Don Crawford

Don has advised clients on a variety of controversies including transfer pricing disputes, deficiency litigation, refund litigation, estate litigation, and other domestic and international tax disputes.

He has also advised clients on the clean energy tax provisions contained in the Internal Revenue Code, such as clean energy tax incentives, credits for carbon capture, use, and storage, and electric vehicle tax credits.

Don maintains an active pro bono practice. He co-authored a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief on behalf of a nonprofit advocacy organization in a lawsuit arising under the Fourteenth Amendment, litigated multiple civil rights cases on behalf of clients that were deprived of constitutional and civil rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and advised a local nonprofit organization on maintaining its tax exempt status, among other matters.

Don is a proud alumnus of Howard University School of Law.

• AbbVie Inc. & Subs. v. Commissioner, U.S. Tax Court, No. 2597-23 (dispute concerning capitalization of termination fee under section 1234A)
• Saunders v. Warden, et. al., U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, No. 1:22-cv-01895 (suit concerning deprivation of constitutional and civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983)
• Facebook, Inc. & Subs. v. Commissioner, U.S. Tax Court, No. 21959-16 (transfer pricing dispute concerning temporary cost-sharing regulations under section 482)
• Brief for YWCA USA, Girls Inc., Supermajority Education Fund and United State of Women as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022)

• J. Edgar Murdock American Inn of Court, U.S. Tax Court - Member
• American Bar Association, Section on Taxation - Member and Vice-Chair, Tax Practice & Technology Committee
• District of Columbia Bar Association - Member