Michael Desmond Returns to McKee Nelson to Head Tax Practice

McKee Nelson is pleased to announce that Michael Desmond will rejoin the firm as a partner and chair of the firm’s Tax practice.

For the past three and a half years, Mike has served as Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S Treasury Department. In this role, Mike supervised a staff of lawyers and accountants that developed administrative guidance and provided legal advice and analysis on a broad range of federal tax law issues. In particular, he played a primary role in the development of new ethics and practice rules governing tax preparers, including lawyers and accountants, with respect to their interaction with the federal tax system. Mike also served as a spokesperson for the Treasury Department before the Congressional tax-writing committees, testifying before Congress on numerous occasions on a wide range of federal tax issues.

Mike originally joined the firm as an associate in 2000 and became a partner in 2004. Prior to joining McKee Nelson, he served as a trial lawyer with the Tax Division of the Justice Department, and as a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.