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2010 Institute Faculty

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Ronald C. Jenson
Craig Lawless
JW Wyatt
Joshua A. Weiss
Mark A. Weber
Matthew K. Stadler
W. Reed Samson
Michael D. Mulligan
Jeff Kummer
Sharon Kresha
Tjaden
Professor Thomas J. Purcell III
Nicholas K. Niemann
Professor Edward A. Morse
Timothy L. Moll
Professor Roger A. McEowen
Ronald C. Jenson Ronald C. Jensen Baird Holm LLP Omaha, Nebraska Ronald C. Jensen is a partner in his law firm where he is a member of the Tax, Trusts and Estates Section.  Mr. Jensen represents individuals with regard to their estate and income tax planning needs as well as real estate transactions.  He has argued a tax controversy case before the United States Supreme Court and won a favorable decision for the taxpayer.  Mr. Jensen is a frequent CLE presenter to various industry groups. 
Craig Lawless Craig Lawless RSM McGladrey, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota   Craig Lawless is the Manager, State & Local Taxes in the Minneapolis office of RSM McGladrey, Inc.  Mr. Lawless is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, and he is the author of various articles published in tax journals.  Prior to his present position, Mr. Lawless was associated with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Larson, Allen, Welshair & Co., LLP, and KPMG, LLP.
JW Wyatt JW Wyatt KPMG LLP St. Louis, Missouri   JW Wyatt is a Director with his firm’s Tax Controversy Services.  He has 29 years of IRS experience including 26 years in IRS Appeals where he designed the LMSB/Appeals Fast Track process and subsequently implemented and managed the Appeals Fast Track process in Revenue Procedure 2003-40.  Mr. Wyatt frequently speaks before numerous professional organizations.  
Joshua A. Weiss Joshua A. Weiss Lutz & Company P.C. Omaha, Nebraska   Joshua A. Weiss is an Audit Manager with his firm.  He provides assurance, accounting and consulting services to privately held companies.  He specializes in construction and employee benefit plans and is also a member of the Lutz business valuation team. 
Mark A. Weber   Mark A. Weber SilverStone Group Omaha, Nebraska   Mark A. Weber is a principal with SilverStone Group Inc.  His practice focuses on sophisticated life insurance transaction involving closely held business owners and high net work individuals.  Mr. Weber is widely recognized for his work in both business transition planning and philanthropic estate planning.  He is a frequent author and lecturer on topics dealing with life insurance.
Matthew K. Stadler Matthew K. Stadler Lutz & Company P.C. Omaha, Nebraska   Matthew K. Stadler is a Tax Manager in his firm.  He has substantial experience in business valuation, having participated in more than 50 valuations within the past three years.  He also has substantial experience in litigation support and tax planning and consulting. 
W. Reed Samson   W. Reed Samson Lutz & Company, P.C. Omaha, Nebraska   W. Reed Samson is a tax and consulting shareholder with his firm with over 31 years of consulting experience.  He has had extensive experience in performing business valuation services for estate and gift purposes, marital dissolution matters, dissenting shareholder actions, professional practice valuations and valuation of restricted stock, options, and other equity rights.  He also provides economic damage calculation services to calculate lost economic benefit due to the occurrence of certain events as well as litigation support.
Michael D. Mulligan Michael D. Mulligan Lewis, Rice, Fingersh, L.C. St. Louis, Missouri   Michael D. Mulligan is a member of the firm’s Estate Planning Department.  Prior to joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to Hon. William H. Webster, then U.S. District Judge, E.D.Mo., subsequently Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency.  Mr. Mulligan has published numerous articles in tax and other professional journals.  As a respected expert in his practice, he is a frequent lecturer on tax and estate planning subjects and has spoken at tax institutes across the country.
Jeff Kummer Jeff Kummer Deloitte Tax, LLP Washington, DC Jeff Kummer is the Director of Tax Policy, Washington National Tax.  He has over 20 years experience in the tax policy arena and is currently responsible for communicating emerging legislative, regulatory, and judiciary developments to the Firm and its clients.  Mr. Kummer oversees the content development of Tax News & Views and other Deloitte Tax publications.  His Capitol Hill experience includes working as a Legislative Assistant on tax and budget issues for former U.S. Senator and Senate Finance Committee member Steve Symms, R-Idaho.
Sharon Kresha Sharon R. Kresha Baird Holm LLP Omaha, Nebraska   Sharon R. Kresha is a member of the Business, Tax and Estate Planning Section of the firm.  She primarily represents clients with respect to business, tax and estate planning, trusts, estates and intellectual property issues.  Ms. Kresha’s clients include individuals, including closely held business owners, business executives and farmers and ranchers.  She also represents executors, trustees and beneficiaries in estate and trust administration matters, including court proceedings and federal estate, gift, and income tax matters.
Tjaden Kurt F. Tjaden Koley Jessen, P.C., L.L.O. Omaha, Nebraska   Kurt F. Tjaden is the Chair of his firm’s Tax Practice Group.  He is also a senior member of the firm’s Estate and Business Succession Planning Practice Group.  He counsels clients on their personal estate planning objectives and business succession planning objectives.  Mr. Tjaden has advised and represented individuals and businesses in tax controversies before the IRS.  He advises clients on tax strategy for business and personal use as well as on general corporate matters.
Professor Thomas J. Purcell III
Professor Thomas J. Purcell III Creighton University School of Law Omaha, NE Thomas J. Purcell, III, J.D., CPA, is a Professor of Accounting, Professor of Law, and the Assistant to the President for University Planning at Creighton University where he has been on the faculty since 1979.  Prior to joining the University, he was a tax consultant with the Omaha office of Touche Ross & Co.
Nicholas K. Niemann
Nicholas K. Niemann McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLO Omaha, NE Nicholas Niemann is a shareholder with the Omaha, Nebraska, law firm of McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLO.  His practice areas include Business Owner Exit Planning, Taxation, Business Site Selection and Expansion, Corporate and Business Law, Estate Planning, and Tax Exempt Organizations.
Professor Edward A. Morse
Professor Edward A. Morse Creighton University School of Law Omaha, NE Professor Morse is the inaugural holder of the McGrath, North, Mullin & Kratz endowed chair in Business Law.  He received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1988 and holds a CPA certificate in Iowa.   Prior to joining the Creighton faculty, he was law clerk for the Honorable Deanell R. Tacha of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and he was also in private practice.
Timothy L. Moll
Timothy L. Moll Rembolt Ludtke, LLP Lincoln, NE Timothy Moll is a partner with the Lincoln, Nebraska firm of Rembolt Ludtke LLP.  He is a frequent presenter at legal seminars in Nebraska, author of the "Tax Appeals" Chapter of The Eighth Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, and an adjunct professor for various federal income tax courses at the University of Nebraska College of Law.
Professor Roger A. McEowen
Professor Roger A. McEowen Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Professor McEowen is the Leonard Dolezal Professor in Agricultural Law at Iowa State University (ISU) and is the Director of the ISU Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation.  He has published scholarly articles in numerous legal and tax journals, is the lead author of a 1,300-page textbook/casebook on agricultural law.  He is an author and co-author for the Bureau of National Affairs.

Watch for our 2010 brochure coming soon!


 

Online Registration also coming soon.


2010 Institute

-Omaha Embassy Suites - Downtown/Old Market!

December 2 & 3, 2010

Thursday & Friday

555 South 10th Street

Omaha, Nebraska

Highlights for 2010!

  • A review of current developments in income, estate, and gift taxes
  • Presentations by nationally-known speakers with practical planning information covering a variety of hot topics, including agricultural law, grantor defective trusts, tax controversy resolution, and state nexus issues
  • Current developments in income and gift and estate taxation
  • State tax and economic development
  • Thursday afternoon breakouts on three distinct topics
  • Two hours of Ethics

Some comments from the 2009 Great Plains Federal Tax Institute

  • I like the online materials.  This is the best CLE program for tax practitioners and I will continue to attend annually.
  • Ran very smoothly.  Good presentations and materials.
  • Thank you.  Very good.


Upcoming Institutes

2010

Dec. 2 & 3

Omaha Embassy Suites - Downtown/Old Market

2011

Dec. 1 & 2

Omaha Embassy Suites - Downtown/Old Market

 2012

Nov. 29 & 30

Omaha Embassy Suites - Downtown/Old Market

 

2010 Institute Exhibitors 

BCC Advisers
First National Bank


NE Title Company


    

     

 
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