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Lauren K. Mack

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Lauren Mack is a tax-exempt organizations, tax-exempt finance and health care law attorney with a focus on federal tax matters.  She counsels and represents hospitals, health care organizations and other tax-exempt organizations in connection with a wide variety of tax planning matters.  On behalf of these organizations, she provides advice in connection with corporate and transactional matters; assists clients with respect to exemption applications, private letter ruling requests, audits and closing agreements; and counsels clients on tax compliance and governance matters.

In addition, Ms. Mack has been involved in a broad of range of tax-exempt financings, serving as bond counsel and counseling borrowers (including health care organizations, cultural institutions, schools and universities), underwriters and banks (as liquidity and/or credit providers) with respect to tax matters. She advises clients with respect to transaction structuring as well as post-closing tax compliance.  She represents clients before the IRS in connection with audits, closing agreements under the IRS's Voluntary Compliance Program and private letter rulings.

Ms. Mack is a regular speaker on tax-exempt organization and tax-exempt finance issues.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
    • Section on Taxation
      • Exempt Organizations and Tax-Exempt Finance Committees
    • Health Law Section
      • Tax and Accounting Interest Group, Chair; 2012
      • Tax and Accounting Interest Group, Vice Chair (August 2010–August 2012)
  • American College of Bond Counsel, Fellow
  • American Health Lawyers Association
    • Tax and Finance Practice Group, Vice Chair
    • Tax Exempt Finance Affinity Group, Chair
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
    • Board of Directors (Fall 2006-Fall 2009)
    • 2006 Tax & Securities Law Institute, Chair
    • 2005 Tax & Securities Law Institute, Vice Chair
    • Education Committee, Chair (September 1998-September 2001)
    • Steering Committee for the Bond Attorneys Workshop (March 1999-December 2001)
    • Education Committee and Member of the Nominating Committee, previously served as Vice-Chair
  • The John Marshall Law School Graduate Tax Program, Adjunct Faculty (1984-1994)

Distinctions

  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013, Native American Law