PRACTICE AREAS
- Business transactions; federal and state taxation; estate and businesssuccession planning; intellectual property and biotechnology licensing; tax controversies
- Admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court, and United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
- Member, American Bar Assocation
- Sections: Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust
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Member, Indiana State Bar Association
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Member, Allen County Bar Association
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Author, "Family Business Succession Plan Warrants A Custom Solution", BusinessWeek magazine Point-of-Law article (www./point-of-law.com/barrett.asp) July, 2004.
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Co-Speaker, "Reality Succession Planning", Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (October, 2004).
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Author and Speaker, "Current Issues Affecting the Use of Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships in Gift and Estate Planning," Indiana State Bar Association Tax Section Meeting (April, 2000).
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Co-Author, "Single-Owner Limited Liability Companies: The New Disregarded Entity," Res Gestae (June, 1998).
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Speaker and Co-Author, "Planning With Single-Owner Entities," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (December, 1998).
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Co-Author and Co-Speaker, "Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies - Effective Use in Estate and Succession Planning," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (April, 1996).
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Author, "Service Issues Guidelines for LLC Classification," Tax Talk, Vo. II, No. 3, Summer 1995, pp. 6-8.
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Co-Author, "Defending Against the Service`s Renewed Audit Emphasis on Accumulated Earnings Tax," Journal of Taxation, Vol. 77, No. 6 December, 1992.
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Co-Author, "Federal Tax Procedure: Audits, Appeals and Collection," (September, 1991).
- Co-Author, "Sales of Assets, Dissolution and Winding Up," R.E. Deer`s Indiana Corporation Law and Practice, Ch. 11 (Prentice Hall, 1990)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Connection Ministry, Blackhawk Ministries
- Volunteer Attorney, Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic
- Co-Founder and Director, Neighborlink Fort Wayne Foundation (www.neighborlinknetworkfoundation.org)
- Director, Neighborlink Network Foundation (www.nlfw.org)
- Board of Directors, BCS Foundation, Inc.
- Former Director, A Hope Center (formerly Crisis Pregnancy Center)
- Leadership Fort Wayne (1989-1999)
EDUCATION
- Indiana University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1989)
- Indiana University School of Business (BS with high distinction, 1986)
