Lawrence B. Gibbs has a general tax practice in which he counsels large corporations and other businesses on how to solve their domestic and international tax problems, including those involving planning, compliance and controversy matters, administrative and legislative matters, and litigation. Mr. Gibbs served as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from August 1986 to March 1989 and was a recipient of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Alexander Hamilton Award and the Tax Executives Institute's Distinguished Service Award. As Commissioner, Mr. Gibbs was responsible for administering the U.S. federal tax system, including the audits, collection and criminal investigation functions, as well as representing the Internal Revenue Service before the Administration, U.S. Congress, international tax officials, state tax authorities, the media, and the public.
Mr. Gibbs received the Federal Bar Association’s Kenneth S. Liles Award for Distinguished Service in 2007, and since 2005 he has been recognized as one of the top ten outstanding Washington, D.C. tax attorneys by The Legal Times . He is also recognized as a top Washington, D.C. tax attorney by Chambers USA and Chambers Global, Who's Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, and Who's Who in American Law. Mr. Gibbs is presently a member of the Tax Foundation Policy Committee, the American College of Tax Counsel, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the American Law Institute, and the Committees on Government Relations, Formulation of Tax Policy, and Administrative Practice of the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association. He is an Advisory Trustee of the Southern Federal Tax Institute and a member of the Advisory Board of Tax Management.
Mr. Gibbs frequently speaks and writes about various subjects involving federal taxation. In January 2008, he was chosen to deliver the prestigious Griswold Lecture to the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC). He lectured on tax topics at the University of London in 2004, the Tax Executives Institute's Annual Conference in 2005, the Tax Council in 2005, the American Tax Policy Institute in 2006 and the Salk Institute in 2007. He is a frequent contributor to The Tax Executive published by TEI and Tax Notes published by Tax Analysts.
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The University of Texas School of Law, 1963 LL.B.
Yale University, 1960 B.A.
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