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Description of Practice Extensive knowledge of subjects related to tax practice and procedure and the handling of tax controversies and litigation; performs tax planning and corporate planning for individuals and closely held businesses, including income taxes, estate and gift taxes, state local taxes and business transactions; extensive knowledge of all aspects of organization and operation of tax-exempt and non-profit organizations from both a federal and state perspective. Admitted to US Tax Court. Has taught Taxation at Birmingham College of Law. Honors Alabama Super Lawyers, Rising Star in Taxation Published Works & Presentations Entitlement to Damages Not Jurisdictional Matter; Employee Bound by Legislative Changes, Alabama Law Weekly Update, December 19, 2013 Conservation Easement Confusion in the Tax Court and the Fifth Circuit, Taxation of Exempts, September 2013 Circuit Courts Speak on Conservation Easements, But is the IRS Listening?, Taxation of Exempts, January 2013 Land Trust Alliance Conservation Easement Planning Conference, 2011 Proving the Value of a Charitable Donation May Be the Least of Your Problems, Journal of Taxation, August 2011 Tax Court Analysis of Land Conservation Easement Values—Developments Since Kiva Dunes, Taxation of Exempts, May/June 2011 A Guide to Making and Substantiating the Value of Qualified Conservation Easements, Valuation Strategies, May/June 2010 Simmons—Substantial Compliance Revisited, Tax Notes, Jan 2010 Kiva Dunes—Making and Substantiating the Value of Conservation Easements, Journal of Taxation, Nov 2009 Voluntary Disclosure-Now Is The Time To Fulfill That Obligation You Might Not Have Known You Had, The Counselor, Fall 2009 Civic Organizations Graduate, Alabama Leadership Initiative, 2010; Birmingham Tax Forum; Junior Board, Prescott House; Visiting Allocation Team, United Way of Central Alabama
