Three BNA Tax Management authors have been honored as 2004 Distinguished Authors at a dinner held for BNA Tax Management Advisory Board members and recent Portfolio authors at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on April 21, 2005.
Acclaimed for their tax planning insights and analysis as published in the BNA Tax Management Portfolios are: Peter J. Connors, Esq., David M. Schizer, and Robert T. Danforth.
The Distinguished Author Award, created in 1992, recognizes some of the outstanding contributions made by Portfolio authors in the previous year. It is the expertise of these authorities, along with primary sources, productivity tools, and news and notification, that define the highly-respected tax resources offered by BNA Tax Management.
Peter J. Connors
Distinguished Author Peter J. Connors is author of the BNA Foreign Income Portfolio, 909-3, The Branch-Related Taxes of Section 884, coauthor of the U.S. Income Portfolio 543, The Mark- to-Market Rules of Section 475, and author of numerous BNA Tax Management articles and memoranda. Mr. Connors received his J.D. from the University of Richmond, his LL.M (in Taxation) from New York University School of Law, and his B.A. from Catholic University. Mr. Connors previously served as a principal and Director of International Capital Markets Tax Services, Ernst & Young LLP; and tax partner, Baker & McKenzie. He is currently a partner with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. He is a Member of Council of the ABA Tax Section, and a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.
Robert T. Danforth
Distinguished Author Robert T. Danforth is author of the BNA Estate, Gifts and Trust Portfolio 823-2, Taxation of Jointly Owned Property, coauthor of BNA Estate, Gifts and Trust Portfolio 834, Transfer Tax Payment and Apportionment, and author of numerous articles in the Tax Management Estate, Gifts and Tax Journal. Professor Danforth received his J.D. from Duke University and his B.A. from Washington University. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University, following a sabbatical as a Visiting Professor of Law at the College of William and Mary. Professor Danforth previously served as law clerk to Judge Stephanie K. Seymour, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit before serving as an associate with Arnold & Porter and later Of Counsel to the law firm of McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe. Last year, Professor Danforth was recognized as a Law Alumni Association Fellow in Teaching Excellence.
David M. Schizer
Distinguished Author David M. Schizer is author of the BNA U.S. Income Portfolio 186, Financial Instruments: Special Rules. Mr. Schizer is a prolific tax author who has also written several reports for the New York State Bar Association where he serves on the executive committee and as co-chair of the Committee on Financial Institutions. Mr. Schizer received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. and M.A. from Yale College. He served in the tax department at Davis Polk & Wardwell, and clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the U.S. Supreme Court's October 1994 term. Mr. Schizer currently serves as the Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches courses on federal income taxation, the taxation of financial instruments, corporate tax, and the economics of transactions.
