Wayne Rogers is a shareholder and served for three decades as the head of the firm’s Tax Practice Group. Wayne focuses his practice on federal and state tax matters, business transactions, financial and wealth planning, and public policy matters. His work includes structuring business transactions in a tax-efficient manner, planning multi-jurisdictional business structures, and managing federal an
d state tax controversies. Wayne advises non-profit healthcare organizations on how to structure affiliations that will fortify operations against the impacts of dramatic federal and state regulatory changes. Wayne has been a leader of New Hampshire’s initiative to become a modern and leading jurisdiction for laws governing trusts and regulated trust companies, including representing wealthy families seeking to charter private trust companies focused solely on family interests. With respect to public policy matters, Wayne represents clients before the New Hampshire Legislature and Congress on state and federal legislative and regulatory initiatives involving tax, budget, and economic development policies. Wayne is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for tax law, and he is recognized as one of the leading corporate/commercial/tax lawyers in New Hampshire by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers. Prior to joining the Rath, Young, and Pignatelli in 1985, Wayne practiced law with a Washington D.C. law firm, where he represented clients on complex business tax matters and public policy matters before the federal tax legislative process, including many aspects of the 1982 Tax Reform Act. Wayne was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1976 to represent his hometown of Cornish. While in the State Legislature, Wayne served on the Ways and Means Committee. Wayne formerly lived in Concord, New Hampshire before moving to Corona, California, currently lives in Detroit, Michigan, and enjoys visiting his children and grandchildren in various locations.
