Bloomberg Law, Tax Controversy Lawyer Is in Line for Top Counsel Job at IRS:

Private-sector lawyer Jim Gadwood is being vetted to become IRS Chief Counsel, according to a person familiar with the process. If confirmed, he would be the fourth person in the role since President Donald Trump took office. …

Gadwood, now vice chair of the tax department at Miller & Chevalier, would come to the IRS with experience working with large companies on federal tax accounting, transfer pricing, and federal civil tax controversies. …

The IRS Office of Chief Counsel has lost roughly 350 people since the start of the administration, a 13% decrease, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate. That includes multiple division leaders with technical expertise and decades of institutional knowledge.

Three acting chief counsels have succeeded Biden-era appointee Marjorie Rollinson since she resigned last year, with Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Ken Kies currently in the role in an acting capacity. …

The Trump administration first nominated Don Korb, a longtime tax lawyer, to serve in the chief counsel role in his second stint in April 2025 but his nomination was pulled after criticism from far right activist in Trump’s political movement Laura Loomer.

The chief counsel position is one of two at the IRS that require presidential nomination and Senate confirmation.

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