Admitted
1987, Illinois, U.S. Tax Court, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Law School
University of Chicago, J.D., 1986
Law School Graduation Year
1986
College
University of Montana, B.A., Mathematics, with highest honors, 1983
Memberships
Chicago Bar Association (Chair, Young Lawyers Section Tax Law Committee, 1995-1997; Member, Federal Taxation Committee).
Biographical
Author: Tax Return Compliance, 76 Tax Notes 1201 (Sept. 1, 1997); Teasing the Limits of Interest Stripping, 71 Tax Notes 677 (Apr. 29, 1996); The Latest Stock Hedging Regulations, 67 Tax Notes 1795 (June 26, 1995); Employing a Corporation and Other Strategies to Reduce Taxes, 72 TAXES 174 (Apr. 1994). ABA Subcommittee Chair on Important Developments During 1995, Affiliated and Related Corporations, 49 Tax Lawyer 997 (Summer 1996). Organizer and Moderator, CBA YLS Tax Law Committee Seminars, Surfing the Third Wave: Taxation of Ordinary Business on the Internet and Transfers of Technology (June 6, 1997) and Mergers and Acquisitions (May 17, 1996). Panelist/Speaker: CBA YLS Corporate Law Committee Seminars, Buying and Selling the Presently Held Company, (1997-1998); Federal Bar Association, Insurance Tax Seminar, Insurance Company Investment: Options, Shareholders and Resent Legislation, (May, 1998); CBA YLS Real Estate Law Committee, Commercial Real Estate Transactions, (Oct. 8, 1997); ABA Tax Section Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations, Parent Stock (Jan. 19, 1996); CBA Federal Taxation Committee Divisions C and F, Tax Analysis of Restructuring an Overly-Leveraged Company (May 9, 1990).