Women in Tax Leaders

US
Jean Pawlow
Jean A Pawlow is a partner in the global law firm of McDermott
Will & Emery. She serves on the firm’s Management
Committee and Finance Committee and she is co-chair of the
firm’s tax controversy practice. US News and Best Lawyers
named McDermott ‘Tax Litigation Firm of the Year’ for 2014.
Jean has been involved in representing businesses and individuals
on significant tax controversy matters for 25 years.
Substantive issues in dispute have included transfer pricing
issues under Code section 482, tax advantaged transactions, tax
accounting issues, insurance tax matters, the tax treatment of
financial instruments, foreign tax credit and research credit
issues, leveraged leases, credit card interchange and original
issue discount (OID), excise taxes, reasonable compensation,
estate and gift tax issues, and charitable contribution deductions.
She also advises on California and District of Columbia
state tax controversies.
Jean has litigated cases before the US Tax Court, the Court
of Federal Claims, US district courts, US Courts of Appeal and
the Supreme Court. She also has extensive experience with IRS
alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures, including fast
track settlement, rapid appeals, post-appeals mediation, pre-filing
agreements and CAP audits. She frequently represents
McDermott Will & Emery
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Email: jpawlow@mwe.com
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clients who are being audited by the IRS Global High Wealth Industry Group.
Jean is a frequent writer and speaker on tax controversy matters and has appeared on CBS
and CNBC. She is the contributing editor of a 2015 book on global tax controversies. The
Legal 500 has named Jean a leading lawyer every year since 2009, and quoted a client who
described her as “a pleasure to work with, clever, an excellent advocate, personable and possessed
of an instinctive business understanding”. She has been nationally ranked as a leading
tax litigation lawyer in every edition of Chambers USA since 2010 as “one of the preeminent
tax lawyers in the US” and noted for her “dedication to client service”. Jean was also listed
in Best Lawyers in America in 2012, 2013 and 2014. She serves on the Tax Committee for
the US Court of Federal Claims Advisory Council and is a fellow of the American College of
Tax Counsel.
Jean received her bachelor’s degree (with high honours) from University of California at
Berkeley in 1985 and her JD (cum laude) from Harvard Law School in 1988.
Her representative docketed cases include: Dine Equity v Commissioner; DiMare v
Commissioner; Estate of Stanton v Commissioner; John Hancock Life Insurance v
Commissioner; Siemens v Office of Tax & Revenue; Novitsky v Siemens; Ambassador
Blankenship v Commissioner; USAA v United States and USAA v Commissioner; Goodrich v
United States; Boeing v United States; Wal-Mart Stores v Commissioner; and Texas Instruments
v Commissioner.
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