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The
Royal Society of Fellows is represented in legal
matters by the law firm of Polsinelli, Shalton and Welte, attorneys
specializing in non-profit business organizations (Kansas City),
and its accounts and audit are handled by Bernard & Franks,
a corporation of CPA's specializing in non-profit business organizations.
Founding RSOF Leaders
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| Professor William H. Byrnes IV |
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Professor of Law & Director, LL.M. Program, International Tax & Offshore Financial Centers, School of Law, St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida.
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Mr. Alan E. Brill |
| Senior
Managing Director, Kroll Associates, New York, New York. |
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Dr. Robert J. Munro |
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Co-Director, Center for International Financial Crimes Studies, Levin College of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Director of Research for North America CIDOEC, Jesus College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
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| Dr. Peter Koveos |
| Professor
of Finance & Director of the Olivia and Walter Kiebach Center
for International Business, Department of Finance, School of
Management, Syracuse University, NY. |
Executive
Board
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| Chairman: Mr. Casimir Sayn-Wittgenstein |
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Casimir Sayn-Wittgenstein, Senior Vice-President of Renaissance Investment Management, London, United Kingdom, Member of the International Council for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California.
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| President:
Mr. James A. Lavorgna |
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James A. Lavorgna, J.D., LL.M, CFP - Specializing in International Tax, Estate Planning and Asset Protection Planning, he is CEO of Business Services International, Inc.,
and Forsyth Wealth Management, Inc., a U.S. licensed Registered Investment Adviser. He is Adjunct Professor for the LL.M. Program, International Tax & Offshore
Financial Centers, School of Law, St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida.
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President Emeritus:
Dr. Robert J. Munro |
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Co-Director, Center for International Financial Crimes Studies, Levin College of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Director of Research for North America CIDOEC, Jesus College, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
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| Vice President - Practitioner: Mr. Simon Denton |
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Managing Director of Sovereign Corporate & Fiscal Services Limited, London, UK. Simon began his tax planning and offshore career in 1988 with The
Consult Group in the Principality of Andorra before joining the Headquarters of
The Sovereign Group in Gibraltar in 1990. Whilst based in Gibraltar he served
two terms as Chairman of the Association of Trust and Company Managers. He moved to London in 1996 and is currently the Managing Director of the
Group's UK subsidiaries. Simon is the Chairman of The Offshore
Institute, UK Chapter, Vice Chairman of the Royal Society of Fellows, a Member of
the Institute of Directors, the Institute of Management and a regular
speaker at financial conventions throughout the world.
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| Vice President for Academic Development: Dr. Peter Koveos |
| Professor
of Finance & Director of the Olivia and Walter Kiebach Center
for International Business, Department of Finance, School of
Management, Syracuse University, NY. |
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| Vice President for RSOF Law Review and RSOF:
Dr. Thomas A. Gionis |
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Dr. Gionis, recently announced by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, as a Fulbright Senior Specialist, also serves as Chairman, American Board of Healthcare Law and Medicine; Research Fellow, Harvard University-Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine; Clinical Professor of Surgery, Western University of Health Sciences, and Editor-in-Chief, Royal Society of Fellows Law Review of the Walter H. and Dorothy B. Diamond International Tax Program.
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| Vice President for Development:
Dr. Ishaq Shafiq |
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Dr. Ishaq Shafiq presently serves as Chief Executive Manager of Quantum III Consultants Group LLC and is an associate member of JurisConsults
International Group LLC. A national training firm that has had among its clients Daimler Chrysler, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, TWA (now American Airlines), US Steel Corporation, Granite Steel Corporation, Midwest Steel Corporation, Bethlehem Steel, and LTV Steel Corporation and Casino Queen.
He also served as Chief of Staff to the Honorable Mayor Gordon D. Bush of East St. Louis, Illinois and Chief of Staff to the Honorable Mayor Gordon D. Bush as President of National Conference of Black Mayors. In addition, Dr. Shafiq served as East St. Louis's, City Manager.
During his tenure as City Manager his most notable accomplishment was the restructuring of the City of East St. Louis's debt from $81 to $22 million; Produced the city's first balanced budget in four decades and liquidated over $2.7 million in preexisting city operating deficits; and attracted over $150 million in new economic development investment.
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| Treasurer:
Mr. Phillips G. Gay, Jr. |
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Phillips Gay, Jr. is President of the Compliance Advisory Service. He is also currently Senior Vice President of Commercial Bank of Florida in Miami, where he oversees its regulatory compliance and community reinvestment functions. Mr. Gay attended the University of Alabama and Florida State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Management and Business Administration. He is a High Honors graduate of the School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin and the National Graduate School of Compliance at the University of Oklahoma, and has since served on their faculties.
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| Director of RSOF - American Academy of Financial Management Alliance:
Mr. George S. Mentz |
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General Counsel and Attorney of American Academy of Financial Management Alliance Academic operations and member of Academic Board of Standards.
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Co-Director of RSOF Professional Accountancy - Development:
Thomas M. Brinker, Jr. |
| CPA/PFS,
ChFC, CFE, AEP, Associate Professor of Accounting at Arcadia
University (formerly Beaver College) in Glenside, Pennsylvania. |
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Co-Director of RSOF Professional Accountancy - Development:
Mr. William P. Elliott |
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Bill Elliott is a tax principal at Decosimo and a valuation practitioner within Decosimo Corporate Finance, a division of Decosimo CPAs Chattanooga, Tennessee. Bill holds a master of law degree (LL.M.) in international taxation from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida and is a credentialed business valuation and appraisal professional, holding the ABV (Accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of CPA’s) and CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst from NACVA) designations.
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Director of RSOF Alumni Organization (Regent and STU):
Dr. Saul Larner |
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International investment and tax advisor and Director of Larner Preferred International. He earned a Ph.D. in Business Administration and a Master of Law in international taxation (LL.M.) from St. Thomas University Graduate School of Law.
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Board
of Academic Advisors
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| Gilbert
Morris |
| Former
Professor of Law, George Mason University, Fairfax University,
Director of the Landfall Center, The Bahamas and Representative
of the Society of Fellows for the Bahamas National Chapter.
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| Professor
Larry Fedro |
| Director
of the Tax Clinic of St Thomas University School of Law. Larry
Fedro retired after 37 years with the Internal Revenue Service,
having served as national coordinator for tax shelters and manager
of appeals. |
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| Dr.
Sara Rushinek |
| Professor
of Computer Information Systems (CIS) University of Miami, Miami
Florida, Institute Of Internal Auditors Board of Governors,
and Author of hundreds of articles about CIS, the Internet and
Computer Web Security Programming. Sara
Rushinek's research interests include computer applications
for decision-making, electronic stock trading; and Internet
and e-commerce security of enterprise resource management. |
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| Dr.
Avi Rushinek |
| Professor
of Accounting Systems University of Miami, Miami Florida, Institute
Of Internal Auditors Board of Governors, and Author of hundreds
of articles about Forensic Accounting, Auditing the Internet
and Offshore Banking, Tax & eCommerce His research interests
include matching investors with offshore tax jurisdictions that
best fit their needs, integrated with e-commerce web server
security, administration, programming and controls, Web marketing
ROI, e-learning, and Internet domain copyright, trademarks and
patents ROI. |
Board
of Professional Advisors
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| Mr.
William E. Baugh, Jr. |
| President,
Savannah Technology Group, Savannah, Georgia; Former Assistant
Director for Information Technology of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Washington, D.C.; Attorney at Law. |
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| Mr.
Alan E. Brill |
| Senior
Managing Director, Kroll Associates, New York, New York. |
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| Dr.
Walter Diamond |
| Economist,
Journalist for the Financial Times and Offshore Investment and
Author of Six Looseleaf Treatises (Tax Havens of the World,
Foreign Tax and Trade Briefs and International Trusts Laws &
Analysis) and over fifty books. Dr. Diamond has been an United
Nations Tax Treaty and Free Trade Zone Advisor. He is currently
a non-resident Professor of Law, LL.M. in International Tax,
St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, Florida. |
Membership
Committee
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| Dr.
Dorothy Diamond |
| Well-known
author and Journalist (Tax Havens of the World; Foreign Tax
& Trade Briefs; International Trusts Laws & Analysis)
and over 80 books; Professor, LL.M. International Tax, St. Thomas
University School of Law, Miami, Florida |
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| Mr.
Marshall Langer |
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Attorney at Law, Of Counsel, Shutts & Bowen, London and
Miami; Professor of Law, LL.M. International Tax, St. Thomas
University School of Law, Miami, Florida; Grenada Trade and
Investment Commissioner; Author of Langer on Practical International
Tax Planning and Rhoades & Langer U.S. International Taxation
and Tax Treaties |
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| Mr.
Timothy J. Murphy |
Timothy
Murphy is a partner at Shutts & Bowen , he is a member
of the firm's corporate department, where he concentrates
his practice in state and federal administrative law, including
immigration and international tax matters, business transactions
and general corporate law. He received his law degree, cum
laude, from Washington and Lee University in 1970, his LL.M.
from Harvard University in 1976, and completed his undergraduate
education at the University of Georgia in 1968. He is a member
of the Virginia, Florida and Dade County Bar Associations. |
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