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A. L. (Lorry) Spitzer
Partner
Ropes & Gray
One International Place
Boston, MA 02110-2624
T + 1-617-951-7251
F + 1-617-235-0212
+ 1-617-854-2691 secretary
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Practice
Lorry Spitzer, a partner in Ropes & Gray's Tax & Benefits Department, concentrates his practice on representing colleges and universities, health care organizations and other types of tax-exempt organizations. Lorry is a frequent speaker about unrelated business taxable income, compensation-setting procedures, "commercial" activities of non-profits, and endowment investment issues.
Professional Experience
Lorry joined Ropes & Gray in 1981. From 1986-1988, Lorry worked for the Office of Tax Policy of the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C., first as an attorney advisor and then as Special Assistant to the Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy. While at the Treasury Department, he dealt primarily with issues involving tax-exempt organizations and partnership taxation.
Honors & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America
Professional & Civic Activities
- Chairs annual Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Nonprofit Law Conference
- Chair of the College and University Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Tax Section Committee on Exempt Organizations
- Past Co-Chair of Unrelated Business Taxable Income Subcommittee of Exempt Organizations Committee of ABA Tax Section
- Past Chair of Tax Section of National Association of College and University Attorneys
- Adjunct professor of Taxation, Boston College Law School
- Lecturer in the Law, Harvard Law School
Bar Admissions
Education
- 1981,
J.D., magna cum laude, Boston College Law School
- 1974,
B.A., Yale University
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