Founded by Mortimer Caplin

Mortimer Caplin

Mortimer Maxwell Caplin is an American lawyer and educator and the founding member of Caplin & Drysdale . Born in New York City, he holds B.S...

, Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Commissioner of Internal Revenue

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is the head of the Internal Revenue Service , a bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury.The office of Commissioner was created by Congress by the Revenue Act of 1862...

 under John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,829745,00.html, Caplin & Drysdale is a boutique law firm with offices in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 and New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 http://www.caplindrysdale.com.

History

After serving in President Kennedy's Task Force on Taxation, Caplin was appointed IRS Commissioner in January 1961. Caplin resigned from his post at the IRS in July 1964, and together with Douglas Drysdale http://www.capdale.com/ddrysdale, he established Caplin & Drysdale -- a law firm providing comprehensive tax advice http://www.bisnow.com/washington_dc_legal_news_story.php?p=12153. Since then, the firm has expanded its services to include creditors’ rights and complex litigation, political law, private client, employee benefits, corporate law, and white collar defense http://www.capdale.com/practices/.

Notable Matters

• Official Committee of Unsecured Asbestos Claimants of Congoleum Corporation: Represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Asbestos Claimants of Congoleum Corporation and negotiated a plan of reorganization with Congoleum Corporation. Under the plan, a trust was created for the benefit of asbestos claimants.

• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...
  
  : Guided the NAACP through a confrontational and highly visible IRS examination for alleged political campaign activity arising out of the 2004 election The review concluded without the NAACP providing any access to its books and records and without any change to the organization’s tax status.

• General Electric
  General Electric
  General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
  
  : Advised General Electric and its affiliates in the areas of transfer pricing, tax treaty interpretation, the mutual agreement procedure, foreign tax credit questions, and a variety of other domestic and international issues.

• Petrobras
  Petrobras
  Petróleo Brasileiro or Petrobras is a semi-public Brazilian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest company in Latin America by market capitalization and revenue, and the largest company headquartered in the Southern Hemisphere by market...
  
  : Advised Petrobras in regard to tax treaty matters and a variety of other matters relating to US-Brazil relations in the field of taxation.

• JPMorgan Chase: Provided counsel to JPMC and its affiliates with transfer pricing, the foreign tax credit, tax treaty interpretation, the mutual agreement procedure, and on issues of federal, state, and local political law.