Dear Fellow New Tax Lawyer:
On behalf of the Florida Bar Tax Section (the “Tax Section”), the Committee for New Tax Lawyers extends an invitation and encourages you to become an active member of the Tax Section this year. Each of us have shared many remarkable career-building experiences with the Tax Section and believe your involvement would provide you with similar rewarding experiences and opportunities.
One of our primary goals is to increase participation of new tax lawyers at the annual meetings. These meetings include the Fall Meeting at the Walt Disney’s Contemporary Resort, the Spring Meeting at Boca Raton Resort and Club, and the 4th of July Celebration at Amelia Island Plantation. At each of these events, we have planned more opportunities to integrate the new tax lawyers such as happy hours honoring our new tax lawyers and family fun for those attending meetings with their spouses and/or children. It has been our focus to provide new tax lawyers numerous opportunities to get to know other Tax Section members. We believe these early relationships can have long lasting influence on your career.
Another one of our goals is to provide more learning opportunities for new tax lawyers. Every lawyer should have the opportunity to learn both technical and business development skills. With the intent to provide these opportunities to our fellow tax lawyers, we have made a concerted effort with point people located throughout Florida to organize regular learning opportunities, known as Lunch n’ Learn sessions. Each point person for their local city has broad discretion to organize these events. These events have included formal presentations on technical tax issues or business development and more casual social gatherings to provide networking opportunities. We believe your participation in these events would help you cultivate your technical skills in addition to expanding your network of tax practitioners.
We also aim to continue providing new tax lawyers with opportunities to work on Tax Section projects. These projects have included drafting an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, commenting on proposed regulations, or submitting comments in response to a notice issued by the Internal Revenue Service. By working on these projects, a new tax lawyer gains exposure to different projects they may not otherwise and may achieve statewide, or even nationwide, recognition for their contribution to the project. Many of these projects are exceptional experiences on a resume whether reviewed by a future employer or potential client.
In addition to these opportunities, there are many leadership roles for new tax lawyers within the Tax Section. After attending some of the meetings, you may find a more active role desirable. The Tax Section is always looking for new members that will strive for excellence and provide new ideas to the section.
We believe the Tax Section can open the door to unparalleled experiences and opportunities for your career development. We encourage you to attend an event and meet some of the Tax Section’s remarkable members. We are confident that after attending you will appreciate the many benefits of membership.
If you have first meeting jitters, feel free to contact one of us to let us know you are coming. We gladly will help you meet other Tax Section members. We hope to hear from you soon!
Sincerely,
Steven Hadjilogiou
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