Treasury Names Robert Neis Acting Deputy Benefits Tax Counsel

Robert J. Neis has been appointed acting deputy benefits tax counsel at the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy.

Neis first joined Treasury in June as associate benefits tax counsel, a Treasury spokesman told BNA Sept. 18. Before taking the position at Treasury, Neis had been a partner at Sutherland law firm. He is a graduate of Cornell Law School and Middlebury College.

The former deputy benefits tax counsel, Helen Morrison, left Treasury to join Ernst & Young as a principal in the compensation and benefits practice of the firm’s national tax department.