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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Served as legal counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, as a Senior Tax Attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel, and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the Department of Justice (1988-1996)
Expertise in tax appeals, audits, controversies, and litigation
Represent individuals, small businesses, and major corporations in tax and general business matters
Provide representation in tax audits, appeals, litigation, and the resolution of tax liabilities
Counsel clients in business organization matters, including formation of corporations and limited liability companies
Counsel clients in business asset and real estate sales and purchases
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Corporate
Real Estate
Taxation
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Excellence in Partnering Recognition by the IRS
Rotary International, Paul Harris Fellow
Martindale Hubble A.V.
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Bar Associations: American (ABA), Federal (WD Mich), State of Michigan (SBM), Ingham County (ICBA)
State Bar of Michigan
Chairperson, State Bar of Michigan, Tax Section, Practice and Procedures Committee (2003-2005; 2009 to present)
Board of Governors, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1987-2005)
Adjunct Professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Business Curriculum Section
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Past President and Current Member, Delta-Waverly Rotary Club
Grand Ledge Education Foundation
MSU Alumni Association, Member
Pro Bono Legal Counsel
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
National Association of Tax Professionals, Keynote Speaker at 2006 Annual Conference
State Bar of Michigan Tax Section, Presenter at Annual Conference, 2005 and 2006
Greater Lansing Business Monthly Magazine, "Perception Versus Reality When Dealing with the IRS," February 2004
Michigan Tax Lawyer, "Recovery of Attorneys Fees in Federal Tax Cases: 'Qualified Offer' Rule under the Final Section 7430 Regulations," Vol. XXX, Issue 1, Winter 2004
Lansing Waverly Rotary Club, "Defending a Tax Audit," February 2002
Lansing Chamber of Commerce, LEADS Group Meeting, "Addressing Tax Issues that Affect Small Businesses," October 2001
EDUCATION
James Madison College, Michigan State University, B.A. in International Relations, 1983
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D. 1987 (with distinction) | 