Shelly Kay, a member of Sutherland’s Tax Practice Group, focuses on tax controversy issues, including Internal Revenue Service (IRS) procedures, dispute resolutions and tax litigation matters.

Before joining Sutherland, Shelly was the partner-in-charge of the Southeast area’s tax controversy group for a Big Four accounting firm. He also served as the IRS District Counsel for the Georgia District. In that position, he was the primary legal representative for the District Director, the Director for the Atlanta Service Center, and the Chiefs of Appeals, Collection, Criminal Investigation and Examination Divisions. Before moving to Georgia, Shelly was in charge of the IRS District Counsel offices in St. Louis, Missouri, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Shelly has taught trial techniques and trial strategies at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy programs and has also taught litigation and discovery skills to many senior attorneys in the IRS Chief Counsel’s office. He has been an adjunct professor at several universities (courses including Tax Accounting Methods, Tax Practice and Procedures, and others) as well as an assistant editor of Mertens Law of Federal Income Taxation and Casey Federal Tax Practice. Shelly is a frequent speaker before Tax Executives Institute (TEI), State Bar and Certified Public Accountant groups.