Attorney Profiles

John D. Rice 
San Antonio, Texas
Of Counsel, since 2000
phone 210-225-0001
888-700-7557 (Toll Free)
fax 210-225-0041
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John D. Rice focuses his practice on the area of Public Finance concentrating on the federal income tax aspects of tax-exempt financings. He has represented political subdivisions, including cities, counties and school districts in issuance of obligations for capital improvements and refinancing. Mr. Rice’s practice also includes representation of clients before the Internal Revenue Service.

Mr. Rice also devotes a substantial portion of his practice to work as tax and corporate counsel for various clients. In addition, Mr. Rice is a Certified Public Accountant specializing in federal taxation.

Year Joined Organization:
2000
Areas of Practice:
Public Finance
Tax
Certification/Specialties:
Public Accountant, State of Texas


Public Accountant, Commonwealth of Kentucky


Texas Peace Officer


Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
Education:
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1979

J.D.

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1979

M.B.A.

Murray State University, 1974

Master in English

Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1972

B.A.


Honors: With Honors
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Legal, Tax and Accounting Implications in Choosing a Business's Legal Structure, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Third Annual Trade Show Seminar Presentation


Federal Income Tax Incentives and Low Income Housing, Financial Executives Institute, San Antonio Chapter Seminar Presentation


A Strict Analysis of the Income Tax Liability Considerations of Being as S or a C Corporation After the 1986 Tax Reform Act, (Discussant), Southwestern Federation of Administrative Discipline's Annual Meeting


Income Taxes and the Bankrupt Individual, Southwestern Social Science Association's Annual Meeting Paper Presentation


The Below Market Method and the Total Offset Method: A Simulation Analysis and The Female Survivor Bringing a Wrongful Death Suit: What Personal Consumption Theory is Applied to Decedent's Income?, (Discussant), Southwestern social Science Association's Annual Meeting Chairman Law and Economics I Seminar


Below Market Method and the Total Offset Method: A Simulation Analysis and The Female Survivor Bringing a Wrongful Death Suit: What Personal Consumption Theory is Applied to Decedent's Income?


The Technical Corrections Act of 1988 and Beyond, American Association of Individual Investors Seminar Presentation


Capital Gains, Deficit Reduction and the Value Added Tax, San Antonio Mutual Fund Club Seminar Presentation


Professional Associations and Memberships:
National Association of Bond Lawyers


San Antonio Bar Association
Member


National Association of Accountants
Member


American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants
Member


American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member


Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
Member

With offices in San Antonio, Dallas, Laredo, and Houston, Texas, as well as Mexico City, Mexico, the minority-owned law firm of Escamilla, Poneck & Cruz, LLP, offers a wide range of legal services to governmental agencies, private corporations, and individuals throughout the state of Texas including the cities of Jourdanton, Floresville, Seguin, New Braunfels, Boerne, Laredo, Macdona, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Grapevine, Colleyville, South Lake, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Denton, Plano, Richardson, and Flower Mound, and throughout the counties of Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, Guadalupe, Comal, Kendall, Tarrant, Fort Bend, Harris, Wise, Hays, Williamson, Webb, Live Oak, Nueces, Austin and Cameron.

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