With Biden proposing $80 billion to boost the agency's auditing capabilities, Michael Desmond will work to build up the firm's tax controversy practice.
May 03, 2021 at 12:46 PM
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Michael Desmond, chief counsel for the Internal Revenue Service during the Trump administration, joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner Monday. As the IRS looks to ramp up enforcement efforts, Desmond said, he’ll seek to build up Gibson Dun’s tax controversy practice.
Desmond wound up in headlines when President Donald Trump reportedly pushed for his nomination in 2019.
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Michael Desmond testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance, during his confirmation hearing to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an assistant general counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, on July 26, 2018. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
