Background
Guarisco, Michael Edwards was born on December 29, 1945 in New Orleans. Son of John B. and Camille (Edwards) Guarisco.
Guarisco, Michael Edwards was born on December 29, 1945 in New Orleans. Son of John B. and Camille (Edwards) Guarisco.
Loyola University (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1967. Juris Doctor, 1969); Georgetown University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1972). Member, Loyola University Law Review, 1967-1969.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Torts I & II, 1967.
Adjunct Professor, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1979-1980. Instructor, Pension Benefit Plans and Deferred Compensation, University of New Orleans, 1980-1983.
Member, since 1980, Director, 1981-1983 and President, 1982-1983, Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans.
Worked at Guarisco, Weiler & Cordes, Limited liability company (New Orleans, Los Angeles) specializing in Federal, State and Local Tax Matters including Business and Estate Planning, Pension Benefit Planning, Tax Controversy and Corporate Merger and Acquisition Law. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Louisiana. 1972, United States. Claims Court.
1973, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. 1977, United States. Tax Court. Member, Loyola University Law Review, 1967-1969.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Torts I & II, 1967.
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Adjunct Professor, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1979-1980.
Assistant Professor, Pension Benefit Plans and Deferred Compensation, University of New Orleans, 1997, 1994, 1992, 1980-1983. Member, 1980, Director, 1981-1983 and President, 1982-1983, Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans.
Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Employee Benefit Planners.
Member: Louisiana State (Chairman, Taxation Section, 1979-1980. Member: Liaison Committee with the District Director of Internal Revenue, 1978. Liaison Committee for the Southwest Region, 1978-1983.
Chairman, Committee on Specialization, 1982.
Member, 1983-1987, and Chairman, 1985-1986, Board of Specialization) and American (Member: Taxation Section, 1973. Committee on Closely Held Businesses, 1977.
Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Employee Benefits, 1994. European Parliament/Earth Observation Special Liaison Committee for the Southeast Region) Bar Associations.
New Orleans Estate Planning Council (President, 1992-1993).
(Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization). Guarisco, Weiler & Cordes is a firm of six attorneys exclusively engaged in tax and tax related matters. The firm provides its clients with representation in areas generally afforded only by much larger firms including sophisticated business and estate planning matters, merger and acquisition work, complex partnership planning and comprehensive employee benefit and executive compensation planning.
The firm also has an extensive practice in the areas of tax litigation and dispute work at the federal, state and local levels.
The firm"s current client base is quite diverse ranging from a number of publicly traded companies to the individual estate planning client.
Member, Loyola University Law Review, 1967-1969. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Torts I & II, 1967. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.
Adjunct Professor, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1979-1980.
Assistant Professor, Pension Benefit Plans and Deferred Compensation, University of New Orleans, 1997, 1994, 1992, 1980-1983. Member, 1980, Director, 1981-1983 and President, 1982-1983, Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans.
Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Employee Benefit Planners. Member: Louisiana State (Chairman, Taxation Section, 1979-1980.
Member: Liaison Committee with the District Director of Internal Revenue, 1978.
Liaison Committee for the Southwest Region, 1978-1983. Chairman, Committee on Specialization, 1982. Member, 1983-1987, and Chairman, 1985-1986, Board of Specialization) and American (Member: Taxation Section, 1973.
Committee on Closely Held Businesses, 1977.
Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Employee Benefits, 1994. European Parliament/Earth Observation Special Liaison Committee for the Southeast Region) Bar Associations.
New Orleans Estate Planning Council (President, 1992-1993). (Board Certified Tax Law Specialist, Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization).
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.
Adjunct Professor, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1979-1980. Assistant Professor, Pension Benefit Plans and Deferred Compensation, University of New Orleans, 1997, 1994, 1992, 1980-1983. Member, 1980, Director, 1981-1983 and President, 1982-1983, Association of Employee Benefit Planners of New Orleans.
Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Employee Benefit Planners.
Married Susan Perschall. Children: Lorie, Kristen.