PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current

• Principal in Charge, Ryan, Austin office
  
  • Supervises franchise tax reviews, unclaimed property reviews, transactional analysis, tax planning, nexus studies, and represents clients at the administrative hearings level.

Previous

• Senior Manager, two national accounting firms
• Associate, law firm

PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous

• Member, Industry/Practitioner Liaison Group, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Administrative Law Judge and Supervising Hearings Attorney, Franchise Tax Section, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Legal Counselor, Public Utility Commission, State of Texas
• Commissioner, Austin Energy, City of Austin Electric Utility

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Stein is a frequent speaker at conferences providing presentations on administrative proceedings and litigation, current Texas franchise tax issues, and unclaimed property.

PUBLICATIONS

• BNA Tax Management, "Texas Franchise Tax Portfolio"
• Coordinating Editor, CCH Incorporated, "2004 Guidebook to Texas Taxes"

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• American Society of Certified Public Accountants
  
  • Liaison to National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (1998-1999)
  • Committee Member: State & Local Taxation Committee (1996-1999)
  • Nexus Tax Force (1999-2001)
• Dallas/Fort Worth State Tax Association
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation
• Texas Bar Association
• Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  
  • Committee Chair: State Taxation (1995-1998)
  • Committee Member: Regulation and Legislation Council Steering (1995-1998)
  • Committee Vice-Chair: State Taxation (1994-1995)
  • State Taxation Conference (1994-1999)
  • Committee Member: State Taxation (1992-Present)
• Travis County Bar Association

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

• LL.M.,Taxation, Boston University, School of Law
• Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, Texas Tech, School of Law
• Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Licensed in Texas
  (Ryan is not a CPA firm.)
• Licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and Texas