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2026 Annual Conference

  • Date: October 18 — 21, 2026
  • Location: Grand Hyatt Nashville

Speakers

Organization: Alston & Bird LLP




Organization: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP


Organization: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Organization: Crowe Advisory LLC


Cary Black is a principal in the tax group at Crowe. He specializes in income and franchise tax consulting, compliance, and credit and incentive procurement services. Cary has more than 11 years of experience providing services related to state and local income tax and franchise tax, including consulting on business transactions, nexus determinations, and audit and tax controversy resolutions.





Organization: Arudia - Executive Coaching & Development

Organization: Arudia - Executive Coaching & Development

Organization: Andersen


Bryan Collins is a managing director in the Andersen US National Tax practice in the Washington, D.C. office and leads Andersen’s US Transaction Advisory Services practice. Bryan has over 35 years of experience in corporate tax consulting including spin-offs, mergers & acquisitions, bankruptcies, consolidated returns, corporate restructurings, and S Corporations. Before joining Andersen, Bryan


Organization: Ernst & Young LLP


Courtney is a principal at Washington Council Ernst & Young, where she works closely with clients who are navigating challenging legislative and regulatory tax matters. A former chief tax counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, Courtney brings experience across the spectrum of tax policy, including previous roles as an IRS attorney, in-house tax counsel for Fortune 100 and Fortune Global 250



Organization: Baker Tilly US


Brian Corrigan is a principal with Baker Tilly’s transactional tax advisory service practice. He specializes in tax due diligence and the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions and restructurings for a variety of public and private clients. Brian is well versed in corporate and flow-through tax planning strategies. Prior to joining Baker Tilly, Brian worked in the M&A tax practice of a Big Four fir


Organization: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP


Drew Cummings represents taxpayers during all stages of federal income tax controversy matters. Drew brings a wealth of experience in transfer-pricing dispute resolution and avoidance, including during Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits, mutual agreement procedure (MAP) competent authority, IRS administrative appeals, and US Tax Court and district court litigation. Drew also represents clients



Organization: Mayer Brown LLP


Paul DiSangro delivers practical solutions to CFOs and tax directors in tax controversy matters across a range of industries including software, technology, financial services (including fintech), insurance, energy, media, pharma, biotech and retail. Paul's experience includes: Exams, administrative appeals, and litigation with federal and State tax agencies Dispute resolution & readiness