Douglas Mancino > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Los Angeles (Century City), United States > Lawyer Profile

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
2029 CENTURY PARK EAST
SUITE 3500
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067-3021
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

Doug has extensive experience in audits, appeals, and other tax controversies, including tax litigation. He has served as counsel to health care clients in a case that defined the limits of tax-exempt organizations participating in health care joint ventures and represents tax-exempt health plans throughout the United States.

Doug has authored or co-authored five books and treatises and more than 90 articles concerning tax-exempt organizations and health care issues. He is a former president of the American Health Lawyers Association and served for three years as vice chair publications of the ABA’s Tax Section. Doug is a frequent lecturer/speaker on many legal, tax and health care subjects. He enjoys a national reputation as one of the country’s top health care and tax-exempt organization lawyers.

Doug is active in many civic and charitable activities. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Burn Foundation, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Irvine Health Foundation, The Center on Philanthropy & Public Policy and Health Net, Inc. (NYSE). He is also a member of the Executive Board and an executive vice president of the Music Center Leadership Council. He has previously served on the boards of several other nonprofit organizations, including the Kent State University Foundation, and the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law.

Education

  • JD, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
    Summa cum laude
    Order of the coif
    Ohio State Law Journal, associate editor
  • BA, Kent State University
    Cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)

(Leading lawyers)

Douglas MancinoSeyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP demonstrates expertise in the full range of challenges faced by tax-exempt organizations, advising on formation, reorganizations, and fundraising matters in addition to providing general counselling and guidance on lobbying activities. Leading the department from Los Angeles are Ofer Lion, whose tax expertise encompasses both contentious and non-contentious matters, and Douglas Mancino, who is a specialist in tax controversy, including audits, appeals, and litigation. Further key members of the team are San Francisco lawyer Arnold Brown, who has significant experience in the technology sector, and Lisa Schaures in Seattle, who covers joint ventures, corporate conversions, and M&A within the non-profit space.