Manager Planning

MICAH J. STEWART

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

Cell: 504-***-****

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EDUCATION

University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida

• LL.M. in Taxation, Summer 2005

Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Juris Doctor received May 2004

• Top 25%

• Honors and Activities:

• Director of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program at Loyola

University Law School

• Managing Editor of the Maritime Law Journal (2003 and 2004 editions)

Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, May 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Associate : April 2009 to present.

• Federal and State: trust and estate planning; controversies (including

representation of clients under audit offers in compromise and litigation)

general business planning (C-corporation and flow-through); and mergers and

acquisitions.

• Energy and Renewable: general energy related tax planning; Louisiana

severance tax consultation; develop client specific strategies to maximize state

and federal tax incentives in connection with purchase and installation of

renewable energy equipment and the production of renewable.

• International tax planning: general international taxation planning, mergers

and acquisitions involving foreign business entities; foreign tax credit

planning; and Subpart F planning;

Ernst & Young, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Manager: October 2008 through April 2009.

• Federal and state: tax controversies, reviewed returns (Form 1120, Form

1065, Form 1041, Form 1040), research and analysis in connection to various

asset transfers and transfers of interests in various types of entities; individual

planning; and research and analysis in the field of mergers and acquisitions.

• International taxation: reviewed returns for international tax compliance

purposes; transfer pricing research; working with other Ernst & Young offices

in various countries regarding establishment of new ventures; FAS 109

review; planning for and calculating foreign tax credits; effectively connected

income, Subpart F research and analysis, and foreign planning for individuals;

Senior Consultant: January 2007 through October 2008.

• Focus on international taxation along with general business tax consulting,

state and local tax consulting, reviewing state returns, and controversies.

Weiler & Rees, L.L.C., New Orleans Louisiana

• Associate December 2005 to January 2007.

• Tax litigation on behalf of the Louisiana Department of Revenue, client

representation before the IRS, and state and local tax planning.

Law Office of Michael Mayhall

• August 2005 through December 2005.

• Focused on federal and state tax controversies.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Guest speaker at the University of New Orleans Beta Alpha Psi Accounting

Lecture Series covering 2007 Louisiana Legislative tax provisions.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Louisiana Bar Association, February 2005: Bar NO. 29711

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