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School of Accountancy Conference 2020
Presenters
Jeffrey Frishman
Mr. Frishman is the National Managing Principal of Tax Practice Policy & Quality and Tax Risk Management & Controversy Practice for Grant Thornton LLP. Jeffrey oversees governance, policy, procedure and risk in connection with the firm’s Tax Services practice, and overall firm tax matters. Jeffrey’s professional background includes serving as an attorney-adviser to the U.S. Tax Court and as a partner with the global law firm of Winston & Strawn, where his practice focused on federal, state and local tax controversy matters. Jeffrey’s professional practice involved audits, administrative appeals, administrative hearings, and litigation for large domestic and international companies in federal and state tax matters. Jeffrey has been an adjunct law professor focusing on ethics, standards and tax controversy and has served on both the AICPA and ARA Professional Committees governing standards of practice in taxation. Jeffrey is an experienced lecturer, moderator and presenter on issues including governance, crisis and risk management, professional ethics, quality, communication, and tax controversy. Jeffrey is a licensed attorney admitted to practice law in Illinois, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and the Western District of Wisconsin, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the U.S. Tax Court. Mr. Frishman received a B.A. in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law; and LL.M. in taxation from the University of Denver College of Law.