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Leadership Team
PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current
- Principal, Ryan, Austin office
– Represents clients at the administrative hearings level. Current
practice includes franchise tax, fuels tax, gross receipts tax,
transaction tax, and unclaimed property.
- Practice Leader, Controversies and Appeals, Ryan
Previous
- Director, Controversies and Appeals, Ryan, Austin office
PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous
- Senior Administrative Law Judge, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
– Led Renaissance Review of the administrative hearings
process.
– Drafted legislation and testified as a resource witness for the
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
– Drafted legislation for the Texas Performance Review.
- Director, Hearings and Research, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Director, Legal Services Division, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Supervising Attorney, Legal Services Division, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Staff Attorney, Legislative Budget Board, 65th Legislative Session, Texas Legislature
- Briefing Attorney, Honorable Carl E.F. Dally, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Weiss is a frequent speaker on various tax topics and has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
- Comptroller’s State Bar Liaison Committee
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation, Annual Symposium
- Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Utility Excise Tax Association of Texas
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Austin Bar Association
- Institute for Professionals in Taxation
- State Bar of Texas
– Taxation Section
– Administrative Law Section
EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION
- Juris Doctor Degree, The University of Texas at Austin, School
of Law,
– Licensed in Texas,
(Ryan is not a law firm.)
- Bachelor of Arts Degree, Philosophy, Antioch College
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