Tax • United States
Richard Husseini
Tax, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Phone+1 713 836 3457
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Work Department
Tax
Position
Richard has extensive knowledge of privilege and ethical issues affecting tax practice. He regularly counsels clients on their interactions with outside auditors, tax issues affecting financial disclosure issues, and tax investigations.
He has deep experience in every facet of the tax controversy practice. His experience includes handling matters before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in examination, mediation and appeals proceedings, before arbitrators in private party tax disputes, and before courts and regulatory bodies, including those before the United States Tax Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Courts, state courts, and public utility commissions.
He also has an active federal transactional tax practice, with specific experience in tax issues affecting the energy, oil and gas, and electric and gas utility industries (including tax normalization issues).
Education
Order of the Coif
Associate Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law Review
Bradley Fellow in Law and Government
University of DallasB.S., Mathematicssumma cum laude with first honors1988