Practice Areas: Taxation-U.S. and international; tax compliance.
 
Education: National Law Center, George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors); Washington & Lee University (A.B.).

Admissions to Practice: District of Columbia; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Experience: Adjunct Professor of Law, Graduate Law Program, Georgetown University Law Center; Chairman, Annual Institute on Multinational Taxation (sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center and the Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.); Visiting Professor, Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Finanz- und Steuerwesen, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany; Attorney-Advisor (Law Clerk), Judge Howard A. Dawson, Jr., United States Tax Court. Tax Counsel, United States Senate Committee on Finance (1977 to 1979). Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Committee on Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers (2002-2004). Chairman, ABA Task Force on International Trusts, Committee on Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers (1996-1997).

Memberships: American Bar Association (Section on Taxation); International Bar Association; International Fiscal Association (US and UK Branches); the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; and International Tax Planning Association.

Publications: NEW U.S. WITHHOLDING TAX RULES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE (Transnational Publishers, Inc. & Richmond Law & Tax Ltd., 2002); UNITED STATES TAXATION OF FOREIGN TRUSTS (Kluwer Law International, 2000); U.S. IRS INTERNATIONAL TAX COMPLIANCE INFORMATION (6 Volume Treatise; Kluwer, 1992) (Editor); “International Estate Planning: Touching Down in the United States,” Report of the Proceedings of the First World Conference: Taxes with Borders, Canadian Tax Foundation (2000).

Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV