Mr. August is a frequent speaker at national and state tax institutes on various subjects involving domestic and international taxation, including tax procedure and litigation. He has published over several hundred articles on federal tax matters on topics ranging from international joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions to foreign tax credits, the use of defective entities in tax planning, partnership formations, among others. He is Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Taxation, (WG&L), the leader journal of its kind in the country, and also serves as columnist on developments in “Cross Border” taxation.

August is a Life Sustaining Member of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI) and regularly serves as program chair and speaker for ALI-CLE federal tax webcasts on various topics involving federal taxation. He also has for over thirty years served on the Board of Advisors of the New York University Federal Institute of Taxation and is Chair of the Board of Advisors of the ALI’s long-standing tax law journal, The Practical Tax Lawyer. Mr. August is also a member of American College of Tax Counsel, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and the American Tax Policy Institute.