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J. Leigh Griffith

J. Leigh Griffith

Partner
 
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Nashville City Center, 511 Union Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee  37219-1760
(Davidson Co.)

Telephone: 615-850-8534
Fax: 615-244-6804
http://www.wallerlaw.com



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Practice AreasState and Federal Tax; Business Organization; Business Reorganization; Insurance Securitization
 
EducationVanderbilt University, J.D., 1976; New York University, LL.M., in Taxation, 1977, University of Virginia, B.A., magna cum laude, 1973
 
Admitted1977, New York and District of Columbia; 1978, Tennessee and U.S. Tax Court
 
MembershipsNashville, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Tennessee Society of CPAs (Member, Council); Mississippi Society of CPAs.
 
BornKnoxville, Tennessee, May 25, 1951
 
BiographyRecipient, Special Recognition for Contribution to Tennessee CPA Journal (2000). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America for over ten consecutive years; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in America. TSCPA 2002 Chairman of the Year, "Article of the Year" for Tennessee CPA Journal (twice). Certified Public Accountant, Tennessee and Mississippi, 1979. One of the creators of the first pure insurance product derivitave securitization rated by Standard & Poor's and Moody's. Fellow, American College of Tax Council. Fellow, Nashville Bar Association.
 
ISLN906866373
 
TransactionsParticipant in the tax structuring of the first life insurance and annuity security derivatives successfully rated by either Standard & Poor's or Moody's.
 

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Stimulus Package Includes Wide Range of Tax Relief and Extenders
J. Leigh Griffith, Shane Morris, Jon Parker Gaston, April 22, 2009
On Friday, February 13, 2009, Congress passed and sent to the President the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act), which contains numerous tax provisions and tax extenders along with governmental spending for a total projected revenue cost of $787 billion.

Stimulus Package Provides Wide Range of Energy Incentives
J. Leigh Griffith, Shane Morris, April 22, 2009
The American Recovery and Tax Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Act") was passed by Congress on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009.

Stimulus Package's Elective Tax Deferral Could Facilitate Workouts
Robert L. Harris, J. Leigh Griffith, Crista Harwood, Shane Morris, April 22, 2009
The American Recovery and Tax Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Act) was passed by Congress on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 and sent to the President for signing.



 

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