Head of policy and registered lobbyist for leading provider of tax and accounting solutions to the digital-asset industry, providing advocacy and education to lawmakers, regulators, and their staffs on the company’s tax-reporting capabilities and the Web3 technology sector as a whole.

Majority-staff investigative tax counsel to Sen. Charles Grassley and Committee on Finance during the 116th Congress responsible for overseeing all Committee investigations involving tax matters, including leading a team of bipartisan counsel on investigation of syndicated conservation-easement transactions and authorship of Committee report, S. Prt. No. 116-44, SYNDICATED CONSERVATION-EASEMENT TRANSACTIONS; led investigations of nonprofit hospitals, colleges, and whistleblower matters; conducted oversight of the IRS, its filing seasons, and CARES Act administration.Minority-staff crime counsel to Sen. Charles Grassley and Committee on the Judiciary during the 117th Congress responsible for the development and oversight of criminal legislation regarding digital assets, money laundering, civil asset forfeiture, drone technology, beneficial ownership reporting, white-collar matters, and police-reform efforts.

Majority-staff tax counsel to Rep. Kevin Brady and the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means during the 115th Congress responsible for the development and drafting of individual, business, tax-exempt, and estate-tax provisions associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (tax reform), the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018; administered to matters surrounding financial products, employee fringe benefits, and general business credits; briefed members of Congress and their staffs on such issues.

Counsel to trade association of Fortune 500 tax professionals; liaison for association’s Federal Income Tax Committee, Canadian Income Tax Committee, and Tax Reform Task Force; submitted comments to the U.S. Treasury Department for proposed regulations regarding 26 U.S.C. §§ 41, 199, and 385; drafted letters regarding various anti-abuse, and employee- and fringe-benefits issues for submission to Canadian taxing authorities; coordinated session planning for association’s annual and midyear conferences as well as courses on U.S. corporate and partnership income tax.

Represented the United States in all phases of various civil tax litigation in federal district and bankruptcy courts, including drafting pleadings, managing discovery, conducting and defending depositions (fact and expert), arguing dispositive motions, and proceeding to trial as lead counsel.Noteworthy cases:• Salem Financial, Inc. v. United States, 112 Fed. Cl. 543 (2013) (second chair; successful nine-figure complex one-month bench trial involving BB&T Bank and foreign tax credit generator scheme known as the “STARS” transaction)• Santander Holdings USA, Inc. v United States, 144 F. Supp. 3d 239, 248 (D. Mass. 2015) (similar "STARS" litigation involving Sovereign Bank)• Wells Fargo & Co. v. United States, 0:09-cv-2764-PJS-TNL (D. Minn.) (similar "STARS" litigation involving Wells Fargo Bank)• Livrpol LLC v. United States, 3:07-cv-796-JBA (D. Conn.) (eight-figure complex litigation involving distressed asset/debt tax shelter (“DAD” shelter) in which the taxpayer fully conceded its case subsequent to the close of discovery)• United States v. Joann C. Schaudt (In re Joann C. Schaudt), 1:09-ap-01322-SPS, 2012 WL 909299 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. March 16, 2012) (successful adversary proceeding finding debtor to have committed fraud-in-fact fraudulent transfer)• United States v. Northern States Investments, Inc., 670 F.Supp.2d 778 (N.D. Ill. 2009) (second chair; bench trial ruling of corporate defendant being the nominee of deceased taxpayer)• Sullivan v. United States (In re Hulett), 389 B.R. 610 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2008) (United States’ tax lien takes complete priority over private security interest when both tax lien and private security interest are filed with the secretary of state’s office at exactly the same moment)• United States v. Robert F. Schaudt, et al., No. 1:07-cv-895-AK, 2009 WL 152647 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 21, 2009) (successfully argued motion to reconsider original denial of summary judgment regarding fraud-in-law fraudulent transfer claim)

No, seriously, I did this job. It was great.