Virginia P. Sikes, Esq.

Partner, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads

Virginia Sikes is a partner in the Business Department and chair of the Tax Section at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP.  She serves as the firm's Financial Partner and a member of the firm's Management Committee.  Her practice concentrates on tax controversies, state and local taxation, and tax-exempt organizations. She has counseled tax-exempt organizations on numerous matters, including a reorganization involving the creation of the first national bank held by an exempt organization.  

Professional Associations include the Exempt Organizations Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation and on the faculty of The Pennsylvania Bar Institute, which provides continuing legal education through The Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Ms. Sikes lectures frequently on tax-related matters, and particularly on issues related to exempt organizations.  For five years she taught in Temple University Law School's master's program in taxation, and for four years in Drexel University's Master of Science Program in Arts Administration.