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Business and estate planning: planned for, established, and prepared documentation for the formation of all types of businesses; planned over 500 estates and drafted all related documents

Litigation: handled a wide variety of tax cases in the U.S. Tax Court, IRS Appeals Office, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals

C.P.A. and C.L.U. Business Development: taught American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) and CLU courses such as advanced partnership taxation, estate planning, and corporate mergers; frequently consulted with CPAs and CLUs

Admitted to practice law: U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia, Hawaii, Michigan, District of Columbia, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit.

Member of the Virginia, Hawaii, and Michigan Bars.

• "How Can a Client Retain Its Fiscal Year After TRA '86," 67 Journal of Taxation 382 (1987);
• "The Cost of Electing a Fiscal Year under the New § 444," 68 Journal of Taxation 206 (1988);
• "What You Need to Know to Provide Estate Planning Services," 21 The Practical Accountant 14 (1988);
• "Section 89: How Smaller Businesses Can Cope," 22 The Practical Accountant 16 (1989); and
• "Planning Ahead for Like-Kind Exchanges," 23 The Practical Accountant 71 (1990);
• Author of more than 280 newsletters in the Tax and Business Insights and Newland's Business Notes series published every two months by Tax and Business Professionals, Inc and Newland and Associates.

• Past treasurer and president: Prince William County Bar Association.
• J.D., George Washington University (1963).
• A.B., College of William and Mary, economics (1960).
• C.L.U., American College (1982).
• LLM Tax, George Washington University (honors award 1967).
• Speaks some Japanese and Spanish.
• Has taught courses at Northern Virginia Community College.
• Born and raised in Northern Virginia.