The Task Force

[Tax Counsellor]

Karrie L. Bercik, JD, LLM

THE TASK FORCE

In November 1996, the Chair of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association, after consultation with the Council of the Section, created the Task Force to monitor the work of the Commission with respect to tax matters. Paul H. Asofsky of Houston, Texas and Robert E. McKenzie of Chicago, Illinois were designated as co-chairs of the Task Force. The Section endeavored to solicit the participation of all standing committees of the Section having an interest in the subject matter to place representatives on the Task Force, and many of them did. In addition, the first meeting of the Task Force at the mid-year meeting of the Section on January 10, 1997 in Scottsdale, Arizona was open to all members of the Section. Many interested tax practitioners attended that session and have been added to the Task Force. Since that time, the co-chairs have requested the addition of other members based upon their demonstrated experience and interest in the subject matter. The current members of the Task Force are as follows:

Paul H. Asofsky

Karrie L. Bercik - San Francisco, California

Harvey Berenson - New York, New York

Martin B. Cowan - New Rochelle, New York

John H. Eggertsen - Detroit, Michigan

Molly Gallagher - San Francisco, California

Thomas I. Hausman - Cleveland, Ohio

Robert Joe Hull - Los Angeles, California

Milton B. Hyman - Los Angeles, California

Robert A. Jacobs - New York, New York

Morgan D. King - Dublin, California

William H. Lyons - Lincoln, Nebraska

Robert E. McKenzie - Chicago, Illinois

Charles L. McReynolds - Dallas, Texas

Wm. Robert Pope, Jr. - Nashville, Tennessee

Timothy C. Sherck - Chicago, Illinois

Diane E. Tebelius - Seattle, Washington

F. Brook Voght - Washington, D.C.

Mark S. Wallace - Los Angeles, California

Kenneth C. Weil - Seattle, Washington

Fred T. Witt, Jr. - Phoenix, Arizona

All of the foregoing individuals are tax attorneys with extensive experience in the bankruptcy field. A number of them actively participated on behalf of the Section in the development of the Bankruptcy Tax Act of 1980.

The huge inventory of proposals before the Commission also required us to reach outside the Task Force and solicit the assistance of some individuals with particular expertise in designated subject matter areas. The Task Force acknowledges the assistance of the following individuals in the preparation of particular sections of the report. These individuals have not participated in commenting on any portion of the report other than the particular proposal as to which their assistance was solicited.

Alex Gluzman - San Francisco, California

Marc E. Grossberg - Houston, Texas

J. Hayden Kepner - Houston, Texas

Wendy K. Laubach - Houston, Texas

George Nelson - Houston, Texas

Candace S. Schiffman - Houston, Texas

Michael St. James - San Francisco, California