Jessica L. Kirk
Associate

Overview
Jessica Kirk is a tax attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office. Ms. Kirk focuses her practice on federal, state and local taxation of corporations, partnerships, individuals and nonprofit organizations.
Ms. Kirk represents taxpayers in IRS audits, appeals and tax litigation and provides clients with tax planning advice on mergers and acquisitions (M&As), the operation and dispositions of partnerships and limited liability companies (LLCs), and private equity transactions.
Ms. Kirk has previous experience as a tax insurance broker, where she advised clients through each step of the tax insurance process, including policy underwriting, drafting and negotiations, to secure coverage for complex U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax issues. Ms. Kirk leverages this knowledge to negotiate tax insurance policies for her clients and to advise insurance companies and underwriters in evaluating and placing tax insurance policies.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- University of Nebraska, M.S.
- University of Nebraska, B.S.
- Texas
- U.S. Tax Court
- Texas Lawyers for Children, Court Appointed Attorney Ad Litem and Volunteer Educational Advocate, 2023-Present
- State Bar of Texas, Tax Section, Council Member, 2024-Present; Partnership and Real Estate Tax Committee, Vice-Chair, 2024-Present, Chair, 2023-Present; Tax Law-in-a-Day, Vice-Chair, 2023-Present
- Dallas Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Young Professionals Council, 2019-2021
- American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, Tax Section Virtual Settlement Week Volunteer, 2022-Present
- Dallas Bar Association, Tax Section
- Dallas Women Lawyers Association
- The Pitch, Dallas Women Lawyers Association, 2024
- State Bar of Texas, Tax Section, Tax Leadership Academy, 2022-2023
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Dallas Tax Law Ones to Watch, 2021, 2022
- State Bar of Texas, Tax Section, Law Students Pursuing Tax Law Scholarship Recipient, 2016