Larry recently retired as a Tax Director with the certified public accounting firm Wipfli,
LLP. He has over 40 years of experience in tax consulting for private foundations,
associations, and charitable not-for-profit organizations. He has been engaged in many
consulting assignments in the areas of securing and maintaining tax-exempt status and
minimizing the tax on unrelated business income. Accomplishments include STRYV365’s
tax exempt status, the merger of two business associations; securing public charity status
for a private school and a family cemetery trust; and requests to convert private
foundations into public charities. In addition, he has successfully negotiated settlements
with the Internal Revenue Service and United States Tax Court on various tax-related issues.
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Larry earned a B.S. Degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign and a law degree from Loyola University of Chicago. He is an Illinois licensed attorney and CPA (inactive). He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court.
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Larry serves on the University of Illinois Library Board of Advocates and is a Trustee of The Decalogue Foundation. He serves on the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Task Force on the Unauthorized Practice of Law. In addition, he is a past Chairman of the Federal Tax Section Council and the Employee Benefits Section Council of the ISBA.

Larry speaks on tax and related topics for professional, charitable and business organizations. He and his wife, Laurie, have three grown children and live in Deerfield, Illinois.