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William L. Goldman is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, resident in its Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the Firm’s Tax Department. Mr. Goldman practices in federal and state tax controversy matters, including both administrative representation and litigation. His practice has emphasized appellate litigation, and he has argued more than 50 cases in courts of appeals, including federal circuit courts, state supreme courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the federal tax area, Mr. Goldman has handled a wide range of corporate issues, including valuation issues. He has also done a substantial amount of work in the consolidated return area and was chairman of the Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation.
In the state tax area, Mr. Goldman has worked extensively on unitary tax issues, including the taxation of payments from unitary subsidiaries and the state tax implications of the federal tax provisions applicable to multi?corporate groups. Mr. Goldman worked on both the ASARCO and Woolworth cases in the Supreme Court of the United States and argued the Woolworth case before the court.
Recent cases include General Mills, Inc. v. United States (filed August 30, 2006, D. Minn.); Texaco Inc. v. United States, 97 AFTR 2d 2006-2217 (N.D. Cal, Gov’t appeal pending in the Ninth Circuit); Boise Cascade Corp. v. United States, 329 F.3d 751 (9th Cir. 2003); Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation v. Commissioner, 108 F.3d 277 (11th Cir. 1999).
After serving in the United States Army, Mr. Goldman was a lawyer in the Appellate Section, Tax Division, of the U.S. Department of Justice (1968-1972).
Mr. Goldman was nationally ranked as a leading tax litigation lawyer in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and was identified as one of the leading lawyers in the tax controversy field in 2007 edition of The Legal 500-United States. He was also selected to be included in the Corporate Tax section of the 2007 edition of The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.
Mr. Goldman was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1972.
Education:
Harvard Law School, LL.B. (cum laude), 1965
Cornell University, B.A., 1962 | 