John J. Rooney

John J. Rooney is a Director in the Washington National Tax office of KPMG LLP (KPMG). John specializes in the taxation of partnerships, LLCs, and other passthrough entities with an emphasis on the use of partnerships in international joint ventures and corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Before joining KPMG, John was an Associate Tax Legislative Counsel with the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he was extensively involved with legislative developments and regulatory guidance involving corporations, partnerships, and other passthrough entities. John has also been a Principal and a Director in the Washington National Tax offices of two other international accounting firms and was a Partner in a Washington, D.C. based law firm. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Seton Hall University, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia, where he was a Notes Editor for the Virginia Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.

John is a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association and the Tax Section’s Partnership Committee. He is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law School and has authored and co-authored articles appearing in numerous publications, including The Journal of Passthrough Entities, Tax Management Memorandum, and the Practicing Law Institute. John has also lectured at many conferences, including the American Bar Association, the California Bar Association, the District of Columbia bar, the NYU Federal Tax Institute, and the Southern Federal Tax Institute.