Background
Bird, Wendell R. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Bird, Wendell R. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1975). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Admitted to the bar, 1978, Georgia. 1980, Alabama; 1981, California. 1982, Florida.
Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1977-1978.
Law Clerk: Judge J. Dickson Phillips, United States. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1978-1979. Judge Robert S. Vance, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1979-1980. Author: "Freedom of Religion," 87 Yale Law Journal 515, 1978. "Freedom from Establishment," 1979 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 125, 1979.
"Methods of Estate and Gift Tax Savings," 57 Taxes 247, 1979. "United States. Supreme Court Decisions on Freedom of Religion," 5 Religious Freedom Reporter (special issue) 1, June-July 1985. "Exempt Organizations and Discrimination," 1 Tax-Exempt Organizations 3295, 1986.
With R. Reach, "Unrelated Debt-Financed Income and Exempt Organizations," 8 CCH Federal Tax Service, Chapter 6, 1988. "Exempt Organizations and Publishing," 1 Tax-Exempt Organizations 3024, 1989. "Exempt Organizations and Taxable Subsidiaries," 4 Practical Tax Lawyer 53, 1990.
With T. Kotouc, "Exempt Religious Organizations," 48 Taxation for Accountants 207, 1991. "Chapter 4," Federal and State Taxation of Exempt Organizations, 1994. Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law: Church and State Law, Emory University School of Law, 1985.
Lecturer, Washington Non-Profit Tax Conference, 1982, 1984. Member: American Law Institute. American Bar Association (Chair, Subcommittee on Charitable Contributions.
Past Chair, Subcommittee on Religious Organizations). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Also Member, Law Offices of Bird and Associates, Atlanta, Georgia).
Author: "Freedom of Religion," 87 Yale Law Journal 515, 1978. "Freedom from Establishment," 1979 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 125, 1979. "Methods of Estate and Gift Tax Savings," 57 Taxes 247, 1979.
"United States. Supreme Court Decisions on Freedom of Religion," 5 Religious Freedom Reporter (special issue) 1, June-July 1985. "Exempt Organizations and Discrimination," 1 Tax-Exempt Organizations 3295, 1986. With R. Reach, "Unrelated Debt-Financed Income and Exempt Organizations," 8 CCH Federal Tax Service, Chapter 6, 1988.
"Exempt Organizations and Publishing," 1 Tax-Exempt Organizations 3024, 1989. "Exempt Organizations and Taxable Subsidiaries," 4 Practical Tax Lawyer 53, 1990. With T. Kotouc, "Exempt Religious Organizations," 48 Taxation for Accountants 207, 1991.
"Chapter 4," Federal and State Taxation of Exempt Organizations, 1994. Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law: Church and State Law, Emory University School of Law, 1985. Lecturer, Washington Non-Profit Tax Conference, 1982, 1984.
Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1977-1978. Law Clerk: Judge J. Dickson Phillips, United States. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1978-1979.
Judge Robert S. Vance, United States. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1979-1980.