Pro Bono Training
Public Interest Article in Daily Journal quotes Louis E. Michelson, “The goal is to train some of the new lawyers to not be afraid of jumping into the deep water and [start] swimming.”
See “Pro Bono Not Limited to Litigation” by Susan McRae, June 15, 2010. Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2010)
Nonprofit Organizations
Preserving Charitable Exemption, Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2011).
Compensation Arrangements (CAN Alert) (July – August 2004)
Donors to Controversial Causes Must Take Care to Avoid Identity Disclosure (Focus, Los Angeles Daily Journal — Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2009 )) (September 13, 2002)
Getting Connected: Business and Politics of Charities on the Internet (Co-Authored Paper – Los Angeles County/California State Bar delegation to the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury and staff of the Congressional tax committees in Washington D.C. to discuss proposed guidance) (May 2001)
Exempt Exposure (California Law Business, Los Angeles Daily Journal — Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2009)) (June 21, 1999)
Income Tax
Learning Incentive – New Law Changes Treatment of Educational Expenses (Focus, The Practitioner – Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2009)) (December 14, 2001)
Gross Relief – Tax Law: To ease the burden on small businesses, the IRS exempt those qualified from some accounting requirements (The Advisor, Los Angeles Daily Journal – Reprinted and/or posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. (2010)) (May 4, 2001)
Wise Deductions: The Deductibility of a Lawyer’s Educational Expenses May be More Questionable than You Think (Los Angeles Lawyer) (December, 1997)
Booster Shots: California’s New Tax Law Provides Incentives to Attract Businesses Across the Country and Around the World (Los Angeles Lawyer) (September, 1994)
Tax Obligations of A Household Employer (Los Angeles Lawyer) (October, 1992)