All speeches given by Robert W. Wood (unless otherwise noted)
Tax Issues in Litigation and Settlement, National Farmworker Law Conference, Washington, D.C., November 20, 2008.
Advising the Client After Settlement: Keeping It Straight with the IRS, 47th Annual Convention, Consumer Attorneys of California, San Francisco, California, November 9, 2008.
Top Ten Tax Developments Affecting Litigation Recoveries, National Association of Settlement Purchasers, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 24, 2008.
Tax Update on Wrongful Imprisonment and Sex Abuse Recoveries, 2008 National Structured Settlement Trade Association Regional Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 23, 2008.
Nonqualifed Structured Settlements, 2008 NSSTA Regional Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 23, 2008.
Tax Return Preparer Penalties, 30th Annual Duke University Estate Planning Conference, Durham, North Carolina, October 16 – 17, 2008.
QI and Return Preparer Penalties: Section 6694 and Circular 230, Federation of Exchange Acommodators Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 10, 2008.
Employment Taxes: The Issues All Lawyers Need to Know, National Constitution Center Audio Conference, October 1, 2008.
The Do’s and Dont’s of Reasonable Compensation, California State Bar Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, September 28, 2008.
Update on the Taxation of Settlements and Judgments, Tax Executives Institute, Inc., San Francisco, California, July 14, 2008.
Update on the Taxation of Settlements and Judgments, Philadelphia Bar Association, Tax Section, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 20, 2008.
Uncovering Tax Liabilities in Corporate Due Diligence, Strafford Publications Teleconference, May 29, 2008.
Structured Sales as a Safety Net for Intended Section 1031 Exchanges, May Meeting, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Washington, D.C., May 10, 2008.
Personally Injures — The Tax Treatment of Litigation Judgments and Settlement Amounts, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Washington, D.C., May 9, 2008.
Taxing Damages, Deducting Attorney’s Fees and Other Litigation Issues, American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Washington, D.C., May 9, 2008.
Liens and Taxes and Bankruptcy: Oh My!, The Twenty Eighth Annual Labor and Employment Law Symposium, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Los Angeles, California, March 6, 2008.
Independent Contractors: Same Issue, New Contexts, Weekly CPE Session, Marc Lumer and Company, San Francisco, California, February 12, 2008.
Damages in Employment Cases, ALI-ABA, sponsored with the cooperation of Georgetown Law CLE, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., February 7 – 8, 2008.
Tax Aspects of the Subprime Mortgage Mess, Subprime Mortgage Webcast, CalCPA Education Foundation, January 16, 2008.
How a Failed 1031 Exchange Can Become an Installment Sale, BNA Tax & Accounting Advisory Board Meeting, New York, New York, December 13, 2007.
Hidden Tax Traps in Case Settlement: Protect Yourself and Your Client, National Constitution Center Audio Conferences, Tax Issues in Settling Litigation, November 8, 2007.
Best Practices for Managing Allocations and Distributions, 6th Annual West Coast Program for Venture Capital & Private Equity Tax Practices, Institute for Industrial Research, Palo Alto, California, October 23, 2007.
Structured Installment for Failed Exchange, Federation of Exchange Acommodators Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 5 – 6, 2007.
Taxing Emotional Distress Damages Awards Take Two: Did the Court Get It Right This Time?, American Bar Association Last Wednesday Teleconference, September 26, 2007.
Tax Issues for the Employment Lawyer, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Section of Labor & Employment Law, San Francisco, California, August 11, 2007.
Tax Treatment of Settlements, The Seminar Group Labor & Employment Law Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 9, 2007.