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Bill Goldstein served for several years as a managing partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and as the chairman of the firm's managing partners and as the chair of its Tax practice. In his practice, Bill has gained a national reputation for innovative tax-oriented corporate transactions.
Bill came to Drinker Biddle in 1982 from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius where he was vice chairman of the tax section and chairman of the finance committee.
In the mid-1970s, he was deputy assistant secretary for tax policy at the U.S. Treasury Department and the number two official there concerned with the development of federal tax policy as implemented through tax legislation, regulations, published rulings and tax treaties. Bill has testified before committees of the House and Senate as the principal administration spokesman, represented the administration at all sessions of the House-Senate Conference on the Tax Reform Act of 1976 and participated in the mark-up sessions. He worked directly with Secretary Simon in determining the treasury position on various tax and economic issues and participated in several sessions of the Economic Policy Board executive committee. He has worked closely with the staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation and with senior officials of the Internal Revenue Service. He has dealt with the press, made many speeches around the country representing the administration, and met with representatives of taxpayers and their associations regarding tax policy questions. He also served as head of the United States delegation in negotiating the Philippine and Brazilian treaties.
On behalf of the ABA, Bill was instrumental in the development of IRS Circular 230 and ABA Opinion 346 pertaining to tax shelter opinions.
Areas of Concentration. Under Bill's leadership, the firm's Tax practice concentrates in federal tax, corporate, financial and SEC matters and is well-known for designing tax sensitive securities financings. In addition, Bill has served on the boards of and had general responsibility for the representation of several large public and private companies and deals regularly with the national office of the Internal Revenue Service, the Tax Policy Office at Treasury and congressional staffs.
In General. Bill has written and lectured extensively in the area of federal taxation and has chaired several committees of the American Bar Association Section on Taxation. He continues to serve on the board of a number of corporations.
Bill is a member of the American College of Tax Counsel and has been listed in Who's Who in America since 1984 and Best Lawyers in America since 1986. | 