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Prepared for and attended8.75 8.75 8.25 124.75
Las Vegas trial session
Total hours 22.50 25.50 24.00 72.00
1 The sum of the sixth row (Answered amended petitions) should be 2
hours and the sum of the eighth row (Prepared for and attended Las Vegas trial
session) should be 25.75 hours. The correct total hours, however, is 72
hours.
Mr. Feinberg is an Associate Area Counsel in the IRS Office
of Chief Counsel in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has been in that
position since September 2002 and has been employed by the Chief
Counsel since July 1991. He has been a member of one or more
State bars since 1979. He is admitted to practice before the
United States Tax Court. His responsibilities include, among
other things, supervising the litigation of cases before the
Court. In connection with these cases, he supervised the
activities of Messr. Tomsic and Wong, and, as supervisor, he
familiarized himself with the cases, discussed handling of the
cases and issues presented, reviewed all documents that were
prepared for filing with the Court, and attended all proceedings
concerning the cases at the Las Vegas trial session. He
estimates that he spent a total of 10 hours on these cases.
Respondent claims that it is reasonable to utilize hourly
charges of $150, $125, and $200 for Messrs. Tomsic’s, Wong’s, and
Feinberg’s time, respectively, in computing the lodestar amounts
for these cases. Respondent argues that those rates are
consistent with the rates that were allowed by the Court for the
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