A Conversation with Brian Spiegel

06/26/23 • 42 min

Joel Crouch and Firm Partner, Brian Spiegel have an interesting conversation about how he went from working towards a career in sports journalism to practicing tax law. He talks about his favorite sports teams that he began following when he was a young boy. Brian's college education started in Arizona and after his first year, he returned to Texas going to school at UT in Austin. He spent time in college writing about various sports events and he became the News and Sports Director at an Austin Radio Station while in college. After receiving his Bachelor of Journalism degree, he decided to apply his math and analytics expertise to becoming a lawyer. He moved to Dallas to attend law school at SMU Dedman School of Law and then furthered his education at NYU School of Law receiving his LL.M. in Tax. He clerked for a Tax Court judge for almost two years in Washington, DC and then joined the firm. Find out about his law practice, how and what has created change in his practice and his advice to young lawyers just starting to practice law.

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