Alvin J. Geske, a member of the Private Wealth Services Group, represents businesses, individuals, charities, and estates on tax and tax-related issues. A significant area of his practice focuses on charitable giving and tax-exempt organizations, including standards for obtaining and retaining tax-exempt status for private foundations and public charities, unrelated business income taxes, self-dealing, private inurement, and intermediate sanctions. His practice often involves obtaining rulings or information from the IRS National Office. For example, Mr. Geske was part of a team that obtained a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service on a complex transaction involving self-dealing issues where the ruling was a key to a resolution of a dispute between the foundation and heirs of a decedent who had left substantial assets to the foundation.