Bloomberg Tax & Accounting Recognizes Authors Of The Year
Arlington, Va. — Bloomberg Tax & Accounting announced the recipients of its 2020 author awards, which recognize contributions made to the Bloomberg Tax research service by federal, state, and international tax professionals. The awards were presented in an online ceremony on Thursday, December 3.
Honorees included the federal and international recipients of the Leonard L. Silverstein Award for Distinguished Service in Tax, which are named after the founder of the Tax Management Portfolios for his longstanding contributions to the field of tax, and the Franklin C. Latcham Award for Distinguished Service in State & Local Tax, named for the founder of the State Tax Portfolio Series. Awards were also given to Bloomberg Tax’s top federal, state, and international contributors and top federal and international portfolio authors.
“These leading tax professionals have shared their expertise and provided timely, in-depth insights to Bloomberg Tax’s research service,” said Lisa Fitzpatrick, President, Bloomberg Tax & Accounting. “I am honored to recognize these top practitioners for the technical and practical perspectives they have contributed to help our clients navigate continuous change and increasing complexity in taxation across the US and the globe .”
The 2020 Bloomberg Tax Authors of the Year are:
Leonard L. Silverstein Award for Distinguished Service in Tax—Federal
Kimberly Blanchard – Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Leonard L. Silverstein Award for Distinguished Service in Tax—International
Slawomir Boruc – Partner, Baker Mckenzie Krzyżowski i Wspólnicy Spółka
Franklin C. Latcham Award for Distinguished Service in State & Local Tax
Douglas Lindholm – President & Executive Director, Council On State Taxation (COST)
Federal Tax Portfolio Authors of the Year
David J. Cholst – Partner, Chapman and Cutler
Sarah A. Breitmeyer – Partner, Chapman and Cutler
Federal Tax Contributors of the Year
James Chudy – Leader, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Harsha Reddy – Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
State Tax Author of the Year
Elaine Bialczak – Bialczak Tax Consulting
International Tax Portfolio Author of the Year
Christine Marciasini – Attorney, Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associatiates
International Tax Portfolio Author of the Year
Jeanelle Alemar-Escabí – JAE-CE, Tax Strategic Planning Consultant
International Tax Contributing Author of the Year
Shiv Mahalingham – Transfer Pricing & BEPS Expert, The Cragus Group
International Tax Contributing Author of the Year
Ivan Zammit – Director, Sheltons Group
For more information about the award winners, please visit https://pro.bloombergtax.com/2020-tax-author-awards.
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