An accomplished attorney in Detroit, Michigan, Cullen McKinney has been a partner at Tanoury, Nauts, McKinney, and Garbarino, PLLC (TNMG) since founding the firm in 2009. To inform his activities at TNMG, Cullen McKinney maintains active membership in multiple professional associations, including the Michigan Society of Hospital Risk Management (MSHRM).
The Michigan Society of Hospital Risk Management monitors events that may impact the Michigan healthcare industry as well as supports its membership base and other state healthcare professionals. To further its mission, MSHRM offers valuable resources, including free educational seminars online. On May 20, 2020, MSHRM hosted a webinar sponsored by Trinity Health and presented by Claudia Gering and Christopher J. Allman. Attendees were eligible for continuing education credits as required by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Specific topics covered during the MSHRM Webinar include identifying risks and expectations in multiple healthcare sectors. The webinar also stressed the importance of effective ligature risk assessment and mitigation and paid special attention to the prevention of self-harm in the clinical setting.
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Cullen McKinney, a founding partner at Tanoury Nauts McKinney & Garbarino (TNMG), PLLC, in Detroit, Michigan, focuses on representation of medical professionals against malpractice claims. Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, he is a popular conference speaker on a range of liability matters. Cullen McKinney’s publications include a well-received article in the New York Monthly Digest of Tax Articles, in which he details issues affecting doctors’ home offices.
The title of the piece excellently encapsulates its points: “Home Office Deductions and I.R.C. Section 280A: Did Commissioner v. Soliman Really Clear Up the Meaning of Principal Place of Business?” In the referenced 1993 Supreme Court case, Commissioner v. Soliman, 508 U.S. 168, the Court decided in an 8-1 verdict that Dr. Nader Soliman, an anesthesiologist working as a solo practitioner, was not entitled to claim a tax deduction for the use of a spare bedroom in his home as an office. Justice Anthony delivered the Court’s opinion, with Justice John Paul Stevens as the lone dissenter. The Court ruled against Soliman, saying it could not deem his home office to be his principal place of business, despite the fact that none of the hospitals at which he worked provided him with office space, and he spent 15 hours a week using the spare room for all his administrative activities. Congress responded by amending the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, authorizing a home office as a principal place of business if it serves as a business’ only administrative location. |
AuthorA founding partner and principal of the law firm Tanoury, Nauts, McKinney & Dwaihy, PLLC, in Detroit, Michigan, attorney Cullen McKinney provides trial defense for individuals and corporations involved in civil litigation cases before the Wayne County and Oakland County Circuit Courts. Archives
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