Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney hires 3 new tax attorneys
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC has announced that three attorneys concentrating in federal income tax matters have joined the firm in its Washington, D.C., office. The addition of shareholder Janine H. Bosley immediately follows that of Joan L. Rood and Annemarie G. McGavin, who joined the firm in January as counsel and senior attorney, respectively.
Bosley, who previously served as chair of law firm Ice Miller’s D.C. office, and McGavin, who served as liaison for clients to the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Internal Revenue Service, both focus primarily on employee benefit and ERISA law. Rood, who spent 13 years within KPMG’s National Tax Practice, focuses primarily on developing complex tax strategies.
“The addition of these three prominent D.C. tax attorneys demonstrates Buchanan’s commitment to maintaining and strengthening its national tax practice in all key areas,” states John Warner, co-managing shareholder of the firm’s D.C. office and co-chair of the firm’s Tax Section. With more than 50 attorneys, Buchanan’s Tax Section is one of the largest among national law firms.
About Janine H. Bosley
Bosley focuses her practice on employee benefits and ERISA law. She has handled a wide range of qualified and nonqualified employee benefit plan and executive compensation issues, including IRS section 401, 403(b) and 457 plans, ESOPs, corrections under the EPCRS and VFC programs, plan compliance and bankruptcy matters as well as plan design and development.
Bosley has served as the managing principal and one of the founders of Bosley Hutzelman, a boutique law firm focusing on employee benefits. Prior to starting Bosley Hutzelman, she was a senior attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service. While at the IRS, Ms. Bosley was involved in major benefits litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court, most federal circuits and the U. S. Tax Court.
Bosley received her J.D. degree from the University of Miami Law School and her M.P.A. and B.S.B.A. degrees from the University of Miami. She is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the ESOP Association. She is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Tax Court, United States District Court for the District of Columbia and United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
About Annemarie G. McGavin
McGavin concentrates her practice on employee benefit and ERISA law. She has experience with 401, 403(b) and 457 plans, ESOPs, corrections under the EPCRS and VFC programs, and plan compliance. Before joining Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Annemarie served with Janine Bosley at Ice Miller’s Washington, D.C. office, acting as liaison attorney for client matters before the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Internal Revenue Service. McGavin has also served as benefits counsel to plans involved in corporate bankruptcies and designed benefit structures in connection with corporate mergers and acquisitions.
McGavin received her J.D. degree from George Mason University School of Law and her B.S.E.E. degree from Lehigh University. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association and the ABA Section of Taxation. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia and before the U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
About Joan L. Rood
Rood has written many internal and external articles on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice, procedure and controversy issues; developed and taught courses on IRS practice, procedure and controversy subjects; supervised multiple professionals who drafted materials explaining tax strategies and services; and developed marketing plans for tax strategies and services.
Prior to KPMG, Rood was a senior trial attorney for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel in Washington, D.C. She advised attorneys and other professionals on cutting edge tax accounting issues in controversy or under litigation. Rood reviewed Tax Court briefs for district counsel attorneys, prepared sensitive appeal recommendations and petitions for certiorari, and trained IRS agents on technical concerns involving tax accounting issues.
Rood obtained her L.L.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991 and her J.D. degree, with honors, from University of Florida School of Law. She received her B.B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Stetson University.
About Buchanan
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC has more than 550 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing throughout the United States, with offices in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Alexandria, New York, Buffalo, Miami, Aventura, Tampa, Wilmington, Princeton, Newark, Cleveland, San Diego and Silicon
Valley.