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Thompson & Knight Attorney Named Chair of ABA Section of Taxation Real Estate Committee

06-28-2007 01:30 PM CET | Politics, Law & Society

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Texas (June 27, 2007) – The international law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to congratulate Partner Kevin Thomason on being named Chair of the Real Estate Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Taxation. His term begins July 2007.

Thomason is a Partner in the Tax Practice Group in Thompson & Knight’s Dallas office. He provides advice and counseling on partnership, corporate, and real estate tax issues, with an emphasis on tenant-in-common syndications, master limited partnerships, and like-kind exchanges. Thomason has served on the Committee since 2000, serving as Vice Chair since 2003. Prior to that, he served as Chair of that Committee’s Subcommittee on Estate Planning for Real Estate and Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Subcommittee of the Partnerships and LLCs Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation.

About the ABA Section of Taxation’s Real Estate Committee

The mission of the ABA Section of Taxation is to lead and serve their members, the legal profession, and the public to achieve an equitable and efficient tax system. The Real Estate Committee remains the focal point in the Section for discussions that extend to a broad area of transactional legal and tax planning practice involving the tax aspects of acquisition, subdivision, construction, ownership, financing, and disposition of real estate.

About Thompson & Knight

Since 1887, Thompson & Knight LLP has consistently made a positive impact on its clients’ successes. With its practice focused on the energy industry, the Firm has extensive resources in litigation, tax, insolvency, and international energy matters. The Firm has approximately 420 attorneys, and has offices and alliances in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Thompson & Knight represents companies, government entities, and individuals in local, regional, and national markets around the world.

Thompson & Knght
Becky Jackson
becky.jackson@tklaw.com
214-969-1478

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