Cowling, David E.

David Cowling has extensive transactional and tax controversy experience with taxing authorities throughout the United States and abroad. He chairs the Firm's State and Local Tax Practice and its e-Commerce Tax Practice.

David is integrally involved in several dozen pending audits and cases involving online travel companies. Recent tax controversy defense work includes defense of a substantial West Coast unitary assessment and successful appeal of a very large municipal use tax assessment. David represents diverse financial services, manufacturing, marketing, wholesaling, distribution, retailing, and services industry taxpayers.

David is a member of the BNA Tax Management State Tax Advisory Board, the CCH State Tax Advisory Board, the Texas Comptroller's Taxpayer Advisory Group, the State Bar of Texas (Tax Section), and the District of Columbia Bar (Taxation Section). He serves on the board of trustees of the St. Philips School and Community Center in Dallas.