Practice Expertise

  • Corporate Partnership and Real Estate Tax
  • Affordable Housing and Community Development
  • Economic Development
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Areas of Practice

  • Affordable Housing and Community Development
  • Corporate Partnership and Real Estate Tax
  • Economic Development
  • Emerging Growth Companies
  • Healthcare
  • International and Cross Border
  • State and Local Tax
  • Tax
  • Tax Controversy and Litigation
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
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Profile

Wood Herren concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate transactions, federal, state and local taxation, exempt organizations, emerging businesses, healthcare organizations and industrial development. He is also regularly involved in transactions for the purchase, sale, lease and exchange of private aircraft.

Wood advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including structuring, financing, and negotiation of business acquisitions and dispositions, entity conversions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and corporate governance. A significant portion of his practice is devoted to counseling clients on the planning and structuring of limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures and other pass-through entities for a variety of business transactions. Wood regularly advises early stage growth ventures on entity selection, capital formation, incentive compensation and technology licensing.

Wood served as law clerk to the Honorable Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., Senior Judge of the United States Tax Court, and holds an LL.M in Taxation from the New York University School of Law. He counsels clients on a wide array of federal, state and local tax matters and assists clients in tax planning for business transactions and entity formation. Wood represents clients in tax controversies ranging from audits, administrative appeals and hearings, refund and abatement requests and offers in compromise, to trials and appellate litigation of tax disputes.

Wood has an active practice in the exempt organizations area. He represents numerous public charities, private and community foundations, non-profit hospitals and healthcare providers, trade associations and other tax-exempt organizations. Wood assists clients in forming non-profit organizations and qualifying those organizations for the appropriate tax-exempt status. He advises clients on the tax law consequences of their operations and activities, including political and legislative activities, grants, structuring of for-profit subsidiaries, joint ventures and other involvement in for-profit enterprises, unrelated business taxable income, intermediate sanctions, board governance and other similar matters.

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama, 1990

Court Admissions
  • United States Tax Court

Education

  • University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1990
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M. (Taxation), 1991, Bench and Bar
  • Auburn University, B.S., 1985

Areas of Practice

  • Affordable Housing and Community Development
  • Corporate Partnership and Real Estate Tax
  • Economic Development
  • Emerging Growth Companies
  • Healthcare
  • International and Cross Border
  • State and Local Tax
  • Tax
  • Tax Controversy and Litigation
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations

Blogs

BuildSmart

Significant issues can arise during the three phases of the design and construction process. Effective planning, performance and completion are critical to the success of any construction project. So is informed counsel that addresses a variety of business issues, including mergers and acquisitions, environmental and regulatory compliance, labor and employment, and bankruptcy and tax matters. The Bradley Construction team has extensive industry knowledge and experience that allows us to...

Declassified

The Declassified blog offers commentary and insights on the latest class action suits, significant class action opinions, relevant changes to laws and rules, and important class action trends. Declassified covers topics ranging from significant Supreme Court and appellate court decisions regarding class certification requirements to proposed or enacted legislation, rules and regulations that impact class action litigation to key industry developments that may indirectly impact class action...

It Pays to Be Covered

Bradley's It Pays to Be Covered Blog discusses insurance law developments and industry trends in property and casualty insurance, including the growing cyber insurance market, coverage for drones, and blockchain exposures. We also address practical risk management strategies of interest to risk managers, legal staff, and corporate officers and directors responsible for property and casualty insurance policy portfolios, claims management, and resolution. Our attorneys provide insights based on...

Patent 213

Patent law, like most things in life, is subject to change. Changes to patent laws not only impact investment in your existing IP, but directly shape strategies to protect your freedom to operate. The Patent 213 blog provides up-to-date, insightful analysis of the evolution in the written description and enablement requirements of 35 USC 112 and the subject matter eligibility requirements of 35 USC 101. The Patent 213 blog analyzes key decisions from the district courts and the Federal Circuit,...

The Law of Order

Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as nonprofits, political parties, homeowners associations, unions, churches, trade associations), and leadership of any type of organizational meeting. In an effort to make all things parliamentary more...

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