Jemmie Truong

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Jemmie Truong is a Tax Manager at Manhattan West where she utilizes her strong and diverse tax compliance and tax planning experience to bring the highest level of service to her clients.

Prior to joining Manhattan West, Ms. Truong worked for the Los Angeles based accounting firm, Gursey Schneider LLP, where she serviced High-Net-Worth individuals and their closely held companies. Ms. Truong began her career at Gursey as an Intern and quickly rose to a supervisory role because of her professionalism, attention to detail, and proactiveness in addressing her clients’ unique needs and circumstances. Ms. Truong has a vast knowledge base in the area of income tax compliance for individuals, partnerships, S corporations, limited liability companies, and trusts. She is proactive in her business acumen as it relates to on-going tax planning and multi-year tax projections.

Ms. Truong received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Economics and a Minor in Accounting from the University of California, Irvine. During her free time, she enjoys traveling and partaking in adventure-sports, such as rock climbing and snowboarding.

Connie Wong

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Connie Wong is a Tax Manager at Manhattan West where she leverages nearly a decade of tax and accounting experience to focus on solving the complex tax issues that confront the firm’s high-net-worth individuals and their families.

Ms. Wong began her tax and accounting career at Murphy, Murphy & Murphy, a premier middle-market accounting firm based in Orange County. While there, she specialized in individual tax compliance, IRS and FTB audit support, year-round tax planning, and monthly bookkeeping. In 2019, she moved on to the Los Angeles based accounting firm of Gursey Schneider, LLP. She continued to develop her individual and business tax acumen and became one of the firm’s most well-rounded and trusted tax professionals. Her attention to detail, intellectual capital, and drive to provide her clients with the highest level of service, makes her an invaluable contributor to the Manhattan West tax division.

Ms. Wong received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Long Beach. Born and raised in Southern California, she spends her free time going to the beach, traveling with her loved ones, and working out.

Elliott Brack

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Elliott Brack, is the Managing Director of Tax Services at Manhattan West where he oversees the firm’s Tax Compliance and Planning practice. For more than a decade, Mr. Brack has delivered bespoke tax counsel to high net-worth families, closely held businesses, fiduciaries, real estate syndications, and some of Hollywood’s elite creative talent. His focus has been on family wealth planning and transfer, charitable planning, investments in private equity and hedge funds, equity-based compensation for top level executives, Section 1202 planning for qualified small business stock and all aspects of real estate including 1031 exchanges, partner redemption and sale transactions, and tax treatment of cost segregation studies.

Prior to joining Manhattan West, Mr. Brack was a Tax Director at the Los Angeles based accounting firm of Gursey Schneider. While at Gursey Schneider, Mr. Brack ensured that his clients experienced a personable approach to tax advice while having their returns filed on time. He takes pride in educating clients on the various tax planning opportunities available to them while remaining astute on the latest tax changes and governance.

Mr. Brack received his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Oregon where he majored in both Accounting and Finance. He was born and raised in Salem, Oregon but has spent the past thirteen years working and living in Los Angeles. He enjoys spending his free time golfing, watching professional sports, and exploring Southern California.