PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Liz McGee is a tax controversy attorney who represents individuals and businesses in administrative and judicial proceedings in tax matters at all levels. A native of Arizona, she received her undergraduate degree in Germanic Studies from the University of Chicago, graduating with general honors. She received her J.D. from Cornell Law School, where she served on the Journal of Law and Public Policy. Following her graduation from Cornell, Liz spent two years as a law clerk at the United States Tax Court.
She later completed her LL.M. in taxation at New York University, where she was a graduate editor of the Tax Law Review and was a Tax Law Review Scholar, Dean’s Law Scholar, and Ferguson Fellow. Prior to joining Wood LLP, Liz worked in leading tax law practices in Washington, D.C. and New York. She had her own practice in San Francisco for more than five years and later she worked in EY’s National Tax Controversy practice.
Liz has represented clients with state and local (SALT), federal, and international tax matters. She has represented dozens of clients in partnership tax controversies involving TEFRA and the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA), as well as High-Net-Worth clients in complex audits and estate and gift tax controversies. She also gained experience drafting private letter ruling requests, representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, acting as tax counsel on public and private debt and equity offerings, and offering tax advice on a range of other transactional matters. She has worked extensively with individual clients, as well as a range of companies from the sports and entertainment, technology, automotive, and financial sectors.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, State Bar of California, 2015
Member, State Bar of New York, 2008
Member, District of Columbia Bar, 2011
Member, Massachusetts Bar, 2010
EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation – Dean’s Scholar, Ferguson Fellow, NYU Tax Law Review Scholarship
Cornell Law School, J.D.
University of Chicago, B.A., with general honors