Casey S. August

Associate

Casey S. August is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Tax Practice. Mr. August focuses his practice on federal tax planning and controversy. He represents clients in various industries on a wide range of matters, including issues concerning merger and acquisition structuring, ESOP transactions, fund formation, energy project financing, and intellectual property transfers. He also advises clients on choice of entity and cross-border structuring issues.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. August was an attorney in the National Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, where he worked with the IRS and Department of Justice on various policy, administration, and litigation issues. Prior to that, he worked as a tax associate for a national law firm practicing federal income tax law.

Mr. August received his LL.M., with a concentration in taxation, from New York University School of Law in 2006 and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2005. While in law school, Mr. August clerked for the Senate Committee on Finance's Chief Tax Counsel. He received his B.S. in accounting from the University of Florida in 2001.

Mr. August is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Tax Court.