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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Tax planning and compliance counseling with respect to structuring mergers, acquisitions, disposition and business transactions to minimize taxes and comply with federal tax laws.
Tax counsel with respect to various federal and state tax credit transactions, such as federal New Market Tax Credits and Michigan Brownfield tax credits.
Federal partnership taxation, including tax planning and counseling in connection with the formation, capitalization, operations and terminations of entities taxed as partnerships.
Tax counsel for the issuance of tax-exempt bonds, including governmental bonds and Private Activity Bonds.
Tax counsel to non-profit entities with regard to formation, exempt status, UBIT and transactions with for-profit entities.
Counsel to clients in tax controversy matters before the United States Tax Court, Internal Revenue Service and state agencies.
Counseling clients in the gaming industry, including casinos and suppliers, concerning compliance with state and federal gaming laws and specific gaming-related taxes.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
BreitBurn Operating, L.P.
MGM Grand Detroit, L.L.C.
Michigan Higher Educational Facilities Authority
T.G. Missouri Corporation
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Gaming
Mergers & Acquisitions
Municipal Law & Finance
Taxation
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Michigan Bar Association (Chairman, Board of Tellers, 2002; Member, Taxation Section)
American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section and Partnership/LLCs and Tax Exempt Financing Committees)
Ingham County Bar Association
Interim Editor, Casino Lawyer (2008-2009)
American Inns of Court, Barrister Member
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Former aide to United States Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and Congressman Dick Chrysler (R-MI)
Providing pro bono legal assistance to various non-profit organizations with respect to federal tax exemption matters
Member, Board of Directors, Hometown Housing Partnership, Inc.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Moving Beyond the Credit Crisis: Challenges to the Use of Tax-Exempt Bonds in Indian Country," Casino Enterprise Management, Volume 7, Issue No. 4, April 2009
Co-Author, "Gambling with Bankruptcy: Navigating a Casino through Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings," Drake Law Review, Vol. 57, 2009
"Child Protection Registry Acts: Big Trouble for the Gaming Industry," Casino Lawyer (with Robert W. Stocker II) (2007)
"The Child Protection Registry Acts: Feel Good Legislation Run Amok - With Consequences for the Gaming Industry," GAMING L. REV., Vol. 11, No. 4 (with Robert W. Stocker II) (2007)
Prolific author of gaming law articles published in leading publications such as Casino Lawyer, Casino Enterprise Management, ABA Gaming Law Gazette, the Gaming Law Review and various other gaming industry publications and frequent panelist at national gaming law and tax law conferences.
"Casino Player Exclusions: Voluntary, Mandatory, or a Third Way?," 40 J. MARSHALL L. REV. 1221 (with William N. Thompson and Robert W. Stocker II) (2007)
EDUCATION
Michigan State University, B.A. 1997
Michigan State University College of Law, J.D. 2001 (summa cum laude)
Law Review Note & Comment Editor, 2000-2001
Law Review, 1999-2001
Dean's List all semesters
New York University, LL.M 2003 | 