Tom Kelley

In its newly released 2023 edition, The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 44 McGrath North attorneys in the full range of specialty practice areas key to supporting businesses of all sizes across a broad range of industries, and 28 attorneys have been recognized for 10 years or more.  Of these attorneys recognized based on peer-review surveys, seven were named “Lawyer of the Year.” This honor is awarded to only one attorney with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location.  

On December 6, 2022, McGrath North held its Privacy & Data Protection Summit at the Scott Conference Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The over 100 attendees from almost 70 companies at the half-day event had the opportunity to hear speakers and panelists, including guest experts from the industry, share insights on key topics including:  

It is clear that the IRS is increasingly focused on tax reporting for cryptocurrencies, which the IRS classifies as property rather than currency. (See Notice 2014-21, 2014-16 IRB 938). Last tax season, tax preparers, along with their clients, in many cases struggled getting accurate cryptocurrency transaction records. In some circumstances, preparers charged clients higher return preparation fees if the return included any cryptocurrency-related transactions even though the client might only have been dabbling in cryptocurrency transactions as a sideline.  

In the course of their practice, client advisors often become aware of situations where longtime clients and/or family members of clients become incapable of making health care decisions for themselves. Absent a properly executed health care power of attorney, oftentimes the only advice in such situations is the initiation of expensive and time consuming legal guardianship proceedings to have a court appoint a surrogate, or guardian, to make such decisions.