Honors, Awards, and Publications
Daniel W. Layton has been recognized by his peers in the legal profession for the following honors, awards, publications, and positions of responsibility:
Honors and Awards
- Top 100 Lawyers, American Society of Legal Advocates, 2019
- Selected for Clients' Choice Award by Avvo
- 2017 Orange County Bar Association Tax Law Section Chair Service Recognition
- Received a perfect 10.0 "Superb" rating by Avvo every year in private practice
- Listed as a top attorney in Orange County in the area of Tax Law by Coast Magazine, October 2015
- Among attorneys in Tax Division who were Nominated for the Attorney General’s Award to the Department of Justice by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California
- Recognized for five years of service in the Department of Justice
- Recipient of the Internal Revenue Service’s “Bravo!” award
- Selected as a Victor McQuistion Scholar at the University of Chicago Law School
U.S. Department of Justice 5 Year Service Recognition as Given to Attorney Daniel W. Layton
Positions
- 2020 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2019 Chair-Elect of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- Admitted as Member of American Society of Legal Advocates (an invitation-only legal organization)
- 2018 Secretary/Treasurer of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2016 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2015 Chair-Elect of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
- 2014 Secretary/Treasurer of the Orange County Bar Association, Tax Law Section
Publications
- Co-Author of The Sunshine Tax: California’s Individual Income Taxation of Non-resident Service Providers, Orange County Lawyer, April 2020 (Vol. 62 No. 4), p. 47.
- Co-Author of South Dakota V. Wayfair: From International Shoe to Interstate Sales Tax, selected for publication in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine, September 2018, Vol. 60, No. 9.
- Author of Why Stolen Identity Refund Fraud is the IRS’s Biggest Problem, and What Can Be Done About It, selected for publication in the California Journal of Tax Litigation, Q4 2014 Edition.
- Co-Author of South Dakota V. Wayfair: From International Shoe to Interstate Sales Tax, selected for publication in the Orange County Lawyer Magazine, September 2018, Vol. 60, No. 9.
Presentations
- (Co-Presenter)The 2020 FBAR Litigation Update - Orange County Bar Association, Tax Section (2020)
- (Co-Presenter) CDTFA One Year Later and the Effects of the Supreme Court's Wayfair Opinion on California Sales and Use Tax - Orange County Bar Association, Tax Section (2018)
- Ethics (co-presenter)-State Bar of California (2015) and OCBA Tax Section (2017)
- Tax Tips for Law Firms-California Solo and Small Firm Summit (State Bar) (2016)
- Tax Implications of Labor/Employment Settlements (Panelist)-OCBA Tax Sec. (2014)
- Crim. Tax Procedure (Panelist)-Ann. Mtg. of the Cal. Tax Bar & Cal. Policy Conf. (2014)
- Identity Theft and Your Tax Return-State Bar of California Annual Meeting (2014)
American Society of Legal Advocates Top 100 (2019)