Greg S. Nickerson

Prior to forming the Washington Tax & Public Policy Group in 2005, Mr. Nickerson served as Tax Counsel to Chairman Thomas (R-CA) on the Committee on Ways and Means from 2001 to February 2005.  He also served as Staff Director to Chairman McCrery (R-LA) on the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures from 2004 to February 2005. 

While working for the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Nickerson was the lead tax staffer for the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. His primary areas of jurisdiction for the Committee included corporate and international taxation, energy taxation, depreciation, corporate alternative minimum tax, financial products, tax shelters, research and development, business tax credits, and insurance taxation.

Prior to joining the Committee on Ways and Means, Mr. Nickerson spent two years as the counsel for the National Foreign Trade Council working closely with NFTC’s 450 multinational corporations, the Department of Treasury, the United States Trade Representative and Congress on international tax and trade legislation and agreements.  Prior to that, Mr. Nickerson spent seven years as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice, Tax Division and the Internal Revenue Service.

Mr. Nickerson received his B.S. in Business Administration with a Minor in Accounting from the University of New Hampshire; his J.D., magna cum laude, from the New England School of Law; and attended the New York University LL.M. in Taxation program.