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Adam P. Beckerink

Partner

Adam Beckerink represents clients, including multinational corporations and high net-worth individuals, in tax disputes, controversies, and litigation with revenue authorities throughout the United States. His practice spans all aspects of the tax planning and dispute resolution process, including audit, litigation, and appeals in matters including state False Claims Act tax defense, state tax refund class action defense, individual residency, telecommunications excise tax, and sales and income tax.

Extended Profile

Through both litigation and settlement, he has resolved difficult state tax matters before administrative appeal boards, tax tribunals, and courts in Illinois and throughout the United States. Adam advises diverse US- and non-US-based multinationals on all aspects of state income, franchise, sales and use tax, and unclaimed property issues, including nexus, business/non-business income, unitary business principles, and US constitutional concepts. He also counsels on multistate and federal tax planning, and the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

Adam has published numerous articles on tax law and is a frequent speaker on a broad range of state and local tax issues. He is also active in pro bono work, representing veterans before the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Before joining Morgan Lewis, Adam was a partner in the tax group of another global law firm, resident in Chicago.

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, 2006, LL.M., Taxation
  • University of Maryland School of Law, 2004, J.D.
  • Shenandoah University, 2001, B.A.

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Awards and Affiliations

Recommended, Tax: US taxes: contentious, The Legal 500 US (2019) 

Member, Tax Authority: State and Local, US Editorial Advisory Board, Law360 (2019)

Member, Chicago Tax Club

Member, State and Local Tax Committee, Chicago Bar Association

Member, State and Local Tax Committee, Illinois State Bar Association

Member, Taxpayers Federation of Illinois

Member, Tax Institute, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Publications

4/30/2019 - Businesses Beware: California Extends Tax Reach to Out-of-State Sellers and Marketplace Facilitators

7/18/2018 - Four States Sue Federal Government to Invalidate Cap on State and Local Tax Deduction

6/21/2018 - Supreme Court Overturns Physical Presence Standard for Establishing Sales Tax Nexus

3/21/2018 - Illinois Weighs In on Federal Tax Reform

3/12/2018 - State Tax Implications of Federal Tax Changes to Section 162(m)

News

3/25/2019 - Morgan Lewis Lawyers, Professional Staff Named to Law360 2019 Editorial Advisory Boards

8/7/2018 - E-Commerce Beware: Sales Taxes Could Be Coming to a State or Locality Near You, Forbes

8/7/2018 - States Take Feds to Court with ‘Creative Arguments’ Over the SALT Cap, Accounting Today

6/18/2018 - Nickel & Dime: eBay, Online Retailers Warn SCOTUS Could Unleash Lawsuit Torrent vs Sellers Over Taxes, Cook County Record

2/21/2018 - Morgan Lewis Adds Sixth Tax Partner in Seven Months in Chicago, Expands State and Local Tax Capabilities

2/5/2018 - Morgan Lewis Continues Tax Practice Expansion, Adds Broad-based Team in Chicago, Silicon Valley

Events

5/30/2019 - Unclaimed Property Goes Tech

6/28/2018 - A Closer Look: State Tax and Practical Implications of the US Supreme Court’s Decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair – Part II: Practical Implications for Retailers

6/26/2018 - A Closer Look: State Tax and Practical Implications of the US Supreme Court’s Decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair – Part I: Overview of Decision and State Tax Implications

5/31/2018 - 2018 Technology May-rathon: State and Local Tax for Tech

3/20/2018 - 14th Annual Retail and Ecommerce Roundtables