Mark
Heroux, Partner in the Specialty Tax Services group at Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause, LLP, joined the firm in 2008. He has more than 35 years of tax
litigation, technical, and program management experience. Mark specializes in
IRS procedures, controversy, and dispute resolution. He began his career with
the IRS Chief Counsel in 1985 where he litigated cases around the world for the
IRS. When Mark left the IRS in 2000 he was a Special Assistant United States
Attorney, Industry Counsel for the nation for the Insurance Industry, and a
Senior Trial Attorney who helped litigate the two largest transfer pricing cases
in history. At Baker Tilly, he leads the IRS Practice and Procedures group, and
provides tax and business advisory services to middle-market and large
companies, and high net worth individuals that operate in the real estate and
other industries.
Lyle
Prempas is a CPA and a senior manager at Baker Tilly in the Construction and
Real Estate tax group. Lyle has more than 15 years of experience in the
Chicagoland market and assists clients with tax compliance including capital
account maintenance, debt allocations, income/loss allocations and liquidity
events. In addition he consults with business owners regarding organizational
structuring to achieve tax efficientcy, reviews operating agreements to ensure
desired goals are met, and works with management advising on day-to-day
operations to enhance cash flow management, maintain internal controls and
streamline accounting functions.
Alex Brosseau is a Senior Manager in the Tax Policy Group
of Deloitte Tax LLP’s Washington National Tax office. In that capacity, he
monitors tax policy developments in Congress and the White House on behalf of
the firm and its clients.
From 2012 to 2015, Alex served as Senior Analyst for Tax Policy on the U.S.
Senate Budget Committee where he was the primary tax adviser to the committee’s
two previous chairpersons, Senator Patty Murray of Washington and Senate Finance
Committee member Kent Conrad of North Dakota. While on the Budget Committee,
Alex led tax and revenue policy for the committee’s majority during many
negotiations including those related to tax extenders, tax reform, and the
Senate-passed fiscal year 2014 budget resolution.
He also played a significant role in the policy discussions that led to
enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. Prior to his time on Capitol
Hill, Alex worked in client service at Deloitte Tax LLP, focusing primarily on
clients in the financial services and real estate industries. Alex is a
Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
He received his Master of Science in taxation from American University
(Washington, DC) and his Bachelor of Arts in accounting and economics from the
University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota).
Ian Williams is a Principal for KBKG, specializing in
Research & Development Tax Credits and Employee Retention Credits. Prior to
joining KBKG, Ian spent eleven years at a Big Four accounting firm specializing
in R&D tax credits and fixed asset studies across a variety of industries.
He has extensive experience in software, heavy manufacturing, aerospace,
automotive, and consumer products industries, as well as defending credit claims
with the IRS. Ian earned his bachelor's and Master's degrees in Accounting from
Samford University and is a Georgia licensed CPA and member of the
AICPA.
Ryan A. Walsh, a partner at Hamilton Thies & Lorch,
LLP in Chicago, advises individuals and families, business owners, and financial
institutions on a range of estate planning, trust, and tax matters. He also has
significant experience with trust and estate administration, preparation of
estate, gift, and fiduciary income tax returns, contested estate and trust
litigation, trust reformation proceedings, probate and guardianship matters,
real estate transactions, and representation of clients before the Internal
Revenue Service. Ryan is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate
Counsel. He is also a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council, the
American Bar Association (Section of Taxation; Section of Real Property, Trust
and Estate Law, Estate and Gift Tax Committee Co-Chair), the Illinois State Bar
Association (Federal Taxation Section Council Chair; Trusts and Estates
Section), and the Chicago Bar Association (Trust Law Committee Chair). Ryan
regularly speaks and writes on various estate planning, administration, and tax
topics and was named one of 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch. Ryan
received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D., magna cum
laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He is licensed to practice
law in Illinois and Florida. Ryan serves on the board of the Greater Illinois
Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and on planned giving committees for
Catholic Charities, the Archdiocese of Chicago, and Lurie Children’s
Hospital.