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Larry, a partner in the Dallas office of Townsend & Jones, received his law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1968 and his Masters of Law in Taxation from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1973.
Prior to entering private practice, Larry was employed by the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division from 1969 to 1977, and received the Tax Division's Meritorious Service Award in 1975 and 1977. Since 1977, Larry has been in private practice, initially in Houston and, since 1979, in Dallas. In his practice, Larry represents clients in tax controversy matters at all levels before the Internal Revenue Service, and in tax litigation.
Larry currently heads a tax clinic at Southern Methodist University School of Law and previously taught a course in Criminal Tax Fraud at that law school. Larry regularly teaches courses for the Texas Society of CPAs, and other groups on tax controversy matters. Larry has many publications in the tax field and is a reviewer and author for IRS Practice & Policy published by Tax Management.
Larry is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Larry is married to Carol Jones, a nurse. He and Carol have three children, Michele, Julie and Jill. They have one grandchild through Julie and her husband Ian Johnson.
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Jack received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1967 and his Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University in 1969.
From 1969 through 1977, Jack was a Trial Attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. While with the Tax Division, Jack handled cases in the United States Courts of Appeals, with incidental work on briefs in opposition in the Supreme Court, from 1969 through 1974, and handled trials in the United States District Courts from 1974 through March 1977. Jack has been in the private practice of law in Houston, Texas since leaving the Tax Division and currently focuses his practice principally upon tax controversy and tax litigation matters..
Jack is an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center where he teaches Tax Procedure and Tax Fraud and Money Laundering to undergraduate and graduate law students. Information regarding these classes may be viewed by clicking the UH Classes link in the frame at the left. Jack has prepared two texts -- on Tax Procedure and Tax Crimes -- for student use in his courses. In addition, Jack and colleagues have published a Tax Crimes book in the LEXIS-NEXIS graduate tax series. Jack regularly participates in tax seminars and tax professional groups. Jack has also authored several tax articles in leading tax publications on tax litigation and other tax subjects. Jack has also been involved in several pro bono projects resulting in amendments to the Internal Revenue Code. The most rewarding of these projects was the amendment to Section 213 to permit deductions for travel and lodging while away from home for medical treatment, a project which arose from a presentation Jack made to the Ronald McDonald House in Houston.
Jack is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, and is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Three premier lawyer rating services -- Best Lawyers in America, Chambers and Partners Americas Leading Business Lawyers, and Who's Who Legal-- rate Jack among the best tax lawyers in Houston and Texas. The Texas Lawyer, the publication for Texas legal news, ranked Jack in its “Go-to-Guide” (Oct. 2002) as being among Texas’ top 5 "Top Notch" tax lawyers. In their selective quotes from the lawyers surveyed were the following: "Understands how the IRS works and is not afraid to tackle any tax issue" and "Very ethical, but will push the government hard and demand everything in sight."
Jack is married to Irene Townsend, a research nurse, and they have two children, Theresa and Michele. Theresa is married to Cyril Mickiewicz and they have two children, Elizabeth and Julia. They live in Houston, TX. Michele is married to Scott Bell, formerly of Houston. They live in San Francisco. Scott and Michele have a daughter, Finley and are expecting another in late November 2008,
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