Paul W. Decker

Representative Client Work

• REIT organization and acquisitions
• TIC structuring and formation
• Timber transactions
• General federal and state tax matters

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1999

Publications

• Repeat Users See 1031 Exchanges as the Gift that Keeps on Giving, The Real Reporter, Quoted (August 20, 2009)

Client Advisories

• 2009 Stimulus Act Expands Tax Benefits for Alternative Energy Projects

Awards & Honors

• Accounting Alumnus of the Year, Cleveland State University (2008)
• Sears Prize, Harvard Law School, awarded annually to the two highest-ranked students (1997-1998)
• Elijah Watt Sells Gold Medal, AICPA, awarded annually for the highest score on Uniform CPA Examination (November 1990)

Professional & Civic Activities

• American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1999
• M.B.A., Cleveland State University, 1992
• B.B.A., Cleveland State University, 1990