Oregon Tax Section - New Tax Lawyers Subcommittee

Recently, the Executive Committee of the Oregon Tax Section designated the New Tax Lawyers Subcommittee to provide professional development, leadership, and educational opportunities and resources to lawyers new to the practice of tax law. Membership is open to attorneys until their tenth year of practicing or fifth year of membership with the OSB Taxation Section, whichever is later.

Subcommittee meetings are scheduled for the First Mondays of every month, from 12 - 1pm, and will rotate locations. The meetings are open to all, and you are encouraged to attend (and bring your lunch). The upcoming 2010 meeting dates are as follows:

April 5 - Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Dan Eller, Host
1211 SW 5th Ave., Ste. 1900
Portland OR 97204

May 3 - Ater Wynne
Thomas Karnes, Host
1331 NW Lovejoy Street, Suite 900
Portland OR 97209-3280

June 7 - Black Helterline
Natalia Yegorova, Host
805 SW Broadway, Suite 1900
Portland OR 97205-3359

July 5* - HOLIDAY - NO MEETING

August 2 - Miller Nash
Valerie Sasaki, Host
3400 U.S. Bancorp Tower
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland OR 97204-3699

September - TBD

If you have any questions about the subcommittee, please feel free to contact Kimberly Pray (a 2009 UW Tax Program alum) at prayk@uoregon.edu.

Rescheduled Career Workshop

I've reschedule the presentation I had planned for March 10, 2010, for Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:00 PM in room 115 B-C. At that time, I will discuss some of the information I gathered at the NALP conference I attended in February. We will be providing box lunches. Please let me know your lunch selection if you plan to attend.

Panini Lunch Boxes

1. Caprese: Roma tomatoes, fresh whole-milk mozzarella, olive oil and basil
2. Grilled Vegetable: Marinated and grilled eggplant, grilled zucchini, caramelized onion, roasted peppers, roma tomato and balsamic vinaigrette
3. Black Forest Ham: Dietz & Watson Black Forest Ham with gruyere, dijonnaise and lettuce
4. Roasted Chicken: Fresh roasted chicken breast, jarlsburg, sundried tomato aioli and lettuce
5. Roast Turkey: Dietz & Watson roast turkey breast with havarti, dijonnaise, lettuce and roma tomato

Salad Lunch Boxes

6. Mediterranean Chicken Salad: Sliced roasted chicken breast with green beans, roma tomatoes, yellow peppers, calamata olives, feta cheese, capers and fresh herbs
7. Gourmondo Salad: Mixed greens with rocquefort, candied walnuts, pears and sherry vinaigrette

Univar Tax Internship Opportunity Closed

Univar has received sufficient applications for the tax internship, and it has closed the position.

IRS Office of Chief Counsel Openings

The IRS Office of Chief Counsel recently posted the following positions on USAJobs.com:

CCTW-10-52
General Attorney (Tax), GS-905-12/13/14
Associate Chief Counsel (P&SI)
Washington, DC
Area of Consideration: All sources
Opens: 03/18/2010
Closes: 04/01/2010

CCDP-10-49
General Attorney (Tax), GS-0905-12/13/14
Associate Chief Counsel (ITA)
Washington, DC
Area of Consideration: All Sources
Opens: 03/17/2010
Closes: 03/31/2010

Estate Planning Opportunity - Arizona

The following was posted on the WSBA website:

Tired of winters? Well-established estate planning, estate and trust administration attorney seeks attorney who would like to build her or his practice in Arizona retirement community near Tucson. Office space and referral work available, but attorney must be willing to develop her or his own practice. Contact: timothy.olcott@olcottlaw.net.

Career Workshop - To be rescheduled

The general consensus is that the career workshop should be rescheduled until after finals. Once I have secured a room for the event, I will post the new date. It will likely be the Wednesday or Thursday during the first week of Spring quarter.

For those of you graduating this quarter, you are still more than welcome to attend. And I will email any materials to those who request it.

Univar Internship Opportunity

Position title: Student Intern – International Tax

Company background:

Univar is a world leader in chemical distribution with an extensive network of over 170 distribution centers spread across North America, China, and 20 countries in Europe.

Univar employs approximately 7,500 people committed to meeting customer requirements, solving problems and lowering costs. Customers depend on Univar to deliver the right product to the right place at the right time.

At the same time, Univar provides producers with an efficient distribution channel for a broad assortment of chemical products. Visit Univar’s Web site at www.univarcorp.com for more information.

Job description:

The Intern will be a member of Univar’s Corporate Tax Department in Redmond and will report to Director – International Tax. This position will assist in various international/global tax projects.

Interns must be able to work approximately 15 hours per week (flexible schedule). Accounting background and/or MBA and prior corporate experience preferred, but not required.

Application materials:

-Resume
-Cover letter
-Unofficial Transcript
-3-5 page writing sample

Application materials should be e-mailed to:

jobs@univarusa.com

Equal Opportunity Employer

Career Workshop - Poll

I know that, with finals begining a few days later, some of you are concerned about the timing of the career workshop, which is scheduled next Wednesday, March 10. If you would prefer me to reschedule it during the first or second week of classes, please let me know as soon as possible. If enough of you would like to reschedule it, then I will do so.