George N. Harris, Jr.
George's practice focuses on tax,
succession, and charitable planning for domestic and international
families and family offices, advice to closely-held
businesses, and the resolution of tax and fiduciary disputes. He has extensive experience advising
families on a variety of wealth and business continuity matters, has acted as counsel on the sale of
private businesses in a wide variety of industries, and has tried jury
and non-jury cases in numerous courts.
Recently, George served as counsel on the sale of several companies worth in
excess of $100 million each, assisted the family shareholders of a
leading technology business in developing a plan to prepare the company for a
future transaction, advised the Board of Directors of a large
private business in crafting a governance plan that satisfied both the
company's legal obligations and the privacy concerns of the company's
family owners. George works closely with Wealthbridge Partners
LLC, the country's leading wealth education company, on curriculum
development and he was lead
counsel in Schott v. Commissioner, 319 F.3d 1203 (9th Cir.
2003) and Cook v. Commissioner, 269 F.2d 854 (7th Cir. 2001).
Before entering private practice,
George was a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice,
Tax Division. While with the Department of Justice, he received
the Tax Division's Outstanding Attorney Award and taught trial
techniques in the Tax Section of the Attorney General's Advocacy
Institute. George graduated from Texas A&M University (B.A.,
1985) and California Western School of Law (J.D., 1990). He is the
former Chair of the Audits & Litigation Committee of the D.C. Bar's Section
on Taxation, is licensed in the District of Columbia, New
York, and Texas and is admitted to appear before the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court
of Federal Claims, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Federal, Fourth, Seventh, and Ninth
Circuits, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Direct
Line: 202.457.7210
Direct Fax: 202.318.4446
E-Mail Address: gharris@kozlaw.com
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