First Admitted: 1996, New York

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Brava SmartCEO Award
"New Yorker of the Week" for her AIDS awareness work among teens in the city, NY1 News, interviewed on June 24, 2005

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"Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Arrangements," Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, February 2009
In the last decade, the United States lagged behind the rest of the world in requiring business entities to report identifying information on their owners as a measure to attack tax evasion, terrorist financing, and money laundering. While a U.S. corpo- ration or a foreign corporation reporting effectively connected income must report the ultimate 25% beneficial owner on Form 5472 (Information Return of a 25% For- eign-Owned U.S. Corporation or a Foreign Corporation Engaged in a U.S. Trade or Business) when it engages in certain transactions with a related party, Congress was concerned that bad actors overseas could hide behind U.S. entities when en- gaging in illicit activity., Author, REMOVING THE CLOAK: THE CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2021 – NEW U.S. LEGISLATION TARGETING GLOBAL CORRUPTION, http://www.ruchelaw.com/insights, 2023
"The Potential Effect of the American Jobs Creation Act," co-authored with Christina Medland, Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, Federated Press, Toronto, December/January 2005
"Corporate Governance: American Jobs Creation Act," Lexpert, April 1, 2005
"Canadian Companies—Act Now to Ensure Deferred Compensation Arrangements Comply with U.S. Tax Laws Under Section 409A," Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement, vol. 19, no. 6, Federated Press, Toronto, September/October 2008

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Bari Zahn