The D.C. Bar Tax Conference is an annual two-day event organized by the D.C. Bar's Taxation Community, bringing together tax professionals, including lawyers, accountants, and economists, to discuss the latest developments in tax law and policy. The 2026 conference, held on January 7–8, marked the 10th anniversary of this esteemed gathering, attracting over 750 registrants, including more than 400 in-person attendees.
The conference featured 36 sessions led by 175 distinguished speakers from government agencies, private practice, academia, and international institutions. Key topics covered included international, corporate, partnership, energy, artificial intelligence, and individual taxation, as well as emerging issues in tax controversy, administration, and policy. Notable sessions addressed the evolution of the economic substance doctrine, taxation of digital work in the global economy, and the impact of artificial intelligence on tax practices.
Attendees had the opportunity to engage in networking receptions and explore an exhibitor hall showcasing the latest tax-related products and services. The event also featured keynote addresses from prominent figures in the tax field, providing valuable insights into current and future tax landscapes.
This conference is ideal for tax professionals seeking to stay abreast of the latest developments in tax law and policy, enhance their practice through practical insights, and connect with peers and leaders in the field.
Speakers(180)
Achim Pross
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Adam Strait
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
Alan Cole
Tax Foundation
Alex Reid
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Alexandra Zaretsky
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Amanda Varma
Steptoe LLP
Amish Shah
Holland & Knight LLP
Amy Pfalzgraf
Internal Revenue Service
Andrea Whiteway
Ernst & Young LLP
Andrew Davis
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Andrew Grossman
Chief Tax Counsel at Democratic Staff, House Committee on Ways and Means
Andy Duehren
The New York Times
Angela Russo
Winston & Strawn LLP
Angella Warren
Internal Revenue Service
Annemarijn Vriesekoop
Uber
Arlene Fitzpatrick
Ernst & Young LLP
Barbara Angus
Ernst & Young LLP
Ben Leff
American University, Washington College of Law
Beth Bell
PwC US Group LLP
Brenda Zent
Special Advisor to the International Tax Counsel at U.S. Department of the Treasury
Brett York
PwC US Group LLP
Brian Barrett
General Attorney (Tax), Branch 1 at Internal Revenue Service
Carolina Perez-Lopez
Johnson & Johnson
Chris Williamson
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
Chris Wrobel
Special Counsel at Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Christoph Schelling
Counselor at Swiss Embassy, Washington D.C.
Christopher Bello
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Colin Campbell
PwC US Group LLP
Corey Husak
Center for American Progress
Courtney Hutson
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Dan Penrith
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Danny Werfel
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy and former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner
Daren Gottlieb
Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel (International) at Internal Revenue Service
David Bergman
U.S. Department of the Treasury
David Foster
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
David Friedline
Deloitte Tax LLP
Deborah Tarwasokono
Attorney-Advisor at U.S. Department of the Treasury
Devon Bodoh
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Dominic DeMatties
Thompson Hine LLP
Doug O'Donnell
KPMG US LLP and former Internal Revenue Service Deputy Commissioner
Elaine Maag
Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Elena Virgadamo
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Elinor Ramey
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Elizabeth Grossman
Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold PLLC
Eric Sloan
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Eric Solomon
Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chartered
Erik Christenson
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Erika Nijenhuis
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Ethan Goldman
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Francesca Ugolini
SouthBank Legal and former Chief, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Fred Goldberg
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner
Gary Scanlon
KPMG US LLP
Gary Sprague
Baker & McKenzie LLP
George Hatzigeorgiou
Center for Taxpayer Rights
Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General in the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union at European Commission
Gil Rothenberg
American University Washington College of Law
Grace Melton
Deloitte Tax LLP
Greg Armstrong
KPMG US LLP
Gretchen Sierra
Deloitte Tax LLP
Heather Harman
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Helen Morrison
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Huzefa Mun
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Isaac Wood
Attorney-Advisor at U.S. Department of the Treasury
Itai Grinberg
Georgetown Law
Jack Bernstein
Aird & Berlis LLP
Jack Cummings
Alston & Bird LLP
James Holmes
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
James Kostura
Attorney at Internal Revenue Service
Jared Goldberger
Mayer Brown LLP
Jared Hermann
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Jason L. Schwartz
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Jason Weinstein
Amazon
Jeff Mitchell
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Jim Wang
Deputy International Tax Counsel at U.S. Department of the Treasury
Joe Pari
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
John Bates
Deloitte Tax LLP
John Koskinen
former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner
John McDonald
PwC US Group LLP
John Rayis
Senior Strategic Advisor at Lockton
Jonathan Kushner
Internal Revenue Service
Jorge Oben
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Joshua Odintz
Holland & Knight LLP
Juan Carlos Pe9rez Pef1a
Pe9rez Gf3ngora & Asociados
Juan Carlos Pérez Peña
Pérez Góngora & Asociados
Jud Judkins
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Julia Skubis Weber
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Julie Hanlon Bolton
Internal Revenue Service
Justin Campolieta
Jones Day
Justin Du Mouchel
Internal Revenue Service
Kathryn Bjornstad Amin
Groom Law Group
Kei Sakai
Embassy of Japan in the USA
Keith Fogg
Harvard Law School
Kelley Miller
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Kelly Rubin
Jones Day
Ken Alderfer
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Kenneth Kies
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Kevin Jacobs
Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC
Kevin Knopf
Senior Technician Reviewer at Internal Revenue Service
Kevin Salinger
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Kurt Lawson
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Kyle Griffin
Internal Revenue Service
Kyle Pomerleau
American Enterprise Institute
Laura Warshawsky
Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (EEE) at Internal Revenue Service
Laura Weiss
Punchbowl News
Layla Asali
Member at Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Layla J. Asali practices in a broad range of federal income tax matters, with an emphasis on the taxation of cross-border transactions and business activities. She advises U.S.-based and foreign-based multinational clients on international tax issues, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property transactions, supply chain planning, and financings.
Le Chen
Internal Revenue Service
Lee Meyercord
Holland & Knight LLP
Libin Zhang
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Ligeia Donis
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Lilia Stamm
Senior counsel at Internal Revenue Service
Lily Batchelder
New York University School of Law
Lily Faulhaber
Georgetown Law
Lindsay Clayton
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
Lisandra Ortiz
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Lynne Camillo
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Mallory Mendrala
Internal Revenue Service
Manal Corwin
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Maria Dooner
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Marie Milnes-Vasquez
Ernst & Young LLP
Mark Gasbarra
Forte International Tax, LLC
Mark Schneider
Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC
Mark Weiss
Internal Revenue Service (invited)
Martin Klam
French Ministry of Finance Tax Legislation Directorate
Mary Alexander
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Matt Litton
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Meghan R. Biss
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Melissa Wiley
Kostelanetz LLP
Michael Kaercher
Deputy Director at Tax Law Center at NYU Law
Michael Novogradac
Novogradac & Company LLP
Michael Plowgian
KPMG US LLP
Mikhail Zhidkov
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Mindy Herzfeld
Professor of Practice at University of Florida Levin College of Law
Monisha Santamaria
KPMG US LLP
Nancy Rossner
The Community Tax Law Project
Natalie Punchak
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Natasha Sarin
Yale Law School
Nikki Bossert
Internal Revenue Service
Nina Olson
Center for Taxpayer Rights
Nita Asher
PwC US Group LLP
Omeed Firouzi
Temple Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Patrick Browne, Jr.
Marsh USA LLC
Paul Crispino
Attorney Advisor at U.S. Department of the Treasury
Rachel Leiser Levy
Deloitte Tax LLP
Raj Madan
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Randy Herndon
Deputy Chief Tax Counsel at Republican Staff, Senate Finance Committee
Rebecca Burch
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Rebecca Lee
Dechert LLP
Richard Rubin
The Wall Street Journal
Ricky Owens
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Robert Daily
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Rochelle Hodes
Crowe LLP
Rodrigo Stein
Cuatrecasas
Ron Dabrowski
KPMG US LLP
Sarah Haradon
PwC US Group LLP
Sarah Schaefer
Chief Tax Advisor at Democratic Staff, Senate Finance Committee
Scott Greenberg
Tax Counsel at Republican Staff, House Committee on Ways and Means
Scott Levine
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Sean Clerget
Chief Tax Counsel at Republican Staff, House Committee on Ways and Means
Seth Hanlon
New York University School of Law Tax Law Center
Shamik Trivedi
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Shay Dvoretzky
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Shelley Leonard
Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy at U.S. Department of the Treasury
Shira McKinlay
Thompson Hine LLP
Silke Bruns
German Ministry of Finance
Stephen Bonovich
OpenAI
Stephen Tackney
KPMG US LLP
Steve Schaeffer
Former IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Division Counsel (Taxpayer Services)
Steven Schneider
Hogan Lovells
Tadd Fowler
Procter & Gamble
Terry West
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Tijana Dvornic
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Tim Power
HM Treasury of the United Kingdom
Tim Shuman
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Tom Barthold
Chief of Staff at Joint Committee on Taxation
Tracy Villecco
Senior Technical Reviewer at Internal Revenue Service
Wade Sutton
PwC US Group LLP
Will Dixon
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
William Burhop
Internal Revenue Service
Zeb Kelley
Branch Chief, IRS Chief Counsel, International Branch 6 at Internal Revenue Service
Zorka Milin
The FACT Coalition
Event Details
- Date
- January 7-8, 2026
- 2 days
- Location
- 🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., United States
- D.C. Bar Headquarters
- Pricing
- $25 - $350
- Audience
- Tax professionals, including lawyers, accountants, and economists.
- CLE Credits
- CLE accreditation pending
- Attendees
- Over 750 registrants, including more than 400 in-person attendees.