Tax Advisers - Deloitte

United States
Richard C Stark
McKee Nelson LLP
1919 M Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
US
Tel: (1) 202 775 8673
Fax: (1) 202 775 8586
Email: rstark@mckeenelson.com
Website: www.mckeenelson.com
Mr Stark focuses on federal income tax matters. He has extensive experience in tax
controversy matters, including audits, appeals, and litigation.
Mr Stark began his career in private practice in Dallas, Texas in 1976, where he practised
for 10 years. From 1986 to 1989, he served as assistant to the commissioner of the
Internal Revenue Service. Before joining McKee Nelson, he was a partner in the
Washington DC office of Miller & Chevalier.
Mr Stark is a past chair of the Taxation Section of the District of Columbia Bar
Association, and of the ABA Section of Taxation’s Administrative Practice Committee.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.
Mr Stark received a JD, with first honours, from the Vanderbilt University School of
Law in 1976, where he served as special projects editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review. He
is a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa.
Representative cases in which Mr Stark was either counsel of record or a principal
participant include:
• The Dow Chemical Company v United States, 250 F Supp 2d 748, modified by 278 F
Supp 2d 844 (ED Mich 2003) (on appeal);
• GlaxoSmithKline Holdings Inc v Commissioner, 117 TC 1 (2001) (perpetuation of
testimony in transfer-pricing dispute);
• American States Insurance Co v Bower, Dkt 01-L-50940 (Ill App, appeal pending)
(characterization of § 338 (h) (10) gain as non-business income);
• Peerless Industries v United States, 94-1 USTC 50,043 (ED Pa), aff’d per curiam, 37
F3d 1488 (3d Cir 1994) (business purpose doctrine);
• Mobil Exploration & Producing North America, Inc v United States, 27 Fed Cl 463 (1993)
(windfall profit tax); and
• Woods Investment Co v Commissioner, 85 TC 274 (1985), acq 1986-2 CB 1 (consolidated
returns).
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