Jane Wells May is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Chicago office. She is a member of the Tax Department and her practice focuses on state and local tax matters.
Jane represents businesses in connection with state and local tax controversies at the audit, administrative and judicial levels around the United States. Her clients include companies in manufacturing, retailing, pharmaceuticals, automotive, health care, energy, technology and insurance industries. She has successfully litigated state and local tax matters raising a variety of statutory and constitutional issues. Jane has defended numerous internet sellers in several states against cases brought under state whistleblower statutes alleging fraudulent failures to collect and remit use tax.
Jane also advises business clients on tax planning matters and represents athletes and entertainers in connection with employment contract issues.
A member of the Taxpayer’s Federation of Illinois Policy Committee, Jane is also a regular speaker at seminars on state and local tax issues. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s State and Local Tax Committee and is admitted to practice in Illinois. Jane is ranked as a leading tax lawyer in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA. She was also named an Illinois Super Lawyer in the tax area by Law & Politics.
At Vanderbilt University, Jane was Senior Articles Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review and a member of Order of the Coif and Moot Court Board.
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1986
- Wittenberg University, B.A., 1980
