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Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr.

Shareholder

Areas of Practice

• Business Planning and Operations
• Estate Planning and Administration
• Taxation - Federal, Mississippi, Local
• Media and First Amendment Law

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.

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

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
Fellow, The Mississippi Bar Foundation
Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, Tax

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

Professional Associations and Memberships

The Mississippi Bar, Member

Hinds County Bar Association, Former President

Capitol Area Bar Association, Member

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, 2005-2008, Board of Directors Member

The Mississippi Bar, Tax Section, 1978 - 1980, Chairman

Mississippi Chapter of Common Cause, 2003 - 2005, Board of Directors

Jackson Touchdown Club, 2009, President

Galloway United Methodist Church, 2008, Chair, Board of Trustees

Fraternities / Sororities

Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Gamma Mu

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

Birth Information

1944, Hattiesburg, Mississippi