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John Porter Interview - 6/23/2017

John Porter

John Porter at Baker Botts, Houston is among the elite of tax litigators. After 30 years, John has blazed new trails in legal doctrine in a number of estate and gift tax cases. Numerous of the court opinions in John’s cases start off with the phrase, “This is a case of first impression.” John has also reversed the Tax Court a number of times. This interview at the State Bar of Texas Annual Convention in June 2017 hears John discuss his career and his approach to handling some of the largest and most complex tax cases being litigated today.