Tim Gillis practices in the Atlanta office of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan in the area of federal, state, and local taxation, with considerable work in the tax controversy and litigation areas. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Gillis practiced as a CPA in the Atlanta office of a Big 6 accounting firm. Mr. Gillis received his B.S. in accounting, summa cum laude, from Pensacola Christian College in 1985. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1991. At Georgetown, Mr. Gillis was a member of the Order of the Coif, served on the Georgetown Law Journal, and received the Tamm Memorial Award for his note entitled, “Collecting the Use Tax on Mail–Order Sales.”
Mr. Gillis has written a number of articles in the multistate tax area, including ones published in International Legal Strategy and The Atlanta Lawyer. In addition, Mr. Gillis is a co–author of the Georgia chapter of the ABA Sales and Use Tax Deskbook. Mr. Gillis is a member of the State and Local Tax Committee of the American Bar Association's Tax Section and has taught Tax Accounting Methods as an adjunct professor in the Emory Law School's LLM program. He has also lectured on various topics in taxation at various continuing education seminars.