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PRACTICE AREAS
Associations
Business Corporations
Business Planning
Business Start-ups & Reorganization
Commercial Litigation
Employee Benefits
Estate Planning
Health Care & Hospitals
Litigation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Michigan Sales & Use Taxes
Michigan Single Business Tax
Non-Profit Organizations
Real Estate Property Tax
State & Personal Property Tax
Tax Exempt Organizations
Tax Litigation
Taxation - Federal and State EDUCATION
New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 2001)
University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000)
Eastern Michigan University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1996)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Michigan
State Bar of Georgia
United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
United States Tax Court
Registered Lobbyist Agent since 2007
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Bar Association
Taxation Section
Business Law Section
State Bar of Michigan
Taxation Section
Business Law Section
Ingham County Bar Association
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Legal and Tax Counsel to Granholm for Governor Committee, Granholm-Cherry Inaugural Committee, Great Lakes Great Hopes Scholarship Fund, Boston 2004 Inc., Michigan NGA 2007, and One Michigan Foundation
Law Clerk, Honorable William F. LaVoy, Monroe County Circuit Court, 38th Judicial Circuit (1999-2000)
DISTINCTIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Assistant Managing Editor, University of Toledo Law Review (1999-2000)
PUBLICATIONS
Author, United States Unveils Updated Model Tax Treaty, Michigan International Lawyer (Winter 2007)
Author, Death and Taxes: How Uncle Sam Taxes Intellectual Property., Greater Lansing Business Monthly (March 2006)
Co-Author, The Economics of Business Attraction. Are Beneficial Michigan Tax Incentives in Jeopardy after Sixth Circuit Court Ruling, Michigan Bar Journal (Sept. 2005)
Co-Author, New Telemarketing Law Provides Penalties for Home Solicitations, Michigan Society of Association Executives Association News (2003)
Co-Author, Captive Insurance Manual (2002)
Co-Author, Guidebook to Conducting Business in Michigan (2002)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Michigan Board of Occupational Therapists Member, appointed by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm (2006-present)
Chairperson, Disciplinary Subcommittee (2006-present)
Small Business Association of Michigan
Member, Legislative Action Council (2007-present)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Michigan State University College of Law, (subject: Partnership Taxation).
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