A Slow Collapse: Why California Has Reached a Tipping Point. Can It Recover?
INTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE.
Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Tamara Kurtzman.
The Tamara Kurtzman Commentaries
California has a lot of policies and regulations that cause an acute amount of pain for consumers, businesses, and taxpayers throughout the state. From some of the highest gasoline taxes in the country, to CRV and shopping bag charges, some of the highest corporate and personal income taxes rates, endless fees and prohibitive regulations have become a constant way of life in the Golden State. It is no wonder that residents and businesses alike are increasingly finding California to be a wholly unappealing destination to live and work. During the pandemic, California saw hundreds of thousands of residents leave –– more than any other state. Survey after survey has found that more than half of Californians have considered moving out of the state. Since 2018, hundreds of businesses have likewise packed up and moved out of California, including various Fortune 1000 companies. Indeed, with both residents and businesses fleeing the state in record numbers, California’s competitive edge seems to almost exclusively lie in taxing everything in order to make up for a seemingly endless series of poor financial decisions made by leadership in the one-party environment of California politics. In large part, this is due to the fact that California’s tax system is especially prone to boom-and-bust cycles because it targets only a relatively small percentage of potential taxpayers.
Ms. Kurtzman received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, with honors, and subsequently graduated cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law where she received her juris doctor. While attending Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Ms. Kurtzman served as both an associate member and, subsequently, as Editor-In-Chief of The Internet Law Journal.
Before founding TMK, Ms. Kurtzman served as a partner in a California general-practice law firm specializing in corporate representation where she co-chaired, among other divisions, both the firm’s commercial contracts and litigation practices. Ms. Kurtzman has been featured in:
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Los Angeles Business Journal
- Bloomberg News
- Law360
- The Daily Journal
- Los Angeles Lawyer
- Inside Counsel
- Westlaw’s Sports & Entertainment Journal
- The Beverly Hills Courier
- Backstage
- The ABA Journal
- The Hollywood Times
- Business Law Today
- The Journal of Internet Law
- Corporate Counselor
- Price of Business
In 2012, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of 50 attorneys on the “Fast Track” to becoming the country’s top lawyers and leaders. In 2013, Ms. Kurtzman was inducted into the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Order of Distinguished Attorneys. In 2017-2021, each year Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Rising Stars list; each year, less than 3% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Also in 2019, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of the Up-and-Coming 50 Women Southern California Rising Stars by SuperLawyers. In 2015, Ms. Kurtzman became one of the youngest adjunct law professors in the state and, over the years, Ms. Kurtzman has taught pretrial litigation practice and business organizations to numerous classes of law school students. In both 2023 and 2024, Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Super Lawyer list which recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in each state.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, in her spare time Ms. Kurtzman practices Krav Maga and is an avid sabre fencer and bagpiper. Ms. Kurtzman also serves on the Board of American Family Housing, an organization providing long-term housing solutions for formerly homeless veterans and families.
Learn more at www.tmkattorneys.com.
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