Nancy Ortmeyer Kuhn, Esq.

Nancy has expertise in nonprofit governance and tax issues. She has been retained multiple times as an expert witness in litigation involving the IRS and taxpayers with charitable conservation easement issues, along with litigation between two large public charities in the low-income housing space. The issues include nonprofit governance and alleged misappropriation of charitable assets. She has also handled many issues involving private benefit, inurement and misuse of charitable assets. In addition, Nancy represents individuals with tax liability and tax collection issues. She has been successful procuring “innocent spouse” status for multiple clients who are then not responsible for tax liability incurred by their spouse.

Nancy’s existing clients include a variety of non-profit organizations including individuals, public charities, supporting organizations, private foundations, for-profit corporations and limited liability companies.

Prior to joining Jackson & Campbell, Nancy was Of Counsel with a D.C. law firm specializing in Federal tax matters. Nancy also served with the Internal Revenue Service for ten years, primarily litigating before the United States Tax Court on behalf of the government. Nancy also served as an attorney-advisor at the United States Tax Court.

Nancy is active in the community and has served on multiple nonprofit boards of directors. She sings with the Washington Chorus, Washington’s premier adult chorus which performs frequently at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Nancy is President of the Washington Chorus Council. Nancy is a member of the Murdock Inn of Court and Co-Chair of the 20 + Experts and the Women in Politics Committees of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia. She is a founding board member of 131 & Counting, an organization celebrating the women legislators on Capitol Hill. She is a long-distance runner and directs a handbell choir.

Follow Nancy on Twitter @NancyOKuhn.

A frequent speaker and writer, Nancy’s recent articles include:

“Collection Issues? Taxpayers Take The Fast Track to Tax Court” Tax Analysts, August 30, 2010

“What Will Health Care Legislation Hold for Nonprofit Hospitals?” Taxation of Exempts, Nov/Dec 2009

“Private Foundations and the Protection of Assets” co-authored with Marcus S. Owens, Tax Analysts’ The Exempt Organization Tax Review, June 2009

“Separating Exempt-Purpose and Non-Exempt Purpose Activities” Taxation of Exempts, Sept/Oct 2008