David is a Tax Partner and leader of the Private Tax group of Ernst & Young's National Tax Department in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, he has focused primarily on the taxation of individuals, trusts, S corporations, and partnerships and financial planning for high net-worth family groups.

Prior to joining EY, he was an attorney in the Passthroughs and Special Industries division of the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. He was a principal author of the income tax regulations under Section 1411 of the Internal Revenue Code (Net Investment Income Tax) and Revenue Procedure 2013-30 (Uniform Late S Corporation Election Relief). He is the author of the Bloomberg-BNA Tax Management Portfolio on the Section 1411 tax.

David earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Syracuse University and a JD from the University of Pittsburgh. He also earned an LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center and has served as an adjunct professor in the same program since 2009. He is a member of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee.

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