Areas of Practice
Mr. Todd chairs the firm’s Business Tax practice group. His practice focuses on federal income tax issues in connection with a wide variety of corporate, LLC, partnership and international transactions as well as the drafting of economically complex LLC operating agreements.

Representative Experience
Partnership and limited liability company formation, organization and taxation

International taxation

Federal tax aspects of lease finance transactions

Corporate mergers and acquisitions – tax considerations and disclosures

IPO and public/private debt and equity offerings – tax considerations and disclosures

Publications and Presentations
Frequent speaker, federal income tax, partnership and limited liability company issues

Contributing author, ABA Sales and Use Tax Deskbook

Author, General Partnership chapter in the Washington Lawyers Practice Manual

Editor, WSBA Partnership Law Deskbook

Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation

Washington State Bar Association

• Chair, Partnership and LLC Law Committee, WSBA Business Law Section
  
• Past Chair, Business Law Section
  
• Member, Transactional Tax Committee
  
• Member, Drafting Committee for the Washington Revised Uniform Partnership Act

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Tax Law by Woodward/White, 2008

Education
LL.M., Taxation, New York University School of Law, 1990

J.D., magna cum laude, Hamline University School of Law, 1984

• Notes and Comments Editor, Hamline Law Review