Gerald Kafka retired from partnership in May 2015. Mr. Kafka was formerly the global Co-chair of the Tax Controversy Practice at Latham & Watkins and previously served as the local Tax Department Chair for Latham’s Washington, D.C. office, where he focuses on tax controversy and litigation matters.
Mr. Kafka began his professional career as a trial attorney in the Honors Law Graduate Program of the Tax Division of the US Department of Justice, where he received the Tax Division’s Outstanding Attorney Award and two Departmental Outstanding Performance Awards.
At the time of his retirement, Mr. Kafka was active in many tax professional organizations including:
- ABA Section of Taxation, where he formerly served as Chairs of the Court Procedure Committee and of the Appointments to the Tax Court Committee
- Past Chair of the D.C. Bar Tax Section Committee on Tax Audits and Litigation
- Fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel
- Master in the J. Edgar Murdock American Inns of Court (US Tax Court)