Tax Controversy Forum-Chair and Committees
2012 Co-Chairs
Bryan C. Skarlatos, Esq., partner, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP,
New York, NY
Charles P. Rettig, Esq., principal, Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C., Beverly Hills, CA
2012 Planning Committee
The Tax Controversy Forum planning committee is composed of renowned practitioners whose expertise spans a broad range of issues relating to tax auditing and tax litigation at all levels.
David D. Aughtry, Esq.
Shareholder, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, GA
N. Jerold Cohen, Esq.
Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, GA
Michael J. Desmond, Esq.
Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Washington, DC
Robert S. Fink, Esq.
Partner, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, New York, NY
John Gamino, CPA, Esq.
Assistant professor, McCoy College of Business Administration, Texas State University, Dallas, TX
Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M., of counsel
Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, New York, NY
Charles J. Muller, III, Esq.
Partner, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, LLP, San Antonio, TX
Carolyn Reed Turnbull, CPA, MST
Director of Tax, Atlanta Office, Moore Stephens Tiller, LLC, Atlanta, GA
Martin A. Schainbaum, Esq.
Principal, Martin A. Schainbaum, P.L.C., San Francisco, CA
Sandra R. Brown, Esq., LL.M.
Assistant United States attorney, chief, tax division, The United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA
Thomas A. Cullinan, Esq.
Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, GA
Gerald Feffer
William & Connelly LLP, Washington, DC
Miriam L. Fisher, Esq.
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC
Gersham Goldstein, Esq.
Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR
Donald L. Korb, Esq.
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC
Kathleen M. Pakenham, Esq.
Partner, Cooley LLP, New York, NY
Christopher S. Rizek, Esq.
Member, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC
Steven R. Toscher, Esq.
Partner, Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C., Beverly Hills, CA