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).
Worked at Bird & Associates (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Corporate, Securities Law, Estates, Trusts, Nonprofit Organization Law, Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Georgia. 1980, Alabama; 1981, California.
1982, Florida;.
Member, Board of Editors, Yale Law Journal, 1977-1978.
Recipient, Egger Prize, Yale Law School. Law Clerk: Judge J. Dickson Phillips, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1978-1979. Judge Robert South. 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. "Religious Organizations and Tax Law," Federal and State Taxation of Exempt Organizations, Chapter 4, Warren Gorhan & Lamont Publishers, 1994.
"Foundation for New Era Philanthropy Scandal," 8 Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations 69, 1996.
"Exempt Organization Rules on Political Activities," 7 J Tax Exempt Organizations 195, 1995-1996. "Sales Taxes," 6 J Tax Exempt Organizations 16, 1994.
State and Local Taxation of Exempt Organizations," 4 J Tax Exempt Organizations 20, 1992. "Sales Tax for Tax-Exempt Entities," 2 J Multistate Taxation 203, 1992.
Exempt Religious Organizations Have Strict Limits," 48 Taxation for Accountants 207, 1991.
Exempt Organizations and Taxable Subsidiaries," 4 Practical Tax Lawyer 53, 1990. "Exempt Organizations and Publishing," 1 Tax-Exempt Organizations 3024, 1989. "Unrelated Debt-Financed Income," 8 Commerce Clearing House"s Federal Tax Service J: Chapter 6, 1988.
"Exempt Organizations and Discrimination," Tax-Exempt Organizations 3295, 1986.
"United States. Supreme Court Decisions on Freedom of Religion," 5 Religious Freedom Reporter (special issue) 1, June-July 1985. "Constitutional Law: Church and State Law," Course Materials, 1984.
"Methods of Estate and Gift Tax Savings," 57 Taxes 247, 1979. Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law: Church and State Law,, Emory University School of Law, 1985.
Lecturer, Washington Non-Profit Tax Conference, 1982.
Member: American Law Institute. American Bar Association (Chairman, Subcommittee on Charitable Contributions. Past Chairman: Subcommittee on Religious Organizations.
Subcommittee on State and Local Taxes).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Christian Legal Society.
National Lawyers Association.
Author: "Freedom of Religion," 87 Yale Law Journal 515, 1978. "Freedom from Establishment," 1979 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 125, 1979. "Religious Organizations and Tax Law," Federal and State Taxation of Exempt Organizations, Chapter 4, Warren Gorhan & Lamont Publishers, 1994.
"Foundation for New Era Philanthropy Scandal," 8 Journal of Taxation of Exempt Organizations 69, 1996. "Exempt Organization Rules on Political Activities," 7 J Tax Exempt Organizations 195, 1995-1996. "Sales Taxes," 6 J Tax Exempt Organizations 16, 1994.
State and Local Taxation of Exempt Organizations," 4 J Tax Exempt Organizations 20, 1992. "Sales Tax for Tax-Exempt Entities," 2 J Multistate Taxation 203, 1992. Exempt Religious Organizations Have Strict Limits," 48 Taxation for Accountants 207, 1991.
Exempt Organizations and Taxable Subsidiaries," 4 Practical Tax Lawyer 53, 1990. "Exempt Organizations and Publishing," 1 Tax-Exempt Organizations 3024, 1989. "Unrelated Debt-Financed Income," 8 CCH's Federal Tax Service J: Chapter 6, 1988.
"Exempt Organizations and Discrimination," Tax-Exempt Organizations 3295, 1986. "United States. Supreme Court Decisions on Freedom of Religion," 5 Religious Freedom Reporter (special issue) 1, June-July 1985. "Constitutional Law: Church and State Law," Course Materials, 1984.
"Methods of Estate and Gift Tax Savings," 57 Taxes 247, 1979. Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law: Church and State Law,, Emory University School of Law, 1985. Lecturer, Washington Non-Profit Tax Conference, 1982.
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 South. Vance, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1979-1980.