Education University of Houston Law Center Houston, TX LL.M. in Taxation, May 2015 South Texas College of Law Houston, TX J.D., December 2013 William Carey College Hattiesburg, MS B.S. in Business with emphasis in Management, 1997 Experience IRS – Office of the Chief Counsel, Houston Legal Intern for Ashley Targac, SB/SE Attorney January 2015 – May 2015 Researched tax issues for docketed cases Wrote motions, petitions and memos for multiple cases Conducted Branerton conferences Made appearances in the U.S. Tax court Attended federal court summons hearings for taxpayers failing to comply with court orders Harris County Attorney’s Office, Houston Legal Intern for Janet Marton May 2012 – November 2012 Worked in the public law division conducting research on various topics including jurisdiction, property law, and evidentiary issues Synthesized research for Justices of the Peace within memos Collaborated with a project team tasked to improve electronic case file system Amedisys Home Health, Baton Rouge Software Developer II (Contractor/Employee) August 2010 – January 2012 Designed, developed & supported multiple corporate software systems including payroll, medical records and others Ensured systems fulfilled governmental regulation requirements (HIPPA) Maintained a high level of confidentiality with sensitive information; i.e., payroll data and medical records Trained team members with proper coding techniques & best practices Ochsner Health Systems, New Orleans .Net Software Developer (Contractor) January 2010 – August 2010 Designed & developed secure software system that allowed doctors to review and notate their patients lab results via a web browser Regularly met with various business units to assess their needs and how to best address those needs via technology VNetPro Software, Baton Rouge Owner/Consultant January 2003 – January 2012 Provided custom software solutions to multiple clients including: CapitalOne Bank, Entergy Corporation, Lamar Advertising, Aegis Mortgage and others Built and maintained business relationships by always providing top consulting services Responsible for budgeting of projects, contractors, expenses and other business needs Wide project base including: Credit Card Fraud Systems, Design Job Bidding, Financial Reporting Tools, Website Design, CRM Applications Lockard & White, Houston IT Manager/Software Developer August 2000 – February 2003 Provided both network and application support for entire office Responsible for creation of company-wide tools to streamline daily tasks such as project management and expense tracking Bar Admittance Member in good standing of the Texas Bar Member of the Houston Bar Association Member of the American Bar Association Awards/Honors CALI Award in Negotiations (view award) Highest Grades in the Following Law School Courses International Tax Tax Research Tax Practice & Procedures Tax Ethics Tax Controversy & Litigation Comparative Taxation I Comparative Taxation II Business & The Law Seminar Negotiations Technical Experience Westlaw/WestlawNext LexisNexis Bloomberg Law Thomson Reuters Microsoft Office Suite Operating Systems: Windows, OSx Databases: Microsoft SQL, MySql, Oracle Programming Languages: C#, VB, VB.Net, PHP, Objective-C, HTML Other: Adobe Creative Suite Notable Coursework Federal Income Taxation Advanced Issues in Federal Income Taxation Partnership & S Corp Taxation Corporate Taxation Tax Practice & Procedures International Tax Tax Controversy & Litigation Tax Accounting Real Estate Taxation Trust and Estate Taxation Comparative Taxation I Comparative Taxation II Tax Research Tax Ethics Patent Law Writing Samples Pretrial Memorandum: This file contains a pretrial memorandum that was written for Tax Controversey & Litigation, which was taught by Tax Court Judge Juan Vasquez. Social Networking & Employment: This paper was a requirement for the Business & the Law Seminar course. It deals with issues faced by employees and employers with the rise of social media. © COPYRIGHT 2015 elliotmccardle.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED