Elizabeth Nelson[Associate]
enelson@lawrice.com
Tel: (310) 517 8600

Biography

Elizabeth Nelson,has amassed particular proficiency in providing legal counsel and litigation support in the areas of Tax Controversy, Tax Audits, International Tax and Tax and Estate Planning. Recent Tax Controversy accomplishments include: IRS $1.2 million dollar penalty abatement and trust fund abatement for a large nonprofit corporation; IRS $1.6 million dollar penalty abatement re W-2 filing issues for a multi-million dollar corporation; IRS $1.5 million active/passive Tax Court tax reduction for LA entertainment corporation; California State Board of Equalization (“SBOE”) penalty abatement for employment tax issues, as well as positive outcomes for clients within the United States Tax Court, the California SBOE, and all levels of the IRS and California FTB from audit to appeals to collection. Ms. Nelson was also tax consulting manager for famed motion picture production/animation company.

Professional Education: Ms. Nelson graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law, cum laude, in 1986 and received her Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law, in 1997. Ms. Nelson clerked for the United States Tax Court, 1986-1987 term, for the Honorable Larry L. Nameroff, and was a Graduate Assistant for the Honorable Theodore J. Tannenwald, during her last semester of law school.

Publications & Lectures: Ms. Nelson is an Adjunct Professor for Chapman University School of Law, LL.M. Tax Program. During Chapman’s Fall Term 2009, Ms. Nelson developed and organized the 2009 Tax Professionals Panel, which incorporated presentations from the IRS Appeals Office, the California Franchise Tax Board Criminal Division, the U.S. Attorneys Office, Tax Criminal Division and the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Ms. Nelson was an Adjunct Professor in Taxation for the University of California Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara College of Law, and was associated with a local estate and tax planning firm.

While at the United States Tax Court, Ms. Nelson help research and draft several published opinions, one of which changed United States tax law. Ms. Nelson has presented numerous lectures on Exempt Organizations and Planned Giving and developed several planned giving campaigns for various large exempt organizations. Ms. Nelson has written numerous articles which have been published in the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers and the Women Lawyers of Ventura County.

Associations: Ms. Nelson was secretary of the Tax Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, was a past vice president of the Women Lawyers of Ventura County and member of the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers. Ms. Nelson is married. She and her husband raise toy schnauzers.