Bruce Ely is Chairman of the State and Local Tax Practice Group of the multistate law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, resident in its Birmingham office. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and holds an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law. He was also co-editor of the weekly tax legislative “e-zine” published by the ASCPA during the 2008 and 2009 legislative sessions.