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| V. Jean Owens | Astrid M. Silva | James S. Eggert | |||||
V. Jean Owens is a native of Indiana, having grown up on a farm in Gibson County, Indiana. He received is B.A., degree in Economics from the University of Evansville and his Juris Doctorate from Indiana University School of Law in 1962. He served as Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force from 1962 to 1965, at which time Mr. Owens joined the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service as a trial attorney in Jacksonville, Florida. He was appointed as a staff assistant to the Miami District Counsel in 1972. In 1974, he returned to Jacksonville, where he became District Counsel in charge of litigation on behalf of the IRS in Central Florida. In 1979, Mr. Owens was appointed Regional Counsel for this five state central region headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1984, he was selected to become the Deputy Chief Counsel, the highest ranking career attorney with the IRS. In 1986 he became Acting Chief Counsel during the absence of a Presidential appointee. Mr. Owens retired at the completion of twenty-five years of government service in December, 1987, and returned to Florida to enter private practice. He has written two books for use with lectures he conducts: “Effective Estate Planning and Administration in Florida,” published by the Cambridge Institute of Vienna, Virginia, and “Resolving Controversies with the IRS”. He lectures extensively on tax and estate planning subjects. He is experienced in all facets of federal taxation and concentrates on estate planning and controversy work with the IRS. He is a member of the Tax Sections of the America, Florida, and Hillsborough County Bar Associations; past Chairman of the Tax Section of the Pinellas County Bar Association, past President of the Tampa Bay Estate Planning Council; and is Co-Chairman of the Tax Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association. He is active in several capacities for the Presbyterian Church in America. |
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