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Profile of Edward
D. Urquhart
Birth Information:
Born August 27, 1948, in Houston, Texas,
United States of America
Education:
University of Houston, B.B.A., 1971 (Accounting
Major)
Honors: Dean's List; Member of Beta Alpha
Psi (Honorary Accounting Society)
South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1976
New York University School of Law, LL.M.
in Taxation, 1977
Awards:
Dean's Award for the Student Who In the Opinion of the Dean Will Become An Outstanding Attorney - 1977
Business Manager, South Texas Law Journal
Selected to the Best Lawyers in America - 2006
Experience:
Internal Revenue Agent Student Trainee,
June, 1969-June, 1971
Internal Revenue Agent, June, 1971-November,
1974
Special Assignments: Narcotics Trafficking
Project
Political Corruption Project
Adjunct Professor of Law, Taxation, South
Texas College of Law, 1978-79
Adjunct Professor of Law, Taxation - Federal Procedure, South Texas
College of Law, Spring, 2003, Fall, 2004
Practicing Attorney, 1977 to present,
concentrating in criminal and civil tax
controversies and litigation and related
matters
Certifications:
Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas
Board of Legal Specialization, 1983 to
present
Bar Admissions:
State Bar of Texas
United States District Court, Southern
District of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit
United States Supreme Court
United States Tax Court
United States Court of Federal Claims
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Tax Section, American Bar Association
Criminal Justice Section, American Bar
Association
Civil & Criminal Tax Penalties Committee,
Tax Section, ABA
Subcommittee on I.R.S. Investigations
and Procedures
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Tax Section, State Bar of Texas
Council Member, 1993-1996
Court Procedure Committee, Tax Section,
State Bar of Texas
Chairman, 1991-1994
Houston Bar Association
Tax Section, Houston Bar Association
Council Member, 1988-1989
National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers
Articles Published:
"Should the Internal Revenue Code
Be Amended to Permit Internal Revenue
Service Special Agents to Disclose That
Unindicted and Untried Taxpayers Are under
Criminal Investigation Prior to the Decision
of Whether or Not to Prosecute?,"
2 Houston Business and Tax Law Journal,
2001 (www.hbtlj.org).
"Disclosure: Due Process for Taxpayers
Still Unresolved," 27 State Bar
of Texas Taxation Section Newsletter,
February 1992.
Speaker Presentations:
Speaker, "Representation of Alleged
Promoters of Abusive Tax Shelters,"
Wednesday Tax Forum, Houston, 1985
Speaker, "What C.P.A.s Should
Know About Representations of Promoters
of Tax Shelter Activities," Houston
Chapter of the Texas Society of Public
Accountants, 1985
Panelist, "The Nuts & Bolts
of Criminal Tax Defense for the Practitioner,"
Advanced Federal Tax Litigation Conference,
National Center for Tax Research &
Education, 1987
Panelist, Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties
Committee, American Bar Association, Section
of Taxation Annual Meeting, 1987
Speaker, "Special Considerations
in Handling Criminal Tax Cases,"
Houston Bar Association, Section of Taxation,
1987
Speaker, "Selected Topics in the
Tax Litigation Area," Houston
Bar Association, Section of Taxation,
1988
Moderator and Panelist, "Selected
Topics Regarding Criminal Tax Investigations
& Prosecutions," Perspectives
on Criminal Tax Prosecutions, State Bar
of Texas, Section of Taxation - Court
Procedure Committee, 1992
Speaker, "Current Developments
in Taxpayers' Constitutional Rights Vis-a-Vis
the I.R.S. Summons," Tax Litigation
in Federal Courts, State Bar of Texas,
Section of Taxation-Court Procedure Committee,
1993
Speaker, "Pro Bono Project: Court
Procedure Committee, State Bar Tax Section,"
11th Annual Advanced Tax Law
Course, State Bar of Texas, Section of
Taxation- Court Procedure Committee, 1993
Panelist, "Offers in Compromise,"
41st Annual Taxation Conference,
University of Texas School of Law, 1993
Speaker, "Tax Law Issues Facing
Owners of Race Horses," Thoroughbred
Owners & Breeders Association Prospective/New
Owners' Seminar, Lone Star Park, Dallas,
1997
Moderator and Panelist, "Should
Congress Amend the Internal Revenue Code
to Permit Internal Revenue Service Special
Agents to Disclose That Unindicted and
Untried Taxpayers Are under Criminal Investigation
Prior to the Decision of Whether or Not
to Prosecute?," Civil and Criminal
Tax Penalties Committee, American Bar
Association, Section of Taxation Midyear
Meeting, 2001
Speaker, "Protecting the Confidentiality Rights of
Taxpayers During Civil Tax Examinations and Criminal Tax
Investigations," Wednesday Tax Forum, Houston, 2003
Speaker, "Handling Investigations Involving
Civil/Criminal Tax Cases," Business Crimes & Civil
Responsibility, South Texas College of Law, 2003
Fraternities:
Sigma Chi (Life Loyal Sig)
Delta Theta Phi
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