on:
- The formation, management, and operation of profit and non-profit corporations, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies and sole proprietorships
- Business sales, acquisitions, mergers and other reorganizations
- The acquisition, sale, exchange, and leasing of real and personal property
- Succession and family estate planning, including the preparation of wills and trusts, buy-sell agreements and family limited partnerships, life insurance planning, IRA and other retirement benefit planning, and the analysis and minimization of estate and gift tax, generation skipping tax and income tax
- Trust Administration
Mr. Crear also has in-depth experience with counseling and representing physicians and medical groups in matters relating to general business transactions, managed care contracting, joint ventures, integrated delivery systems, and general state and federal regulatory compliance.
Education
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Legal Education
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Santa Clara University School of Law,
Santa Clara,
California, 1976
J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude -
New York University School of Law,
New York,
New York, 1977
LL.M.
Major: Taxation
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Santa Clara University School of Law,
Santa Clara,
California, 1976
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Non Legal Education
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University of California Santa Barbara, 1973
B.A.
Honors: Highest Honors
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University of California Santa Barbara, 1973
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Pro Bono Activities
- Member & Past President of the Bakersfield West Rotary Club
- Past Director and President of the Bakersfield Country Club
- Past Board of Director of the Friends of Mercy Foundation
- Past Director of the Bakersfield West Rotary Foundation
- Past Director of the American Cancer Society
- Past Director of Garces Memorial High School
Bar Admissions
- California, 1977
Contact
9801 Camino Media
Suite 103
Bakersfield, CA 93311
Phone: 661-325-8962
Fax: 661-325-1475
Email: Send a message
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