SECTION UPDATE SECTION UPDATE
The Tax Law Section is excited to kick off the new fiscal year
and will be hosting a number of CLE seminars and network-
ing events in the upcoming year. Upcoming Luncheon
TAX LAW
WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Joint Summer Reception
To kick off the year, the Tax Law Section hosted its annual
Joint Summer Reception with the Georgia Society of CPAs
at the Park Tavern in Piedmont Park on August 17, 2017. The
evening mixer hosted approximately 50 attorneys and ac-
countants for drinks and hor d’oeurves, allowing attendees
to meet new members and catch up with old friends.
14th Annual Atlanta Estate Planning
Forum
The Workers’ Compensation Section is hosting a lunch fea-
turing speakers Ben Gerber and Mike Rossetti at the Capital
City Club on November 16. Register here.
Holiday Party
Also, please make your calendars for the Workers’ Compensa-
tion Holiday party on November 30 at Meehan’s in Buckhead.
We look forward to seeing you all at these events.
Brian H. Sumrall
The Law office of Brian H Sumrall
[email protected]
The Tax Law Section’s next sponsored event for the year will be
the 14th Annual Atlanta Estate Planning Forum, which will be
held on November 14, 2017 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts
Centre. The Forum is co-sponsored with the Estate Planning
& Probate Section and will feature guest speaker Christopher
Hoyt, Professor of Law at the University of Missouri Kansas
City School of Law and former Chair of the American Bar
Association's Committee on Charitable Organizations (Sec-
tion of Trusts and Estates).
Annual Liaison Committee Meeting
Next, the Tax Law Section will also be co-sponsoring the an-
nual Liaison Committee Meeting with the Georgia Depart-
ment of Revenue on December 7, 2017. The annual Liaison
Committee Meeting will provide practitioners updates from
the Department of Revenue followed by a Q&A session. The
meeting will be moderated by Frank O’Connell, General
Counsel for the Department of Revenue, Richard C. Litwin
of The Litwin Law Firm, P.C., and Mace E. Gunter, current
chair of the State Bar of Georgia Tax Law Section.
We hope to see you at the next event!
Hanish Patel
Eversheds Sutherland
[email protected]
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