Admitted
1988, Kentucky; 1989, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Louisville, J.D., 1988; Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 1990; Georgetown University Law Center, MLT, 1990
Law School Graduation Year
1990
College
University of Kentucky, B.S., 1985
Memberships
Louisville (Member: Taxation Section; Pro Bono Steering Committee; Former Co-Chairman, CLE Committee), Kentucky (Chairman, Tax Section) and American (Member, IRS Investigations and Procedures Subcommittee) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Corporate Responsibility Institute; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Author: Comment, Time is Ripe for Washington to Extend Tax Deductibility to Purchased Goodwill, American Banker, March 20, 1991, at 1D; High Income Non Filers Can Preclude Criminal Prosecution Through Voluntary Disclosure, Taxes Magazine, February 1992; New IRS Audit Program and Non-Filer Initiative Targets Lawyers, Kentucky Bench & Bar, Vol. 58, No. 1, 1994; Practitioner Alert: Increased Use of Section 7212 to Prosecute Tax Professionals Who Interfere with the Administration of the Tax Laws, The Journal of Taxation, June 1994; New IRS Program Specifically Targets Attorneys, Taxation for Lawyers, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1994; Criminal Tax Practice Monograph , University of Kentucky CLE, 1994; Seeking a Loan? You Might Get an IRS Audit As A Bonus, Business First, February 17, 1997; Preparing for the IRS—Proper Planning To Protect A Horse Racing Operation From IRS Attack Under The Hobby Loss Rules, The Blood-Horse, August 23, 1997; When A Bank Reports A Suspicious Transaction, What Protects The Institution From Criminal Prosecution And Civil Liability? It Should Be Congress, Kentucky Banker Magazine, January 1998; Change in Tax Law Hurts Sellers of Small Businesses, Business First, January 7, 2000; Wider Powers Let Investigators Track More Data, Business First, February 20, 2002; The Internal Revenue Service is Targeting High-Income Taxpayers for Civil Audits and Criminal Prosecutions, Business First, November 1, 2002; What You Need to Know About Insider Trading Laws, Business First, December 6, 2002; Can a United States Citizen Deposit Money in an Offshore Bank Account and Avoid IRS Penalties?, Kentucky Medical News, March 2003; U.S. Taxes On Foreign Accounts Can Be Trickey, Business First, April 11, 2003; Executive Summary of the U.S.A. vs. Arthur Andersen LLP case, 2003; The Top Ten Issues That Tort Lawyers Should Consider Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, The Business Torts Journal, Summer 2003. Former Adjunct Professor, Federal Taxation of Entities, Bellarmine College, Accounting Depart