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Paul S. Caselton is a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Springfield. He was previously Deputy General Counsel, Income Tax Division, for the Illinois Department of Revenue in Springfield. His article, Lost Profits Damage Awards Under UCC Section 2-708(2), appeared in the Stanford Law Review. Mr. Caselton received his B.A. in finance magna cum laude from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.
Michael Coveny is an administrative law judge with the Illinois Department of Revenue in Chicago. Prior to joining the Department’s legal staff, he served for over 18 years as an Assistant Attorney General in the Revenue Litigation Bureau in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General in Chicago. Mr. Coveny is a CPA and is Former Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s State and Local Tax Committee. He received his B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. and LL.M (Taxation) from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
C. Eric Fader is Managing Director of BDO USA, LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses on state and local tax. Mr. Fader is Vice President of the Illinois CPA Society, Fox Valley Chapter, and a Trustee of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois. He received his B.S. from Bradley University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Jordan M. Goodman is a Partner with HMB Legal Counsel, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in state and local tax. Mr. Goodman is a member of the editorial boards for both the Journal of Multistate Taxation and CCH State Tax Income Alert as well as a member of the advisory board of the National Multistate Tax Symposium. Mr. Goodman received his B.S. with high honors from Indiana University and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law. He is also a CPA.
David A. Hughes is a Partner in the Chicago law firm HMB Legal Counsel, where he concentrates his practice in the state and local tax area. Mr. Hughes is Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s State and Local Tax Committee and is Director of the Chicago Tax Club. He received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.
Thomas A. Jaconetty, a sole practitioner in Chicago, is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations; the Justinian Society of Lawyers; and the Advocates Society. He is retired from government service as Deputy Assessor of Valuation and Appeals for the Cook County Assessor and, previously as Commissioner, Chief Deputy Commissioner, and First Assistant Commissioner for the Cook County Board of Review. A Fellow of the International Association of Assessing Officers, Mr. Jaconetty chaired its Legal Committee ten times. A long-standing member of the ISBA State and Local Taxation Section Council, he is a Past Chair of the National Conference of State Tax Judges. Mr. Jaconetty received his B.A. with honors and summa cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. An adjunct professor in the UIC-Law LLM Program, he has guest lectured at the DePaul University College of Law, University of Illinois, and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Mr. Jaconetty regularly judges Northwestern and National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competitions, mentors high school and middle school student history research projects, and sits on the boards of Regina Dominican High School and the Weber High School Alumni Association.
Stanley R. Kaminski is a Partner at Duane Morris LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in areas of multi-state and local tax law, including sales/use tax, franchise tax, corporate income tax, and individual income tax issues. Mr. Kaminski is a Former Chair of the State and Local Tax Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and a twice Former Chair of Illinois State Bar Association's State and Local Tax Section Council, as well as coeditor of the ISBA’s State and Local Tax Section Council’s Tax Trends newsletter. He is a CPA and an adjunct professor of law at DePaul Law School. Mr. Kaminski received his B.S.C. with highest honors from DePaul University College of Commerce and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Dana Deen Kinion has served as Of Counsel to the law firm of Zack Stamp, Ltd., in Springfield, since June 2007, and focuses her practice on local, state, and federal tax issues. Ms. Kinion is a member of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, a board seat she has held since 2016. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Springfield, teaching federal income taxation. Ms. Kinion is a former associate counsel in both sales tax and income tax at the Illinois Department of Revenue. She is also a Former Chair of the Sangamon County Board of Review. Ms. Kinion is a graduate of Texas A&M University, obtained her law degree from the University of Tulsa, and received her LL.M. in Taxation from Southern Methodist University.
David J. Kupiec is Managing Partner of Kupiec & Martin, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates in state and local taxation. Mr. Kupiec is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s State and Local Tax Section and has held various positions on that Section, including Chair, Vice-Chair, Associate Editor, and Continuing Legal Education Coordinator. He is also a member of the Illinois Taxpayers’ Federation Income Tax Committee, where he has been Chair and a Board Member. Mr. Kupiec is a CPA and an adjunct business law instructor at Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business. He received his B.B.A. from Loyola University of Chicago and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
David W. Machemer is an associate at Horwood, Marcus & Berk Chartered, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice in state and local tax matters. Mr. Machemer is a member of the Council on State Taxation and the Chicago Bar Association. He received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Natalie M. Martin is a Partner at Kupiec & Martin, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in state and local tax law. Ms. Martin is a member of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Tax Institute. She is Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s State and Tax Committee. Ms. Martin received her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Julie-April Montgomery was an administrative law judge with the Illinois Department of Revenue for almost six years, Deputy Director for the Cook County Department of Revenue for three years, and a senior attorney in the Tax Group of the City of Chicago’s Law Department for eighteen years. She previously served as the local government liaison to the State and Local Tax Committee of the Chicago Bar Association, Associate Editor of the State and Local Tax Committee of the Illinois State Bar Association, member of the Illinois CPA Society’s State and Local Tax Committee, and the first female Vice Chair and Chair of the State and Local Tax Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. She was also in the Inaugural Class of the “Centennial Society” of the Chicago Alumni Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International. Ms. Montgomery received her B.S. from the University of San Francisco, her M.B.A from Roosevelt University, and both her J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from New York University, School of Law.
Gregory J. Ramel, Sr. was First Deputy Legal Counsel for the Illinois Department of Employment Security, in Chicago, where he practiced in unemployment insurance. He substantially revised and rewrote the introductory essay on the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act for SMITH-HURD ILLINOIS ANNOTATED STATUTES. Mr. Ramel is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations and is a member and Past President of the Advocates Society. He has also taught at both Valparaiso University and Northeastern Illinois University. Mr. Ramel received his B.A. from DePaul University, his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Jennifer C. Waryjas is counsel at Jones Day, in Chicago, and focuses her practice on state and local tax and unclaimed property. Ms. Waryjas is Secretary of the Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization and was previously a member of its Board of Directors. She is also on the Income Tax Planning Committee of the Institute for Professionals in Tax and a member of the Chicago Tax Club. Ms. Waryjas received her B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Douglas A. Wick is an associate at Reed Smith LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates in state tax. Mr. Wick is Vice Chair of the State and Local Tax Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and was an extern for the Honorable Dale S. Fischer of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. He received his LL.M. (taxation) from New York University, where he received the David F. Bradford Memorial Prize for best tax paper; his J.D. from the University of Southern California; and his B.S. from Illinois State University.
Kevin J. Wolfberg is a Partner with Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz, Ltd., in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of government relations, state and local taxation, land use, zoning, economic incentives, and municipal law. Mr. Wolfberg is an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School, where he teaches state and local taxation, and is a member of the Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and the Taxpayers Federal of Illinois. He received his B.A. from Indiana University and his J.D. and LL.M (Taxation) from The John Marshall Law School.
Michael J. Wynne is a Partner at Jones Day, in Chicago, and focuses his practice on state tax and unclaimed property litigation. Mr. Wynne is on the Board of Trustees of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois and the Legal Committee of the Chicago Tax Club. He also is a Member of the Institute of Professionals in Taxation. Mr. Wynne received his B.S. from Southern Illinois University and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
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