Todd Simmens

Todd C. Simmens, B.S. (Accounting), Drexel University; J.D., cum laude, Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University; LL.M. (Taxation), Georgetown University Law Center; National Managing Partner of Tax Risk Management, BDO USA, LLP, Woodbridge, N.J., and Los Angeles, CA; former Senior Manager, National Tax Controversy and Risk Management Services Group, Ernst & Young, LLP, Metropark, N.J., and Washington, DC; former Associate Attorney, White & Case, LLP, New York, N.Y.; former Legislation Counsel, U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation; former Associate Attorney, Blank Rome, LLP, Philadelphia, Pa.; former Attorney-Advisor, Honorable Joel Gerber, U.S. Tax Court, Washington, DC; former staff tax accountant, Ernst & Whinney and Ernst & Young, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Philadelphia, Pa.; Member — American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Relations with the Bar Committee/National Conference of Lawyers and CPAs, Tax Practice Responsibilities Committee, and SSTS Task Force; former member AICPA Tax Executive Committee; Member — American Bar Association Tax Section; frequent speaker on a variety of federal tax issues. Admitted to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Certified Public Accountant licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Special thanks to James G. Hartford, co-author of a predecessor version of this Portfolio, 648 T.M., Reportable Transactions.