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Mr. Perry has earned an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

Practice areas

• Tax litigation
• Tax controversies
• Criminal taxation
• Sales and use tax
• ERISA litigation

Admitted

• New York, 1978
• District of Columbia, 1979
• California; U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Tax Court, 1993

Education

• New York University, J.D.

Associations and memberships

• State Bar of California (Chair, Tax Procedure and Litigation Committee, Taxation Section, 2002 – 2003; Vice-Chair, 2003 – 2004, and Member, 2001 – 2003, Executive Committee of Taxation Section; Taxation Law Advisory Commission, Board of Legal Specialization, 2000 – 2001)
• American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section)
• Contra Costa County Bar Association (Chair, Tax Section, 2005 – 2006, and Member, 2003 – 2009)

Agencies

• Internal Revenue Service
• Franchise Tax Board
• Board of Equalization
• Employment Development Department

Biographical details

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Member (2002 – 2003), Internal Revenue Service Area 13 Small Business/Self Employed Compliance Practitioner Panel
• Honoree in Tax, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2010