Spencer Fane LLP

Senior Associate

Grand Canyon University Colangelo College of Business

Instructor for FIN-440 | Estate Planning & Special Topics:

This course includes principles of family estate planning and client communication. Estate planning documents, gifting strategies, incapacity planning, property ownership, transfer methods, and taxation are covered. Students learn aspects of client communication and psychology, including principles of nonverbal communication, counseling, and the impact of planner and client values, attitudes, and biases. Money conflicts and crisis situations are also discussed.

Adjunct Professor

Husch Blackwell

Attorney

McDermott Will & Emery

Associate

Arizona State University

-Managed over 25 research accounts with over $1 million in sponsored funding  
-Assigned and reconciled payroll for a staff of over 30 employees
-Performed screening interviews for potential hires and assisted in the on-boarding process of new employees

Administrative Research Assistant; Financial Analyst

-Tutored over 200 students during a two year period on subjects ranging from drafting resumes to writing  business memorandums
-Led student success workshops covering topics such as: resume drafting, writing cover letters and effective interviewing techniques

Business Writing Tutor

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

- Research Assistant for Professor Charlotte Crane and Professor Clinton Francis
- Teaching Assistant: BUSCOM 660 - Commercial Law: Secured Transactions, BUSCOM 667 - Corporate Restructuring: Bankruptcy Reorganizations, and BUSCOM 690 - Basic Federal Income Taxation

Research and Teaching Assistant

IRS, Office of Chief Counsel

Extern in the Large Business & International Division (LB&I).  LB&I deals with complicated issues of tax law and accounting principles in the context of a global environment.  It includes the complex analysis of corporations, Subchapter S corporations, and partnerships with assets greater than $10 million.  LB&I attorneys provide a full range of legal services on all issues, including advising LB&I compliance agents, handling litigation in the U.S. Tax Court, and assisting the Department of Justice in the handling of refund cases in the U.S. District Courts.

Extern

Summer Associate

-Prepared federal and state income tax returns for consolidated C corporations, REITs, and partnerships for clients in a variety of industries, including real estate, healthcare, and manufacturing
-Assisted in the ASC 740 compliance audits of a Fortune 500 company, a publicly traded REIT, and various public/privately held companies

Tax Associate

-Prepared the multi-state and federal tax returns for an international corporation in the manufacturing industry

Business Tax Services Intern

Samuel has extensive experience in crafting estate plans tailored to the unique requirements of modern families. Some illustrative examples of these plans encompass provisions for children with special needs, strategies for bequeathing wealth to beneficiaries grappling with addiction, designing trusts that safeguard against potential creditors or divorce, planning for blended families, and structuring inheritances for non-US citizens with respect to property in the United States.

Samuel, a certified public accountant with two advanced degrees in taxation, has successfully implemented plans that reduce income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes in the context of succession planning for individuals and privately held businesses.

Samuel has been admitted to practice by the Arizona State Bar and the Illinois State Bar.

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