Background
Van Brunt, Kirk was born on February 12, 1958 in Fullerton, California, United States.
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Kirk Van Brunt
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Northwest Nazarene College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1980). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985).
Career
Worked at Davis & Harman (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Practice including Administrative, Agricultural, Commodities, Insurance and Tax Law. Legislative Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Massachusetts.
1987, District of Columbia.
Member, Harvard Law Review, 1983-1985. Author: "The Proposed PFIC Rules for Foreign Banks and Foreign Securities Dealers," 11 TAX NOTES INT"L 453, August 1995.
"Contingent Payment Debt Instruments--A Light at the End of the Tunnell," 73 TAXES 365, July 1995. "Tax Aspects of REMIC Residual Interests," 2 FLA.TAX REV. 149, 1994.
"Newark Morning Ledger-- Taxpayers Score a Big Victory," Section of Taxation Report, Federal Bar Association, Summer 1993.
Company-Author: with Joseph McKeever, "Life Insurance Contracts After TAMRA: More Questions than Answers," 3 Insurance Tax Review 285, 1989. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Massachusetts and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations.
Davis & Harman was founded in March, 1985, to serve clients in the areas of Federal income taxation and selected legislative matters.
The firm provides services ranging from tax counseling, to legislative lobbying, to regulatory advocacy and oversight. A substantial portion of the firm"s counseling and regulatory work relates to the insurance industry and its products.
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Member, Harvard Law Review, 1983-1985.
