Nancy Ortmeyer Kuhn is Of Counsel at Caplin & Drysdale’s Washington, D.C. office, where she specializes in tax controversies involving exempt organizations, and litigation and controversy work involving a wide variety of entities.
Ms. Kuhn previously practiced in the tax department of another national law firm for seven years. Prior to that experience, she spent ten years at the Internal Revenue Service in Chief Counsel’s Office, first in a field office handling a variety of tax litigation, and then in the Exempt Organizations Division where she focused her practice on controversies involving large exempt organizations, including declaratory judgment actions. She also served as a law clerk at the United States Tax Court for two years.
As a member of the firm’s exempt organizations and litigation practice groups, Ms. Kuhn focuses her practice on a large variety of tax issues. She is experienced in handling issues unique to exempt organizations such as the alleged receipt of excess benefits, unrelated business income tax, international grant-making, anti-terrorist guidelines and practices, issues pertaining to colleges and universities, and churches.
Ms. Kuhn also speaks and writes on a variety of issues. For example, she recently spoke at a conference for a large housing organization with regard to joint ventures between non-profit and for-profit entities. In addition, she spoke at a conference for a school boards association with regard to unrelated business income tax and other issues confronting educational organizations. She also speaks and writes regularly on issues pertaining to excess compensation and the section 4958 intermediate sanctions.
Ms. Kuhn serves on the Board of Directors of Children’s Chorus of Washington. She also is Chair of Trustees at Faith United Methodist Church. In addition, Ms. Kuhn has been active with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, serving on the Leukemia Ball Executive Board and Auction Committee. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, and the American Inn of Court, J. Edgar Murdock Chapter.