+1 212 479 6006 kpakenham@cooley.com
Kathleen Pakenham is the chair of Cooley's business department, partner in charge of the firm’s New York office, co-chair of the firm’s tax practice and a member of the firm’s compensation committee. Kathleen is a seasoned litigator in matters involving complex questions of federal tax law and procedure. She has represented clients in sizable tax controversies relating to tax shelter issues, options trading transactions, summons enforcement actions, tax fraud, subpoena requests and real property tax disputes. She has extensive experience advising clients at the pre-litigation assessment phase. She also represents clients involved in all types of internal and governmental investigations, in addition to state and federal trial and appellate matters. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries such as banking, energy, telecommunications, and oil and gas.
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[Kathy] is very responsive, technical and pragmatic.
New York University School of LawLLM, 1998
Brooklyn Law SchoolJD, magna cum laude, 1995
State University of New York - AlbanyBA, 1992
New Jersey
New York
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