Helen V Cooper

Helen V Cooper

Dentons
Louisville, KY
https://www.dentons.com/en/helen-cooper

Helen V Cooper is a member of Dentons' US Tax practice. She assists clients at all stages of the tax return lifecycle, from identifying business goals, such as maximizing tax efficiencies and minimization of risk, to transaction planning, defending tax positions and negotiating post-assessment collection compromises. Ms. Cooper advises on a variety of issues, such as complex financings, restructurings and reorganizations, charitable organizations, loss planning and tax disputes. She also advises clients on developments in the Internal Revenue Code, regulations, and case law to help identify new planning strategies or modify current ones. Before joining Dentons, Ms. Cooper worked at EY, where she was part of teams serving mid-size to Fortune 500 Companies. In the tax controversy space, she worked on Large Business & International (LB&I) and Small Business /Self-Employed (SB/SE) Internal Revenue Service audit engagements for corporations and pass-through entities throughout the Midwest and South. Ms. Cooper has helped with IDR responses, document productions, protests and Appeals presentations. In the planning space, she worked on teams that engaged in accounting methods planning and adoption, where she regularly interfaced with EY National Tax to help prepare accounting method changes. Ms. Cooper has also worked on research and development credit studies, including for a client that claimed over $20 million in federal and state credits, and a meals and entertainment study for a utility company in the southeast, which used statistical sampling. Additionally, she has assisted with tax planning and defense for companies in the manufacturing, construction and software industries. Ms. Cooper served on teams that submitted Requests for Proposal to an EY G360 client and for a large in-bound Canadian company. She is a certified public accountant. Before becoming a CPA, Ms. Cooper practiced law at a multi-state creditor's rights firm, where she specialized in pre- and post-judgment collections. Her experience includes representing institutional clients in state and federal court actions. Ms. Cooper also worked on the firm's litigation team that defended attorneys in federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) cases. In law school, she served as a tax extern in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, where she helped with a complex tax shelter case. Ms. Cooper earned her B.A. degree from Bellarmine University, her M.A. degree from Trinity College Dublin and J.D. degree from University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Kentucky and Indiana.

Helen V Cooper's Courses

  • Understanding Tax Returns and Financial Statements: Practical Application for Legal Practice

    Tax

    4.15

    Understanding Tax Returns and Financial Statements: Practical Application for Legal Practice

    Credits Available
    Credit Status Total
    California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
    Alaska CLE Approved 6 Total
    Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
    California CLE Approved 6 Total
    Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
    Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
    Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
    Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
    Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
    Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
    Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
    Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
    Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
    Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
    Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
    Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
    Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
    North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
    Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
    New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
    New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
    Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
    New York CLE Approved 7 Total
    Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
    Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
    Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
    Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
    Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
    Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
    Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
    West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
    Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 7 Total
    Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
    New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
    Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
    OnDemand
    6 Pennsylvania CLE
  • Indiana Business Law 2024

    Business & Securities Law

    IN Specific

    Indiana Business Law 2024

    Credits Available

    There is no credit available on this course.
    OnDemand

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