We are pleased to announce that the Taxation Section of the California Lawyers Association will be presenting Dennis Perez with the prestigious Joanne M. Garvey Award for his lifetime achievement and contributions in taxation.
For over thirty-eight (38) years Dennis has been representing clients in civil and criminal tax litigation and tax disputes and controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and all the California taxing agencies. Dennis was formerly a senior trial attorney with District Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, in Los Angeles, California. He is a Certified Tax Specialist, California State Bar Board of Certification and is also a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. He frequently lectures on advanced civil and criminal tax topics at seminars and before national, state and local bar associations and accountancy groups. He is a co-author of the BNA Portfolio, Tax Crimes, has served as the Chair of the Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine Editorial Board and is the first recipient of the Los Angeles Lawyer Sam Lipsman Service Award for outstanding service to the Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. He is past Chair of the Tax Procedure and Litigation Committees of the Taxation Sections of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Dennis is past President of the Alumni Board for the UCLA School of Law and has served as an Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, Graduate School of Taxation.
Prior recipients of this prestigious award include current and former members of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C., Bruce Hochman, Avram Salkin, Robert S. Horwitz, former I.R.S. Commissioner Charles P. Rettig and Steven Toscher.
Congratulations Dennis. Well deserved.
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