Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Steptoe Announce ‘Substantial Authorities: The Tax Podcast’
(September 23, 2021, Washington, DC) — Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Tax Program and Steptoe & Johnson LLP are pleased to jointly announce the launch of “Substantial Authorities: The Tax Podcast,” a series of conversations with distinguished tax figures on matters relating to tax administration, tax controversy, and tax litigation. The video podcast is hosted by Steptoe tax partner Matt Frank.
The first interview features an in-depth conversation with Albert G. Lauber, a senior judge on the US Tax Court. Lauber was appointed to the court by former President Obama and was sworn in on January 31, 2013 for a term ending in 2028. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2020. Lauber has been recognized as one of the most productive judges on the Tax Court, and some of his more notable opinions include The Coca-Cola Company v. Commissioner (2020), Whirlpool Financial Corp. v. Commissioner (2020), and Amazon.com, Inc. v. Commissioner (2017).
Frank joined Steptoe in December 2020, bringing 30 years of transfer pricing, tax controversy, and litigation experience. Earlier in his career, Frank spent nine years as senior tax counsel, transfer pricing, at General Electric Company (GE), where he was the global leader for GE’s transfer pricing exams, controversies, and public policy matters. His government experience includes serving nearly five years at the IRS as director of the US Advance Pricing Agreement program in the Office of Chief Counsel, and serving as a Department of Justice litigator.
Steptoe’s Tax Group advises global businesses and high-net-worth individuals across all industries on their most important and complex international tax matters. The group includes former senior government officials from Treasury, the IRS, the Justice Department, and congressional tax-writing committees. Steptoe’s highly regarded Tax Group has earned top rankings and recommendations from the legal directories Chambers USA and The Legal 500, among other publications.
“Substantial Authorities: The Tax Podcast” is available on YouTube.
About Steptoe
In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
About Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, a professional graduate school of Northwestern University, is one of the country’s leading law schools. Founded in 1859, the school that would become known as Northwestern Law was the first law school established in the city of Chicago. Today, Northwestern Law prides itself on its rigorous intellectual environment, highly interdisciplinary faculty, low student-faculty ratio, and diverse and supportive community. Northwestern Law graduates are leaders in the profession, from law firms to government, non-profits to academia, tackling today’s pressing legal issues.
For almost 20 years, the Tax Program at Northwestern Pritzker Law has been recognized as a leader in the field, providing students with an exceptional understanding of the complexities of the tax law and the specialized skills to practice federal, state, and international tax law successfully. For more information, visit www.law.northwestern.edu.
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