Overview
Frank W. Dworak is a partner in the Tax Practice group in the firm's Chicago office.
Areas of Practice
Frank counsels clients on tax matters relating to a wide range of business transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, tax aspects of partnerships and joint ventures, implementation of profits interest plans, international tax planning (both inbound and outbound), California property taxation (Proposition 13), real estate investment trusts, and hedge and private equity fund matters. Frank’s experience also includes complex tax controversy matters before the Internal Revenue Service, the Franchise Tax Board and the Tax Court as well as obtaining pre-filing agreements and private letter rulings from the IRS.
Frank served over three years as a Senior Attorney with the Large Business & International Division of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel and previously was a partner in the tax group of another international law firm.
Insights
Articles
Labor and Employment Law Blog Posts
Corporate and Securities Law Blog Posts
- "Key Corporate Tax Aspects of the New Inflation Reduction Act," August 22, 2022
Media Mentions
Speaking Engagements
- "Flow-Through Taxation of Business Entities," John Marshall Law School, October 17, 2012
- "Transferee Liability in Intermediary Transaction Cases," John Marshall Law School, Sept. 28, 2011
Events
Memberships
Memberships
American Bar Association (Tax Section member)
Digital Media
Education
LL.M., New York University School of Law, 2007, Graduate Editor, Tax Law Review
J.D., Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2004, Order of the Coif; cum laude; Recipient, Lowden-Wigmore Prize, William Jennings Bryan Award, and International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award
B.S., Northwestern University, 2000
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
- United States Tax Court