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Texas Tax Legends

“The Tax Legends Interviews may be the most complete chronicle anywhere of the practice and events of the federal tax law in the United States over the last 50+ years.” –Lawrence B. Gibbs.

Interview with William F. Nelson, June 6, 2024.

William F. Nelson has been at the forefront of American tax practice for half a century. He practices with Morgan Lewis. Nelson served as IRS Chief Counsel from 1986-1989 at a point in time when the Tax Court docket was a massive 90,000 cases and guidance projects originating from the Tax Reform Act of 1986 were sorely needed. He practice for many years at King & Spalding in Atlanta. The formation of McKee Nelson EY with William McKee was a dramatic moment portending a new paradigm in law firm organization. Most prominently, Will Nelson has co-authored with William McKee and Robert Whitmire, the significantly prominent tax treatise on partnership taxation, first published in 1977 and continuing to the present time.