The ABA announced today that Charles H. Egerton (Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, Orlando, FL) has been selected to chair the 22,000-menber ABA Tax Section. He will serve a one-year term, to be succeeded by William M. Paul of Covington & Burling (Washington, D.C.), who was chosen to serve as chair-elect. From the ABA press release:

Egerton is a tax and corporate attorney whose work emphasizes tax planning for real estate transactions. His practice areas include tax free exchanges; tax structuring of joint ventures; negotiating and drafting partnership and LLC agreements, mergers, sales nd acquisitions of businesses; and handling tax controversies at the audit, trial and appeals levels.