Jean L. Tom ’02 Joins Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice at Davis Wright Tremaine

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (DWT) announced that it has expanded its tax-exempt organizations practice with a New York-based team of five attorneys including Jean L. Tom ’02.

Jean L. Tom represents a wide range of public charities and private foundations on corporate, tax and regulatory matters, including  governance, organizational structuring, executive compensation, domestic and international grantmaking, political intervention and lobbying, and program- and mission-related investments. Tom previously practiced for over a decade with Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP in their tax-exempt organizations group. She has served on the Committee on Nonprofit Organizations of the New York City Bar Association and on the ABA Section of Taxation’s Committee on Exempt Organizations. Prior to law firm practice, Tom served as a law clerk for the Hon. Raymond J. Dearie, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn and currently serves as a member of the court’s Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Center for Community Change. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University and her J.D. from Yale Law School. Tom is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.