Jasper L. "Jack" Cummings, Jr.

Jasper L. "Jack" Cummings, Jr.


Alston & Bird LLP

Recognized since 1995

Raleigh, North Carolina

Practice Areas

Litigation and Controversy - Tax

Tax Law

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Jack Cummings is counsel in the Federal Tax Group of Alston & Bird in Raleigh and Washington, D.C. He served as IRS associate chief counsel (corporate) and chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation. His books include The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (with Robert Hanson), The Supreme Court’s Federal Tax Jurisprudence published by the American Bar Association in 2010 and The Supreme Court, Federal Taxation and the Constitution, published by the American Bar Association in 2013. In addition, he regularly authors a column in Tax Notes (“What Were They Thinking?”). Jack is a graduate of Duke University, summa cum laude, Yale Law School, and the Graduate Tax Program of NYU Law School. He has also successfully argued a state tax case in the U.S. Supreme Court, Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner, 516 U.S. 325 (1996).

Location
  • 555 Fayetteville Street, Suite 600
    Raleigh, NC 27601-3034
Education
  • New York University, LL.M, graduated 1987
  • Yale University, J.D., graduated 1971
  • Duke University, AB, graduated 1968
Bar Admissions
  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar

Alston & Bird LLP
Raleigh, North Carolina

224 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Raleigh (2019)
  • Tax Law, Raleigh (2018)
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Raleigh (2017)
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Raleigh (2015)
  • Tax Law, Raleigh (2014)
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Raleigh (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  • Tax Law
Special Focus:
  • Corporate
  • State and Local Tax

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