| Biography:
Araham Gutwein is Senior Counsel in Proskauer Rose LLP's Tax Department. Abe devotes a substantial part of his time to the resolution of tax controversies and advising on the tax aspects of bankruptcy reorganizations.
Abe has been with Proskauer since 1984.
Abe has advised numerous corporate and individual clients on a broad range of substantive and procedural issues that have arisen during the course of federal, state and local tax disputes, and has participated in the litigation and settlement of many such disputes at the audit and administrative levels and before the courts.
In addition, Abe frequently counsels a broad range of clients on sales tax issues, as well as being involved in all aspects of Proskauer's general tax practice.
Abe also advises clients about the complex tax issues that often arise in the course of bankruptcy restructurings, including cancellation of debt income, net operating losses, original issue discount and the operation of the "priority" rules governing governmental tax claims.
Abe is a member of the Committee on Bankruptcy and the Committee on Net Operating Losses of the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association.
After graduating summa cum laude from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1980 and before joining Proskauer, Abe was selected by the United States Department of Justice Honors Program to serve as a Trial Attorney in their Tax Division, where he received that division's Outstanding Attorney award in 1983.
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