Jenny A. Austin

Clients across all industries, including life sciences, manufacturing, consumer products, and technology, turn to Jenny Austin for representation in matters of federal tax controversy and litigation. Jenny guides clients through all stages of tax controversies, from IRS audits to administrative appeals, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and litigation. She regularly advises clients facing a variety of domestic and international issues on strategies to avoid tax disputes around the world and on creative ways to resolve them.

• Abbott Laboratories v. Commissioner, T.C. No. 20227-23 (§951A regulation challenge, among other issues))
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2016-112, rev’d and remanded for further factual findings, 900 F.3d 610 (8th Cir. 2018) (§ 482 reallocation, among other issues)
• Garcia v. Commissioner, 140 T.C. 141 (2013) (characterization of income)
• VERITAS Software Corp. v. Commissioner, 133 T.C. 297 (2009) (§ 482 cost sharing)
• Garcia v. Commissioner, T.C. No. 11574-13 (characterization of income)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Commissioner, T.C. No. 17488-08 (§ 482 cost sharing)
• Kentucky League of Cities, Inc. v. Airbnb, Inc., No. 23-CI-01086 (Franklin Circuit Ct., Ky.)

• New York University School of Law , LLM in Taxation
• Washington University School of Law, JD
  Washington University Law Review
• Washington University, BSBA, AB

• Illinois

• Board Member, Midwest Region, UNICEF USA
• Member, Tax Authority: Federal, US Editorial Advisory Board, Law360 (2019)
• 40 Under 40, Chicago Lawyer and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (2018)
• Recommended, Tax: US taxes: contentious, The Legal 500 US (2018)
• Member, Practice Group of the Year, Tax, Law360 (2017)
• Vice Chair, Transfer Pricing Committee, Tax Section, American Bar Association (2017–present)