Roy Berg JD, LLM, is Director, US Tax Law, and Barrister and Solicitor of Moodys Gartner Tax Law LLP and has more than 23 years of experience in cross-border tax matters, IRS controversy, estate planning and finance. He has been admitted to the Bar associations of the US Tax Court, California, Washington, and Alberta, Canada. Roy is a fellow with the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and a member of the US and Canadian Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and American Bar Association tax sections. He is a frequent writer and speaker on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), IRS tax controversy, regulation, cross-border tax and estate planning issues. Roy received his LLM (US Taxation) from the New York University School of Law, a JD cum laude jointly from New York University School of Law and Willamette University, and a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.