PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Former technical assistant to the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service
Counsel to various corporate parties in numerous tax audit and appeal matters
Counsel to organizers in the structuring and capitalization of numerous public and private LLCs and limited partnerships, including Nantucket Funds ("funds of funds"), the Peninsula Funds ("mezzanine" finance), and Huron Funds (venture capital).
Counsel to non-profits such as Altarum Institute and AAA Michigan in non-profit matters including UBIT, restructuring, and management of for-profit business operations.
Former Vice President and Tax Counsel, Primark Corporation
Former Tax Counsel, COMSAT Corporation
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
AAA Michigan
Altarum Institute
Ardesta, LLC
FranSmart, LLC
INMARSAT
Meridian Technologies, Inc.
Toyoda Gosei North America
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Corporate
Corporate Finance
International
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Taxation
Telecommunications
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
State Bars of District of Columbia and Michigan
American Bar Association, Taxation Section: Task Force on Limited Liability Companies, Committee on Partnerships Companies
Committee on Partnerships
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Co-author, Tax Management Portfolios, Employee Fringe Benefits (4th edition), 2004
Frequent lecturer to National Business Institute, Tax Executives Institute, Tulane Tax Institute, Michigan Institute Continuing Legal Education, and Michigan Association of CPAs
Author of numerous articles in national publications
EDUCATION
Penn State University, B. S. 1965
University of Pennsylvania Law School, J. D. 1968
Law Review
Hague Academy of International Law
Ford Fellow
Georgetown University, LL. M. 1974 |