Igor S. Drabkin - Los Angeles, CA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, 1998
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • California State University, Northridge, California
    B.S.
    Honors: Dean's List
    Major: Finance

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Serivce, Senior Trial Attorney, 1999 - 2007
• U.S. Attorney's Office, Tax Division, Special Assistant United States Attorney, 2001 - 2007

Languages

• Russian

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Taxation, Golden Gate University, 2001 - Present

Representative Cases

• David Dung Le, M.D., Inc. v. Commissioner
  • Citation: 114 T.C. 268
  • Court: Tax Court
  • Year: 2000
• Bobbs v. Commissioner
  • Citation: T.C. Memo. 2005-272
  • Court: Tax Court

Bar Admissions

• California, 1998
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1998
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1998
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1998
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1998
• U.S. Tax Court, 1999

Other Affiliations

• California Bar Association, Taxation Section
• Beverly Hills Bar Association, Taxation & Bankruptcy Sections