Karen Jurichko Lowell

With a proven background in resolving business tax disputes, Karen Jurichko Lowell focuses her legal practice on sales, use, and property tax matters, including tax audits and appeals through various administrative stages, the tax court, and the court of appeals. She advises manufacturers, high-tech companies, construction contractors and developers, electric utilities, solar energy companies, and other clients on various multistate sales and use tax issues, including advising e-commerce businesses on their multistate sales and use tax nexus and collection obligations. She also has experience with property tax valuation appeals for various types of industrial and commercial properties, corporate transactions, and health care taxes.

Karen previously worked for a tax consultancy focused on California state business incentives, rising to the position of senior manager for audit and controversy. In that role, she managed more than 100 audits annually, provided conflict resolution for all company clients with the California Franchise Tax Board, and crafted a structured methodology to resolve tax disputes.

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Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Certificate of Tax Law and Policy, Order of the Coif, 2014
• B.S., University of Southern California, 2002

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 2014

Community

• University of Southern California Alumni Club of Phoenix, President
• Ballet Arizona Contemporary Council, Board Member
• Arizona State Bar Tax Council, State and Local Tax Liasion
• Arizona Law Review, Senior Articles Editor, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law

News

Publications

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Blog Posts

Events

• Speaker, "Annual Construction Sales Tax Conference," October 22, 2020
• Speaker, "How is it that Arizona and California Can Tax the Same Service Income - The Costs of Performance Test vs. Market Sourcing," Arizona Federal Tax Institute Conference, January 23, 2020
• Speaker, “15th Annual Construction Industry Tax Seminar,” Steptoe & Johnson LLP, September 20, 2018
• Speaker, “The Changing Sales Tax Landscape – What’s Ahead After Wayfair?” Steptoe & Johnson LLP, August 9, 2018
• Speaker, "Finding Your Way After Wayfair: Navigating 'Economic Nexus' and Internet Sales Taxation," ALI CLE, August 8, 2018
• Speaker, "Sales Taxation of Internet Transactions: What Now after Wayfair?" Lorman Seminars, July 30, 2018
• Speaker, "Sales and Use Tax Issues of Internet Transactions," Lorman Seminars, April 24, 2018
• Speaker, “14th Annual Construction Industry Tax Seminar,” Steptoe & Johnson LLP, September 13, 2017
• Speaker, “13th Annual Construction Industry Tax Seminar,” Steptoe & Johnson LLP, September 29, 2016
• Speaker, "Arizona Unclaimed Property Reporting," Lorman Seminars, November 11, 2016
• Speaker, “12th Annual Construction Industry Tax Seminar,” Steptoe & Johnson LLP, September 24, 2015