Background
Barney, Thomas M. was born in 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Barney, Thomas M. was born in 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). Indiana University (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1966). New York University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1967).
Worked at Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber (Buffalo, New York) specializing in General Practice. Corporations, Litigation, Trust and Estates, Tax, Labor Relations, Real Estate, Banking, Commercial, Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy Reorganization, Antitrust, Products Liability, Insurance Coverage, Immigration, Customs, Environmental and Energy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Indiana and United States.
Tax Court.
1967, New New York 1977, Florida. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Member, Indiana Law Journal, 1964-1966. Lecturer in State and Federal Taxation, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1969-1982.
Member, 1969 and Chairman, 1980-1984, Tax Committee, Erie County Bar Association.
Company-Chairman, Institute on Federal Taxation, 1981-1983. Member, Faculty, Federal Estate and Gift Tax, 1985, 1990, 1992 and 1994 and Advisory Board, 1985, Graduate Tax Certificate Program, State University of New York at Buffalo. Secretary, Upstate New York Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1987-1996.
Member: Indiana State Bar Association.
The Florida Bar. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Founded in 1834 in Buffalo as the law office of Orsamus H. Marshall, Phillips, Lytle counts among its former partners several prominent individuals including President Grover Cleveland.
Through its expansion into several offices and the development of new practice areas, the Firm has grown into a position of prominence in the northeastern United States and the province of Ontario.
Member, Indiana Law Journal, 1964-1966. Lecturer in State and Federal Taxation, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1969-1982. Member, 1969 and Chairman, 1980-1984, Tax Committee, Erie County Bar Association.
Company-Chairman, Institute on Federal Taxation, 1981-1983.
Member, Faculty, Federal Estate and Gift Tax, 1985, 1990, 1992 and 1994 and Advisory Board, 1985, Graduate Tax Certificate Program, State University of New York at Buffalo. Secretary, Upstate New York Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1987-1996.
Member: Indiana State Bar Association. The Florida Bar. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.