Tax Section Annual Meeting
held at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting
June 15, 2012 - 8:30 a.m.

Tax Section Annual Meeting

Congratulations to Emily A. Parker of Thompson & Knight L.L.P. for being selected as our Outstanding Texas Tax Lawyer for 2012! This is the highest award given by the State Bar of Texas Tax Section, and Parker is the ninth recipient of the award. This award recognizes Parker for her outstanding reputation, expertise, and professionalism in the practice of tax law; her leadership in bar associations; her significant contributions to the general welfare of the community; her reputation for ethics; and her mentorship of other tax professionals.

Parker has served our profession and government and her law firm and clients with distinction through a wide variety of roles. Parker earned her law degree with honors in 1973 from the Southern Methodist University School of Law (now known as SMU Dedman School of Law) and was selected as the school’s 2007-2008 Distinguished Alumni for Government Service. Parker has represented large corporate taxpayers in a number of landmark cases in the energy industry and the area of estate taxation. From 2002 to 2004, Parker served as Deputy Chief Counsel (Operations) and for almost a year served as Acting Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, where she had ultimate responsibility for all legal matters at the IRS and leadership of all of their 1,600 attorneys.

During her career Parker has been recognized in a wide range of business and legal publications, most recently being named as 2012 Dallas Litigation & Controversy-Tax Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America®. She has held numerous leadership positions for local, state, and national bar organizations, including most recently serving as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. She has also served as a community volunteer for Dallas CASA, the Child Abuse Prevention Center, and Easter Seals of Dallas.

Parker’s career has been marked with a series of firsts. She was the first female attorney hired by Thompson & Knight, its first woman Partner, and its first woman Managing Partner. Please join me in congratulating Emily Parker as the first woman to be awarded the Outstanding Texas Tax Lawyer!  Read the announcement
 

See the Pro Bono page or Committees/Pro Bono page.

• Daniel J. Micciche, Nominating Committee Chair
  Dallas, Texas
   
• Patrick O. O'Daniel
  Austin, Texas
   
• Tyree Collier
  Dallas, Texas
   
• Mary A. McNulty, Ex-Officio Member
  Dallas, Texas