Attorney Leonard Van Slyke, Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., Jackson, Mississippi

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Leonard D. Van Slyke Jr.

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633 North State Street P.O. Box 427 Jackson, Mississippi 39202

Phone	(601) 949-4848
Fax	(601) 949-4804
Email	lvanslyke@watkinsludlam.com

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Areas of Practice:: Tax Controversy; Media; Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate

Bar Admissions:: U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982; U.S. Supreme Court, 1973; U.S. Tax Court, 1972; Mississippi, 1970; U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1970; U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1970

Education:: Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC , 1974
LL.M. in Taxation; University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS , 1970
J.D.; University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1966
B.S.

Published Works:: Sunshine in Mississippi: The Open Meetings Act, (with Terryl Rushing), 60 Mississippi Law Journal 283, Fall, 1990

Representative Cases:: Re: WLBT, Inc., d/b/a WLBT-TV, 33 Media L. Rep. 1167 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 2005); Gannett River States Pub. Corp v. City of Jackson, 866 So. 2d 462 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 2004); Worldwide Labor Support v. U.S., 312 F. 3rd 712 (C.A. 5 2002); Wilbanks v. Gray, 795 So. 2d 541 (Miss. App 2001); Gannett River States Publishing Co. v. City of Jackson, 27 Med.L.Rep. 1438 (Miss. Ch. Ct. 1998); Tower Loan of MS, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 1996-152 (T.C. 1996); Tower Loan of Mississippi, Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Commission, 662 So. 2d 1077 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1995); In re Gannett River States Publishing Co., 630 So.2d 351 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1994); Pittman v. Gannett River States Pub. Co., 836 F.Supp. 377 (S.D. Miss. 1993); Gannett v. Bureau of Nat. Guard, 20 Med. L. Rep. 1183 (S.D. Miss. 1992); TV-3, Inc. v. City of Jackson, 19 Med.L.Rep. 1312 (Miss. Ch. Ct. 1991); Gannett River States Pub. Co. v. Hand, 571 So.2d 941 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1990); Hinds Co. Bd. Sups. v. Common Cause, 551 So. ZJ 107 (Miss. Sup. Ct. 1989); Williams v. U.S., 573 F.Supp. 14 (E.D. Ark. 1983); Spain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 1978-270 (U.S. Tax Ct. 1978); Mladnich v. U.S., 379 F. Supp. 117 (S.D. Miss. 1974); Alabama Displays v. U.S., 507 F. 2d 844 (U.S. Ct. Claims 1974)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Open Meetings and Public Records Law: Case Law and Ethics, Lorman Educational Services, 2002; Mississippi Sales Tax, National Business Institute, 1998 - 2005; Tax Controversy Procedure, Mississippi Society of CPAs, 2000; Open Meetings and Public Records, Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, 2000; Access to Court Records & Proceedings, Mississippi Press Association, 1992; Tax for the Non-Tax Lawyer, Mississippi College School of Law, 1986; Open Meetings and Public Records, Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, 2006

Honors and Awards:: Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, First Amendment Law, Tax Law, and Trusts & Estates; Who's Who Legal: USA - Corporate Tax, 2006; Fellow, The Mississippi Bar Foundation; Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Tax, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships:: The Mississippi Bar; Member; Hinds County Bar Association; Former President; Jackson Tax Forum; Member; Federal Bar Association, Mississippi Chapter; Former President; University of Southern Mississippi, Alumni Association; Member; University of Southern Mississippi, Alumni Association, 2002 - 2005; Director; Hinds County Bar Association, 1990 - 1991; President; Mississippi Tax Institute, 1982 - 1984; Trustee; Meritas Law Firms Worldwide, 2005; Board of Directors; The Mississippi Bar, Tax Section, 1978 - 1980; Chairman; Mississippi Chapter of Common Cause, 2003 - 2005; Board of Directors; Jackson Touchdown Club; President; Galloway United Methodist Church; Chair, Board of Trustees

Past Employment Positions:: U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Trial Attorney

Pro Bono Activities:: Estate Planning & Probate Speech, Peoples Law School (Hinds County Bar Association), 1991 - 2001; Habitat for Humanities Project, Hinds County Bar Association, 1990; Chairman, Judicial Preference Poll, Hinds County Bar Association, 1980 - 1982; Southeast Region Liaison Tax Committee (IRS and Tax Practitioners), 1978 - 1980