Attorney at Law

501 SOQUEL AVENUE, SUITE E
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA 95062
TELE: (831) 425-5820 EMAIL: TIM@NIS.PH
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Timothy Burns has been a lawyer since 1980 and holds a B.B.A. Degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa and a J.D. in Law from Santa Clara Tim's practice includes immigration, business law, wills, trusts, and real estate.

He has helped immigrate thousands of people from more than 50 different countries in both employment based and family based immigration cases. In travelling the world, Tim has acquired talent dealing with international clients.

Timothy enjoys health care worker immigration cases. In years practicing immigration law, he has mastered the intricacies involved in dealing with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learning the ins and outs of an often complex immigration process, he knows how to streamline immigration and guide everyone and especially nurses to an effective conclusion and Green Card issuance.

In real estate law, Tim has been a real estate broker and lawyer representing clients in the many facets of real estate transactions. He has been actively involved in hundreds of real estate deals and negotiations including purchases and sales, foreclosures, deeds in lieu, easements, encroachments, real property taxes, mortgages and many other real estate matters.

In performing estate planning services for his clients, Tim has saved millions of dollars in estate taxes by preparing inter vivos trusts, marital deduction trusts, charitable unitrusts, wills and powers of attorney both general and for health care.

In his business law practice, Tim utilizes his Bachelor of Business Administration and Juris Doctor law degrees for incorporation of businesses, preparation of contracts, and advice about legal and tax issues and consequences of business transactions for his clientele.

If you are in need of legal representation in any of his areas of practice, you are invited to contact Tim by telephone at 831-425-5820, by fax at 831-425-1706 or or leave me a note by visiting my web contact page.