Elizabeth P. Nevle
Associate
Elizabeth Nevle is an associate and litigation attorney in the Houston office of Foley & Lardner. She is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations, and Tax Controversy Practice Groups. She joined Foley in 2019 as a summer associate.
Elizabeth focuses her practice on tax controversy as well as a broad range of commercial litigation matters. She assists clients in tax controversy matters at the administrative, trial, and appellate levels. Elizabeth has gained significant experience practicing in a wide range of state tax matters. She currently is enrolled at New York University to obtain her LL.M in Taxation.
Awards and Recognition
- Awarded, The Jim Alfini/Hans Lawton Award and The Christopher Breen Memorial Award for Advocacy
- Honored, Dean’s List and Order of Lytae
- Recipient, Dean’s Merit Scholarship, Lizabeth Parham Matthews Scholarship, Imogen S. Papadopoulos Scholarship, and Houston Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Scholarship
- Champion, National Sports Law Negotiation Competition, National Moot Court Regional Competition, and Judge Sharon S. McCally Moot Court Competition
- Best Brief, American Bar Association Regional Competition, National Moot Court Regional Competition, and Wagner Moot Court Competition
- Lawyers of Color Hot List, 2022
Affiliations
- Member, Houston Bar Association, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
- Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Member, Asian American Bar Association of Houston
- Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association
Presentations and Publications
- Co-presenter, Start Up Tax Conference, “What Happened to Allocable Income?” (May 23, 2023)
- Co-presenter, Chicago Tax Club, “What Ever Happened to Allocable Income?” (November 9, 2022)
- Author, “Tales of the Crypt: Global Trends in the Taxation of Cryptocurrency,” 24.2 Currents: JIEL 116 (2021)
- Co-author, “Contract Interpretation Issues,” 42nd Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course (2019)
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