Professor Ventry Delivers Talk on United States v. Textron

Professor Dennis J. Ventry delivered a talk to the Tax Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association on February 22.  The title of the presentation was "United States v. Textron: Multiple Cert. Petitions and the Implications of Attorney Work Product in the Tax Context and Beyond."

In August 2009, Professor Ventry commented on the First Circuit's ruling in United States v. Textron for an article the Wall Street Journal.  The article noted that the Court cited Professor Ventry in its opinion.  Moreover, the government had relied on one of Ventry's articles in its briefs and at oral argument.  Professor Ventry agreed with First Circuit's majority position in United States v. Textron, which held that attorney work-product doctrine does not shield "tax accrual work papers" from an Internal Revenue Service summons even though the documents were prepared by in-house counsel and contain legal insight and analysis.

Professor Ventry is an expert in tax policy and has written widely on the subject. His research interests include family taxation, tax expenditure analysis, legal ethics and professional standards, tax and legal history, tax compliance and administration, and public finance.