Charles A. Larson is a tax and estate planning specialist with over 25 years of experience representing individuals, partnerships, corporations, foundations, trusts and estates. Mr. Larson spent the bulk of his career as a Partner practicing in the tax department at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In 2004, Mr. Larson opened the Law Offices of Charles Larson which became Larson & Bawden LLP in 2008.

Mr. Larson graduated from Stanford University and Yale Law School and has taught, written and lectured on various areas of tax law and estate planning. He is a former contributing author to the California Continuing Education of the Bar book entitled Drafting California Revocable Living Trusts.

Elizabeth A. Bawden began her career in the tax department at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and joined Charles Larson in private practice in 2004. Ms. Bawden specializes in estate planning, planned giving and tax exempt organizations. She is certified by the California Board of Legal Specialization as a legal specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law. She has been named multiple times as a "Southern California Rising Star" by Super Lawyers Magazine.

Ms. Bawden is a graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois and the UCLA School of Law where she served as Executive Editor of the UCLA Law Review. After law school, Ms. Bawden clerked for Judge Wiley Y. Daniel of the Federal District Court in Colorado. Ms. Bawden is adjunct faculty at the UCLA School of Law teaching Estate and Gift Tax, has taught planned giving at the UCLA Extension, and is regularly featured as a speaker at continuing education programs. She served as 2009-2010 Chair of the Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and 2007 President of the Planned Giving Roundtable of Southern California. Ms. Bawden is invested in her local community and is involved with Los Angeles Social Venture Partners as a partner.