Selected To
Georgia Super Lawyers 2012
Georgia Super Lawyers 2011
Georgia Super Lawyers 2010
Georgia Super Lawyers 2009
Georgia Super Lawyers 2008
Georgia Super Lawyers 2007
Georgia Super Lawyers 2006
Georgia Super Lawyers 2005
Georgia Super Lawyers 2004
No Rising Stars publication in 2008
About Robert Hishon
Admitted: 1970, Georgia
Honors and Awards:
- Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Eta Sigma
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Bar Association (member, sections of: Taxation; Litigation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Chair, Sub-committee on Accumulated Earnings Tax, 1973-1976; Chair, Sub-committee on Liaison with the U.S. Tax Court 1987-1989; Co-chair, Tax Litigation Committee 1990-1994), The Bar Association of the District of Columbia, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association (member of the board of the Tax Section 1990-1993), Georgia State University College of Law Tax Clinic Advisory Committee 1991-____ ; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Georgia Special Olympics (Board of Directors 1976-1979, 1980-1991; Chair 1982-1983 and 1987-1988); Emory Law Alumni Association (President 1990-1991); Emory Law School Council (1989-2000; Leadership Atlanta (1983); Georgia Head Injury Association (Board of Directors 1993-1996).
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Adjunct Professor, Taxation, Emory University, teaching Corporate Reorganizations 1974-1994, teaching Tax Crimes and Penalties 1989; teaching White Collar Crimes 1994-2004. Adjunct Professor, Tax Fraud, University of Florida 1997-2005.Co-author: Tax Fraud and Money Laundering, John Marshall Press (1993); Partnerships - Distributive Shares - Disallowance of Special Allocations, Tax Management, Portfolio 283-2nd, 1985. Editor: Tax Litigation column, The Tax Times 1985-1987; Board of Advisors: The Journal of Taxation of S Corporations 1988-1992.Lecturer, approximately 50 continuing legal education seminars