Maxwell D. Solet Named Chair of IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities

Business Wire, May 29, 2007

BOSTON -- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., a full-service, 480 lawyer AmLaw 100 firm with offices throughout the U.S. and in the U.K., announced that attorney Maxwell D. Solet has been appointed the Chair of the Internal Revenue Service's Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) for 2007-2008. A member of the committee for the past two years, Mr. Solet served as one of three tax-exempt bond representatives.

Established in May 2001 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the ACT is comprised of 21-members appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendation of Senior IRS officials. It provides an organized public forum for discussion of relevant issues affecting the tax exempt and government entities. The ACT is a formal body of external stakeholders and representatives who give regular input with respect to the development and implementation of tax policy concerning employee plans, exempt organizations, tax-exempt bonds and federal, state, local and Indian tribal government issues.

"Mike's appointment to the chair of this national committee is a well deserved honor for him and brings great distinction to the firm's public finance practice," said Rich Moche, Chair of the firm's Public Finance Section. "The committee will benefit greatly from Mike's distinct leadership ability and vast experience."

Mr. Solet is a member in the firm's Boston office, where he practices in both the Tax and Public Finance Sections. He has principal tax responsibility in connection with the firm's role as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and bondholders' counsel on numerous state and local bond issues. Mr. Solet has also represented a large number of multi-state companies in connection with Massachusetts tax issues, primarily involving the corporation excise (income) tax and sales and use taxes.

Mr. Solet is a past chairman of the Tax Section of the Boston Bar Association and chairman of its State Tax Committee and its Subcommittee on Multistate Taxation. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Annual Bond Attorneys Workshop sponsored by the National Association of Bond Lawyers. He received his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College (1970), and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School (1974).

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