GEORGE S. ISAACSON

ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHY

George S. Isaacson is a senior partner and represents direct marketers and electronic merchants throughout the United States in connection with state sales, use and income tax matters, as well as regulatory issues. He is tax counsel to the Direct Marketing Association and has represented the DMA in the filing of amicus curiae briefs in state and federal courts throughout the country, including the United States Supreme Court, regarding various tax matters. George has also represented the DMA in negotiations with state governors to simplify and standardize state sales/use tax systems and was DMA's representative on the Steering Committee for the National Tax Association's Project on Taxation of Electronic Commerce. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of CCH Sales & Use Tax Alert. George teaches courses on Constitutional Law at Bowdoin College. He frequently speaks before business groups and trade associations regarding taxation of interstate transactions and taxation of electronic commerce. Such speaking engagements have included the Promotion Marketing Association of America, National Institute for State and Local Taxation, Institute on Federal Taxation, New York State Society of CPAs, The Conference Board (Conference on Advanced E-Commerce Tax Policy), Committee on State Taxation (COST), Multistate Tax Commission and the American Bar Association, Section on Taxation. George was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in 2008 and 2009 in the field of corporate litigation and as a New England Super Lawyer® in 2009.

George is a co-author of 'Eyes on eCom Law,' a blog that reports on legal developments of interest to direct marketers and online sellers.

EDUCATION

Bowdoin College (B.A., cum laude, 1970); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1973); Law Clerk, Justice Thomas E. Delahanty, Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1973 - 1974); Adjunct Faculty Member, Bowdoin College; Lecturer, University of Maine School of Law.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (CURRENT AND FORMER)

Advisory Board, CCH Sales and Use Tax Alert; Steering Committee of National Tax Association Project on Taxation of Electronic Commerce; Trustee, MaineHealth (Chair, Strategic Planning Committee); Trustee, Maine Public Broadcasting Network (Chair, Governance Committee); Director, Maine Partners Health Plan (HMO); Trustee, Maine Medical Center (Chair, Education & Research Committee); Chair, Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence; First Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Committee; State Advisory Committee to U.S. Civil Rights Commission; Board of Directors Livermore Falls Trust Company; Casinos No! Executive Committee; Chair, Board of Directors, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival; L.L. Bean Audit Committee and Compensation Committee; Pine Tree Legal Assistance.

BAR ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIPS

Maine (1973); Massachusetts (1973); U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, District of Maine. Androscoggin County; Maine State and American (Legal Education and Taxation Sections) Bar Associations; Fellow, Maine Bar Foundation.