J. Elaine Bialczak

Ms. Bialczak is an independent state and local tax consultant with forty years’ experience encompassing not only consulting, but also settlement and litigation strategies. She was a director for Compton & Associates, LLP, and General Counsel for DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc., both state and local tax consulting firms. Earlier in her career, Ms. Bialczak worked as a state and local tax litigator for AT&T and as State and Local Tax Counsel for The Coca–Cola Company. Ms. Bialczak also served as Assistant Attorney General for the state of Ohio, representing the Ohio Department of Taxation before numerous courts. For many years, Ms. Bialczak taught the Tax Executives Institute Education Fund's state and local tax course. She presented papers at both New York University's Annual Institute on State and Local Taxation and at the Institute on State and Local Taxation sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Education Division. Ms. Bialczak also published articles in the Journal of State Taxation and in the Ohio Tax Review. Ms. Bialczak graduated with honors from the Ohio State University College of Law and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Ohio state courts, and the United States Tax Court.