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Adelbert L. (Lorry) Spitzer
Partner




Ropes & Gray
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Boston, MA 02110-2624

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PRACTICES
Tax & Benefits

Corporate


Practice

Lorry Spitzer, a partner in Ropes & Gray's Tax & Benefits Department, specializes in 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

  • Member, Exempt Organizations and Partnership Committees of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association
  • Member, National Association of College and University Attorneys
  • Frequent speaker on tax-exempt organization issues
  • Chair, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education's Annual Nonprofit Conference


Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts, 1981


Education
  • 1981, J.D., magna cum laude, Boston College Law School
  • 1974, B.A., Yale University



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