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Education
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Columbia Law School,
J.D., 1972
Journal of Transnational Law
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New York University,
LL.M, Taxation, 1977
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City College of New York,
B.B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 1969
Beta Gamma Sigma
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Admissions
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New York
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Missouri
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Illinois
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Affiliations
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American Bar Association
Tax Section, Corporate Tax Committee
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Chicago-Kent College of Law
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Program in Taxation, course in Tax Planning for S Corporations and Closely-Held Businesses, 1994-1996
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Washington University School of Law
Adjunct Professor, Graduate LL.M. Program, course in Tax-Free Reorganizations, (1983-1988)
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Journal of Passthrough Entities
Member of Advisory Board
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Recognitions
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Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
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Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (by BL Rankings), 1995-2025
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Listed in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers (by Thomson Reuters), 2005-2015
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Languages
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German
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Ed serves as a key tax advisor to companies embarking on any type of corporate restructuring, from acquisitions and dispositions to spinoffs and management changes.
He has spent his 40-year career ensuring business owners avoid costly tax liabilities and gain the best possible value during critical corporate transitions.
As the chair of Thompson Coburn's transactional tax practice, Ed counsels clients on recapitalizations, consolidated return matters, net operating loss issues, compensation arrangements, financial instruments and a large variety of other corporate-shareholder tax matters.
Ed also works extensively in the partnership and limited liability company area, especially transactions in the private equity and hedge fund arenas, and those involving domestic joint ventures. His diverse experience in real estate transactions includes acquisitions and dispositions, financings, REITs, and like-kind exchanges, a highly technical area that carries the risk of exposing the entire transaction to taxation and for which Ed has developed some highly creative solutions.
Ed frequently offers counsel on special tax events in the life of a business, including when companies pay funds to settle litigation or serve as creditors or debtors in bankruptcy proceedings. In his work resolving complex tax controversies, he has secured victories for major corporations that resulted in no tax levied or tax payments amounting to a fraction of the tens of millions initially levied by the IRS.
Clients seek out Ed for his creativity, his novel approach to tax dilemmas, and his deep experience on the best way to approach a transaction so that clients can avoid unnecessary friction, secure key concessions, and get the deal done.
Thompson Coburn Publications
Litigation fees may be tax-deductible, confirms new Tax Court ruling
IRS clarifies employee retention tax credit rules for Q1 and Q2 of 2021
IRS extends filing and payment deadline for individual taxpayers
IRS clarifies legislative changes to the employee retention tax credit
Key tax provisions in the coronavirus relief bill
IRS issues guidance clarifying President Trump’s payroll tax deferral
IRS clarifies holding period rules for profits interests and carried interests
Key tax provisions of the proposed HEALS Act
Proposed tax plans of the 2020 presidential candidates
Highlights from the SBA’s further guidance on PPP loan forgiveness
Congress relaxes Paycheck Protection Program rules
HEROES Act proposes more potential tax incentives
IRS updates filing and payment deadlines and time-sensitive action FAQs
Effect of “forgiven” PPP loan on the deductibility of covered expenses
What employers need to know about the CARES Act Employee Retention Payroll Tax Credit
Effect of COVID-19 tax legislation on NOL carryforwards and carrybacks
IRS clarifies Social Security tax deferral under CARES Act
Tax filing and payment deadlines extended due to COVID-19 (again)
Key tax provisions in the CARES Act
Publications
Contributor, Practicing Law Institute Coursebooks;
Tax Planning for Domestic and Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, 2001-2013
Contributor, Practicing Law Institute Coursebooks;
Tax Strategies For Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations, and Restructurings, 1997-2013
"Leveraged Buy-Outs of Passthrough Entities by Private Equity Funds";
Journal of Passthrough Entities 25, July-August 2008
“Partnership Distributions versus Guaranteed Payments (and Other Treatments): Complexity and Confusion Reign Supreme”;
Journal of Passthrough Entities 29, January-February 2006
”Tax-Saving Opportunities of Like-Kind Exchanges”;
Midwest In-House, February 2006
Presentations
Speaker, "Significant 2014 Developments";
Joint Program with Grant Thornton LLP, December 2014