SECTION UPDATE
TAX LAW
The Tax Law Section is excited to kick off the new fiscal
year and will be hosting a number of CLE seminars
and networking events in the upcoming year!
JOINT SUMMER RECEPTION
To kick off the year, the Tax Law Section will be hosting
its annual Joint Summer Reception with the Georgia
Society of CPAs in August. This year, the event will
be held at a new location in Buckhead. Stay tuned for
more details.
Before the Summer Reception, the Tax Law Section
will be hosting another joint event with the Georgia
Society of CPAs on June 19, 2018. Specifics about the
topic and speaker will also follow shortly.
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM CLE
SEMINAR
Earlier in the year, on March 8, the Tax Law Section
held its fifth annual “Ethics and Professionalism” CLE
seminar. The CLE seminar focused on professionalism
in the tax context and practicing before the Georgia
Tax Tribunal. Similar to prior years, speakers included
attorney David F. Golden of Troutman Sanders, as
well as the Hon. Charles R. Beaudrot, Jr., former Chief
Judge of the Georgia Tax Tribunal.
SPONSORED RECEPTION
On May 14, the Tax Law Section sponsored a reception
hosting guest speaker Judge Kathleen Kerrigan of the
U.S. Tax Court. The reception was held at the Georgia
Bar and was co-sponsored with the Georgia Bar Tax
Section and the Federal Bar Association Tax group of
Atlanta. The event allowed tax practitioners to social-
ize with the Atlanta tax community and a chance to
meet Judge Kerrigan.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Finally, we would like to announce the new leaders of
the section: Brian Harvel as Chair, Anson Asbury as Vice
Chair/Chair-Elect, and Chuck Hodges as Secretary/
Treasurer. Many thanks to Scott Wright for all of his
hard work in the past year.
As always, the Tax Law Section is looking forward to
future mixers and seminars. We hope to see you at
the next event!
Hanish Patel
Eversheds Sutherland
[email protected]
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