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    Jessica L. Kirk

    Associate

    Jessica L. Kirk Jessica L. Kirk

    Experience

    Jessica Kirk focuses her practice on federal, state, and local taxation of corporations, partnerships, individuals, and nonprofit organizations.  She represents taxpayers in IRS audits, appeals, and tax litigation and provides clients with tax planning advice on mergers and acquisitions, the operation and dispositions of partnerships and limited liability companies, and private equity transactions.

    More attorneys selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 in the practice areas of Tax Law than any other firm in Texas

    Ranked among the top five firms in Texas for Tax in Chambers USA 2020 by Chambers and Partners

    Ranked among the top firms in the nation for Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation, and Retirement Plans – Design; U.S. Taxes: Contentious; U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious; and International Tax in The Legal 500 US 2020 by Legalease

    Prior Employment

    • KFC Global & Pizza Hut Global Legal Intern, Yum! Restaurants International, 2014
    • Corporate Real Estate Legal Intern, American Airlines, 2013
    • Judicial Extern for the Honorable Justice Kerry P. FitzGerald, Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas, 2013
    • Judicial Externfor the Honorable Martin Hoffman, 68th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, 2013
    • Judicial Extern for the Honorable Justice Elizabeth Lang-Miers, Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas, State Court Education Program, 2013

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    Distinctions/Honors

    • One to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America® by Woodward/White Inc. (Tax Law), 2021

    Memberships/Affiliations

    • Marketing Co-Chair, Dallas CASA Young Professionals Council
    • Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
    • Member, Dallas Bar Association
    • Member, American Bar Association

    Education & Admissions

    Education

    • J.D., 2016, magna cum laude , SMU Dedman School of Law; Order of the Coif; Dean’s List; Student Attorney, SMU Tax Clinic; Corporate Directors Institute Editor, Staff Editor, SMU Law Review Association; Judges’ Bench Brief Writer, Howie Sweeney Moot Court; Best Oral Advocate in Round, Jackson Walker Moot Court; Garner Law Scholar; President, Secretary, Real Estate Law Association; Co-Student Coordinator, Academic Success Mentor, Academic Success Program; Honorary Service Organization, The Barristers
    • M.S., 2010, University of Nebraska
    • B.S., 2007, University of Nebraska; Dean’s List; Architecture Faculty Award for Scholastic Achievement

    Admissions

    • Texas