Admitted
1965, Illinois; 1971, District of Columbia, U.S. Tax Court; 1973, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, LL.B., with honors, 1964; New York University, LL.M., in Taxation, 1965
Law School Graduation Year
1965
College
University of Michigan, B.A., 1961
Memberships
American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section); State Bar of California (Member, Taxation Section).
Biographical
Law Clerk, U.S. Claims Court, 1965-1966. Trial Attorney, Tax Div. Dept. of Justice, 1966-1972. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Tax Division, Northern District of California, 1972-1978. Lawyer Delegate, 1990 and 1997, Judicial Conferences of the Tax Court. Past President, San Francisco Tax Litigation Club. Former Member: District Director's Advisory Group - Internal Revenue Service, San Francisco District. Co-Author: Federal Taxation Practice and Procedure (Fifth Edition, CCH INCORPORATED, 1998). Author and Lecturer: Tax Litigation For Benefits Lawyers and ERISA Litigation Update (Lecture and Seminar), State Bar of California Taxation Section, Employee Benefits Committee (1993); The Tax Practitioner's Guide to Selecting a Judicial Forum, The Practical Tax Lawyer (Summer, 1991); Current and Future Issues for the U.S. Tax Court (Lecture and Seminar), State Bar of California Taxation Section, Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee Seminar (1991); and Taxes and the Revised Federal Sentencing Guidelines, California Lawyer (October, 1990). (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)