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Pepper Hamilton Announces Election of Partner to ABA Section of Taxation

MAR. 26, 2009

Pepper Hamilton Announces Election of Partner to ABA Section of Taxation

DATED MAR. 26, 2009
DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Institutional Authors
    Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Language
    English
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    Doc 2009-7200
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2009 TNT 60-59
Joan C. Arnold, Chair of Tax Group at Pepper Hamilton, Elected Council Director to American Bar Association Section of Taxation
Philadelphia, Pa. -- March 26, 2009 -- Joan C. Arnold, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP and chair of the firm's Tax Practice Group, has been elected as a council director to the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation for 2009-10. Ms. Arnold practices in Pepper Hamilton's Philadelphia office and focuses on federal and international income tax matters. She is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

The ABA's Section of Taxation focuses on providing educational services to its members and enhancing the development and administration of the tax law. The Section's work supports the integrity of the nation's voluntary system for tax reporting and payment. As a council director, Ms. Arnold will oversee the Section's international tax committees, which are responsible for the development of comments to the IRS on current issues in international taxation, and for providing education on the matters for the tax bar.

Ms. Arnold has been actively involved with the ABA for over 15 years. She has served as chair of the Tax Section's Committee on U.S. Activities of Foreigners and Tax Treaties and its Subcommittee on Withholding Issues and Portfolio Investments.

A leader in a number of other bar and trade organizations, Ms. Arnold is vice president and a member of the executive committee of the U.S. Branch of the International Fiscal Association, president of the Philadelphia Tax Conference, and a member of the executive committee of the George Washington University Law School/IRS Annual International Tax Institute.

Ms. Arnold is immediate past chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Tax Section, and a former instructor in the Graduate Tax Program at Villanova University School of Law, where she taught for 23 years. She is a frequent speaker at tax conferences.

About Pepper Hamilton

Pepper Hamilton LLP is a multi-practice law firm with more than 500 lawyers in seven states and the District of Columbia. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world. The firm was founded in 1890.

DOCUMENT ATTRIBUTES
  • Institutional Authors
    Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • Subject Area/Tax Topics
  • Jurisdictions
  • Language
    English
  • Tax Analysts Document Number
    Doc 2009-7200
  • Tax Analysts Electronic Citation
    2009 TNT 60-59
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