Mark Segal graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce with a B.S. in Economics, and received his J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. Mr. Segal practices with the law firm of Mark Segal, Chartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, with an emphasis on personal bankruptcy and tax law. His practice also includes all aspects of civil IRS controversy representation. Mr. Segal is admitted to the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court, various U.S. District Courts, the United States Supreme Court, and the New York, Arizona, and Nevada State Bars. He served as Special Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, from 1968 to 1973. He is a member of the American Bar Association Taxation, Business Law and Law Office Management Sections; and the State Bar of Nevada Executive Committees on Taxation and Bankruptcy. He served on the Tax Advisory Committee to the National Bankruptcy Review Commission's Government Working Group in 1997. Mr. Segal has lectured on discharging taxes in bankruptcy at conventions of the National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (NACTT), the State Bar of Nevada, and NACBA's prior conventions. He has been a member of NACBA since its formation in 1992. Mr. Segal was a 2003 recipient of NACBA's Distinguished Service Award.