Auburn R. Wise

Auburn Wise is an associate in the Tax Section of the Benefits, Tax, and Private Client Group. She assists businesses and individuals with a variety of federal, state, and local tax issues, including income, property, sales and use, excise, and employment taxes. Her practice focuses on tax matters related to business entities and corporate transactions.

Auburn assists clients with tax considerations and general tax planning for business transactional matters, including corporate and partnership taxation, choice of entity and entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and recapitalizations, liquidations, tax-free reorganizations, pass-through entities, S corporation and limited liability company transactions, finance transactions, and equity compensation, including incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, employee stock purchase plans and related tax issues.

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Tax, 2021; Certificate in International Taxation

Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., 2019; Associate Editor, Lewis & Clark Law Review; President & Founder, Tax Law Society

Concordia University, B.A., Psychology, 2014

Admissions

Oregon

Washington

Hawaii

United States Tax Court

Insights & Presentations

• “Treasury Issues Guidance on Section 48C Credit Allocation Program” (co-author), Stoel Rives LLP legal alert, February 15, 2023
• “Treasury Issues Low-Income Communities Solar and Wind Credit Guidance” (co-author), Stoel Rives LLP legal alert, February 14, 2023

Publications

• Oregon State Bar Taxation Section
• Lewis & Clark Law School Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
• • Pro Bono Attorney, 2019–2021
  • Research Assistant & Advanced Legal Extern, 2018–2019
  • Law Clerk, 2017–2018