Part IV. Items of General Interest

Robert Lord of Berens, Kozub & Lord

Qualified List of Neutrals for Arbitration Under Rev. Proc. 2002–67

Announcement 2003–3

The Internal Revenue Service has selected thirty individuals to serve as qualified neutrals available to taxpayers for arbitration under the provisions of Rev. Proc. 2002–67, 2002–43 I.R.B. 733.

BACKGROUND

The settlement initiative in Rev. Proc. 2002–67 prescribes two optional settlement methodologies for resolving cases involving Contingent Liability Transactions that are the same as or substantially similar to those described in Notice 2001–17, 2001–1 C.B. 730. Section 6 of Rev. Proc. 2002–67 provides that eligible taxpayers who have chosen the second settlement methodology, called Fast Track Dispute Resolution Procedure–Contingent Liability Cases, are obligated to proceed to binding arbitration to resolve any issues not resolved during the accelerated settlement negotiations. Section 7.05 of Rev. Proc. 2002–67 states that the Service will develop a qualified list of neutrals available to serve as arbitrators. Taxpayers entering into binding arbitration are required to select three candidates from the qualified list and rank them in order of preference. The Administrator of the arbitration process will then arrange for the hiring of one of the candidates chosen by the taxpayer, based on availability and order of preference.

QUALIFIED LIST OF NEUTRALS

Working closely with the American Arbitration Association, the Internal Revenue Service has determined that the qualified list of neutrals, as described in Section 7.05 of Rev. Proc. 2002–67 shall consist of the following individuals:

Scott Adams of Scott G. Adams, Esq., P.C.,

East Boothbay, Maine Loretta Argrett of Howard Law School,

Washington, D.C. Jerald Beer of Boose, Casey, Ciklin,

Lubitz, Martens, McBane & O’Connell, West Palm Beach, Florida Iris June Brown of Rogin, Nassau,

PLC, Scottsdale, Arizona Julie McGuire of Hull McGuire, P.C.,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Hugh Morgan of Morgan & Associates,

Wilford, Spencer & Gale, Ltd., St. Paul, Minnesota Michele O’Brien of the Law Office of

Inc., Cleveland, Ohio Michael O’Brien of Leonard, O’Brien,

Caplan, Lassman & Hirtle, LLC, Hartford, Connecticut James E. Bye of Holme Roberts &

Owen, Denver, Colorado William Chandler of Urbach Kahn &

Werlin Advisors, Inc., New York, New York William Cooney of the Cooney Law

Michele O’Brien, P.C., Houston, Texas William Raby of the Raby Law Office,

nia, Self-employed Gregory Rockwell of

Tempe, Arizona Rufus Rhoades of Los Angeles, Califor

Firm, Augusta, Georgia Michael S. Feldman of

Michael S. Feldman, P.C.,

Farmington Hills, Michigan Ronald Fiedelman of Philip Vogel &

Bellevue, Washington, Self-employed Albert Sturtevant of

Co., P.C., Dallas, Texas Charles Froehlich, Jr. of the Charles W.

Washington, D.C., Self-employed Bruno Tassone of

Chicago, Illinois, Self-employed

Froehlich Corp., San Diego, California Robert Glaser of Arter & Hadden

(retired), Cleveland, Ohio Larry Ray Green of Charlotte, North

Carolina, Self-employed Daniel Gulden of Atlanta, Georgia,

Self-employed Paul Gutterman of the University of

Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Robert S. Haft of Mercedes Medical,

Inc., Sarasota, Florida Stewart Hancock, Jr. of Hancock &

Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse, New York Lawrence Kaplan of Solomon, Ward,

Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP, San Diego, California Gordon Klein of the University of

CONTACT INFORMATION

For information regarding this announcement, including further information about the selected neutrals, call Jo Ann Prager, Manager at (202) 283–8445 (not a tollfree call) or Sandy Cohen, Appeals Program Analyst at (202) 694–1818 (not a tollfree call). Ms. Prager may also be reached by fax at (202) 283–8406, electronically at otsa@irs.gov, or by mail at Office of Tax Shelter Analysis (“OTSA”), LM:PFTG: OTSA, Attn: 351, 1111 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20224. Please include “Revenue Procedure 2002–67” in the subject line of any electronic communication.

California at Los Angeles, Calabasas, California Donald Korb of Thompson Hine LLP,

Cleveland, Ohio Bruce Lane of Nixon Peabody, LLP,

Washington, D.C.

January 27, 2003 361 2003–4 I.R.B.