Background
Cook, Philip C. was born on November 4, 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Cook, Philip C. was born on November 4, 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1968). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1971).
Worked at Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Federal Income Tax, Federal Taxation Litigation, Financial Institutions Taxation, Financial Services Regulation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Georgia. 1984, United States. Tax Court.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa. President, Harvard Journal of Legislation, 1970-1971. Law Clerk to Honorary Lewis R. Morgan, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1971-1972. Chair, Board of Trustees, Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation.
Author and Company-Author: "Unresolved Questions for the Controlled Group of Corporations," 539 Duke L. Journal
1979. "Incorporating the Professional Practice Through a Partnership of Professional Corporations," 17 Georgia State B. Journal 102, 1981; "Current Developments in Litigation Under Employee Retirement Income Security Act," Law Journal Seminars-Press, Incorporated.
1, 1981; "The Substantially All of the Properties Requirement in Triangular Reorganizations-A Current Review," 35 The Tax Lawyer 303, 1982.
"TEFRA: Its Impact on Lawyers and Professional Corporations," 19 Georgia Bar Journal 54, 1982. "Eller Considered: Are Substantial Services Irrelevant in Determining Personal Holding Company Rents?" 10 Journal of Corporate Taxation 139, 1983. "Affiliated and Controlled Groups," Commerce Clearing House Federal Tax Service, C:18 (1995).
"Final Section 338 Consistency Regulations Reduce Potential Problems in Stock Acquisitions," 7 Journal of Bank Taxation, 159 (1994).
"Exercise of Control Required Foreign Lender to Be Liable Foreign Borrower"s Unpaid Withholding," 8 Journal of Bank Taxation, 105 (1995). Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Bank Taxation.
Member: Atlanta (Member, Board of Directors, Taxation Section, 1996) and American (Chair, Banking and Savings Institutions Committee, Section of Taxation, 1995) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Taxation Section, 1991).
Southern Pension Conference (Steering Committee, 1984-1989.
President, 1989). Atlanta Tax Forum (Trustee, 1987-1991. President, 1991). Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Bank Taxation. Member: Atlanta (Member, Board of Directors, Taxation Section, 1996) and American (Chair, Banking and Savings Institutions Committee, Section of Taxation, 1995) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Taxation Section, 1991).
Southern Pension Conference (Steering Committee, 1984-1989.
President, 1989); Atlanta Tax Forum (Trustee, 1987-1991. President, 1991). Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.