David Foster

Practice Areas

David Foster is a partner in the Tax Disputes Practice in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. David advises private equity firms, hedge funds, large corporations, partnerships, estates, exempt organizations and individuals, many of whom are subject to the IRS’ Global High Wealth initiative. His practice covers a diverse range of tax issues, including BBA partnership audit and litigation procedures, energy tax credits, international tax and transfer pricing, challenges to tax-exempt status, taxation of financial products, estate and gift taxes, deferred compensation, voluntary disclosures and criminal tax.

David is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and the American Bar Foundation. He also has served as chair of the D.C. Bar’s Tax Audits and Litigation Committee and as co-chair of the Privileges Subcommittee and the Civil Penalties Subcommittee of the Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee of the ABA Tax Section.

Career

Law Clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court (2006-2007); Law Clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2005-2006).

Personal

J.D., Harvard Law School, 2005 (Supreme Court Chair of the Harvard Law Review); A.B., Harvard University, Harvard College, 2000.