Tax News on the Streets and Tricks in the Courtroom (2025 State Bar Convention)

James G Busby Jr Related Seminars and Products

Senior Member

The Cavanagh Law Firm PA

is a Senior Member of The Cavanagh Law Firm, a Phoenix-based law firm where his practice involves all areas of state and local tax including sales, use, gross receipts, privilege, excise, and severance taxes as well as income, real and personal property taxes. Before entering private practice, Mr. Busby served as Chief Auditor and Principal Tax Analyst for the Transaction Privilege (Sales) and Use Tax Division of the Arizona Department of Revenue. During his time at the Department, he argued and settled cases for the Department, advised the Director on tax policy issues as a member of the Uniformity Committee, and acted as liaison to the Attorney General's office. As Chief Auditor, he employed a staff of 125 professionals to administer Arizona's sales, use and severance tax audit programs including the Cities Program, which conducts audits for 75 Arizona municipalities. In his law practice, and before that while working for two of the world’s largest accounting firms (Arthur Andersen and Deloitte), Mr. Busby has successfully advised and represented numerous clients of all sizes and from numerous industries in a variety of tax matters. Active in the business, professional and nonprofit communities, he is a past Chair and the current Legislative Liaison for the State Bar of Arizona’s Tax Section, a board member at the Arizona Tax Research Association, on the Advisory Board for the Phoenix Tax Workshop, and a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Streamlined Sales Tax Project. Mr. Busby lectures extensively on state and local tax topics, co-authored the chapter regarding the Judicial Review of Taxation in the Arizona Appellate Handbook published by the State Bar of Arizona, and authors a monthly column on state and local tax topics entitled A Dash of SALT for the AZ CPA Magazine. He earned his J.D. and M.B.A. from Arizona State University and his B.A. from Brigham Young University. Mr. Busby is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the Utah State Bar. Direct dial: (602) 322-4146. E-mail address: JBusby@CavanaghLaw.com
(01/2015)

Natalia A Garrett Related Seminars and Products

is a managing attorney at VEDU PLC licensed in both Arizona and California. Natalia obtained her law degree in 2005 from the University of Arizona College of Law. After judicial clerkship, she started her legal career at a regional firm practicing in the areas of insurance defense law and business law. From 2010 to 2014, Natalia served as an Assistant Attorney General at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office representing consumer rights and several agencies from 2010 until 2017, including the Arizona Department of Revenue. To better serve clients, she completed the Master of Taxation studies at W. P. Carey School of Business in 2014. In 2017, she joined the Arizona Department of Revenue as the Deputy Assistant Director with a mission of training and supervising audit teams and serving taxpayers. She continued to pursue her Certified Public Accountant designation and later qualified as an enrolled agent (EA) with the IRS. After eleven years in the state government sector, Natalia returned to private practice, establishing VEDU PLC. VEDU PLC offers legal services in the areas of business litigation, administrative law, tax and regulatory compliance, but also currently seeks to expand services through VEDU Tax, focusing on tax planning and tax preparation. In her spare time, Natalia likes to dance, hike and search for insightful ideas. Natalia is grateful for the opportunity to exchange experiences through the Arizona State Bar with her colleagues and professionals to better serve the community and is currently serving on the State Bar Committees for the Tax Section and Securities Regulatory Compliance. Please do not hesitate to reach VEDU team at www.veduconsult.com and natalia@veduconsult.com as to any matters related to tax.

Gregory A Robinson Related Seminars and Products

is an attorney in the private practice of law in Phoenix, Arizona, focusing his practice in corporate, tax and estate planning matters with the firm of Farley, Robinson & Larsen since 1979. His work consists of trial work and administrative hearings and includes representation of professionals before their boards (attorneys, CPAs, MDs, DOs, Dentists, Behavioral Health Specialists and Chiropractors). He was Senior Trial Attorney from 1972 to January 12, 1979 for the Internal Revenue Service, District Court in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, California and Phoenix, Arizona. He also worked as a Spanish language court interpreter from 1967 to 1972. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with high distinction from Arizona State University in 1969 and with a Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University in 1972, where he was a member of Law Review. He was the recipient of the 2014 Henry Tom Outstanding Tax Attorney Award, State Bar of Arizona Tax Law Section. He is a Certified Tax Specialist with the State Bar of Arizona. He taught tax courses at Golden Gate University for two years. Greg is a member of the American Bar Association Tax Section, and Real Property Probate and Trust Section. He served as Chairman of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Arizona from 1988-1989, and is currently on the Tax Commission. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona Business Law, International Law, Probate and Trust Law and Tax Law Sections. He is also a member of the Maricopa County Bar Probate and Trust Section. He has also served as President, Young Lawyers 1979-1980 (Maricopa County) and is a former board member of Estate Probate and Trust Section of the Maricopa County Bar Association. He is a board member of the Phoenix Tax Workshop board from 1980 to present and the Central Arizona Estate Planning Council Study Group #3 from 1980 to present, as well as the University Club Tax Study Group. He is a frequent speaker of tax and estate planning subjects to Phoenix Tax Workshop, Arizona Society Certified Practicing Accountants, AAATP, and AFIT, a member of Toastmasters International for 37 years and Arizona Forum for the Improvement of Taxation (AFIT) board member, 1989 to present (President for 13 years), and current president. (9/2017)

Otto S Shill III Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Jennings Strouss & Salmon PLC

is a shareholder at JacksonWhite. He practices in the area of tax and human resources planning and litigation, focusing on planning and disputes facing individuals, businesses and employers harmonizing tax, compensation, labor and safety disciplines. Otto was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 1985 and in Texas in 1991. He is also licensed to practice in Arizona Courts, the United States Tax Court and the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, and the United States Supreme Court. Otto is a graduate of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and holds an L.L.M. in Taxation from Boston University. He served as an author and editor for the Boston University Journal of Tax Law in 1987. Otto is an active member of the Employee Benefits Committee (Executive Compensation Subcommittee) of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation. He is also active in the community serving as the Chair of the Public Policy Council and President-elect of the Board of Directors of Mesa Chamber of Commerce, Board Member of Mesa Downtown Rotary Club, Member of Falcon Field Tenants and User's Association Board of Directors, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Airport Support Network Volunteer for Mesa Falcon Field and Chair of East Valley Aviation Alliance. He also served as Former President of the Board of Directors of the United Food Bank in Mesa, Former Member of Boards of Directors for the Mesa YMCA and Former Member of Metropolitan Youth Symphony. Otto has been given a rating of AV, the highest given through Martindale Hubble's® Peer Review Ratings system. Prior to joining JacksonWhite, Otto worked for a variety of large law and accounting firms in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. (2014)

Thala T Rolnick Related Seminars and Products