Diara M. Holmes

Diara M. Holmes joined Caplin & Drysdale's Exempt Organizations practice in 2003, and she became a member in 2007.

Services

Ms. Holmes advises a broad range of nonprofit organizations – including colleges and universities, U.S. affiliates of foreign charities, churches, trade associations and large public charities – on both tax planning and tax controversy matters. She has represented prominent organizations before the IRS in private letter ruling requests and complex audits involving a range of issues -- including lobbying, alleged campaign intervention, executive compensation, UBIT, private foundation excise taxes, and structuring transactions.

Professional Activities

• Ms. Holmes is an active member of the ABA Tax Section's Committee on Exempt Organizations, and has served as Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Audits and Appeals since 2008.
  
• Ms. Holmes is a frequent speaker at national professional conferences on exempt organizations. For example:

• Panelist, ABA Tax Section's Forum on College and University Compliance Audits (2010)
• Panelist, National Association of College and University Attorneys (June 2010 and June 2011)
• Panelist, National Association of College and University Business Officers Tax Forum (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Georgetown University Law School's CLE Program, Representing and Managing Tax-Exempt Organizations (2008)
• American Law Institute-American Bar Association Course on Tax-Exempt Charitable Organizations (2003, 2005, 2007)
  
• She is also actively involved with the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association's Nonprofits & Associations Forum, which Caplin & Drysdale sponsors.
  

• She is a member of the California, New York and District of Columbia Bars.