2009 IFA USA Writing PrizeThe USA Branch of the International Fiscal Association is pleased to announce that Samuel J. Lee, a 2009 graduate with an LL.M. in Taxation from the Boston University School of Law, has won the 2009 IFA USA Branch Writing Prize competition. Mr. Lee’s faculty sponsor was Prof. Brainard Patton. The prize was awarded to Mr. Lee at the Annual Meeting of the USA Branch in Philadelphia on February 26th.
Read more | Reports on Recent Conferences2009 US/India MeetingA very successful Joint Meeting of the USA and India Branches was held May 27-29, 2009 at the Fairmont Washington DC Hotel. Click here to read more regarding this conference. |
2009 Annual Branch ConferenceOur Annual Conference of the USA Branch was held at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington DC, on February 26-27 2009. In spite of the difficult economy, attendance was only slightly down, a testament to Sam Maruca and his team for all their good work in making this happen. The Corporate Program Committee included Peter Barnes of General Electric, David Paul of American Honda Motor, Linda Evans of IBM Corporation, Mike Bernard of Microsoft Corporation, Norm Richter of Textron, Inc., Karen Halby of Sony Corporation, and Judy Zelisko of Brunswick, Inc. The Steering Committee included Peter Barnes of General Electric, Peter Blessing of Shearman Sterling, Steven Cohen of SJC Tax Consulting, Gregory May of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Carol Tello of Sutherland, Roger Wheeler of KPMG, Janice Lucchesi of Akzo Nobel Inc., Linda Evans of IBM Corporation, Michael Caballero of Paul Hastings, Marjorie Rollinson of Ernst & Young, and Chip Harter of PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
The IFA USA Branch 2011 Annual Conference will be held at the Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, February 24-25, 2011.