Troy Rolf
BIRTH DATE: July 4, 1962
BIRTH PLACE: Minneapolis, Minnesota
EDUCATION:

2001 - Master of Laws in Taxation with distinction,
Georgetown University Law Center

1996 - Juris Doctor, (Cum Laude)
University of Minnesota Law School

1993 - Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Studies, (Summa Cum Laude)
University of North Dakota, Center for Aerospace Sciences
BAR ADMISSIONS: Minnesota, District of Columbia, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

1998 - Present
Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, P.C.
Partner in GKGF&S Minneapolis office. Representing and advising corporate aircraft owners, operators and managers throughout the U.S. in all areas of corporate aircraft transactions, operations and taxation. His services include negotiating and drafting aircraft purchase, sale, lease, management and charter agreements, providing aviation regulatory and tax planning services, and structuring fractional ownership and joint ownership arrangements.

1997 - 1998
Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel
Attorney in the airspace and air traffic branch of the regulations division.

1996 - 1997
U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the General Counsel Attorney in the General Counsel's prestigious D.O.T. Honors Attorney program for recent law school graduates

1994 - 1995
Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission Summer intern in Technical Services division

1985 - 1993
Federal Aviation Administration
Air traffic control specialist.

1980 - 1984
U.S. Army
Air traffic control specialist.
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION: Aviation Law, Aviation Tax
PUBLICATIONS:

Author of Taxing the CEO's Jet: Federal Taxation of Corporate and Private Aircraft Ownership and Operations
66 J. Air L. & Com. 1605 (2001)

The Coming of Age of Fractional Aircraft Ownership Programs
The Air & Space Lawyer
Spring 2001

International Aircraft Noise Certification
65 J. Air L. & Com. 383 (2000)

Co-author of No Federal Air Transportation Excise Tax Due for Certain Aircraft
World Aircraft Sales
February 2002

Private Aviation Security Programs: Requiring Employees to Use Employer-Provided Aircraft for Personal Flights Can Have Income Tax Consequences
World Aircraft Sales
December 2001

Fractionals Are Not All Created Equal
World Aircraft Sales
April 2001
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section, Commercial Financial Services Committee, Aircraft Financing Subcommittee, Forum on Air and Space Law, Aircraft Finance and Contracts Division), National Business Aviation Association, Minnesota Business Aviation Association, Helicopter Association International (Member, Economics Committee)
AVIATION CERTIFICATES: Commercial Pilot - Airplane with single and multi-engine land, and instrument ratings
Ground Instructor - Advanced control tower operator


Troy Rolf
trolf@gkglaw.com
Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, P.C. • Phone: (202) 342-5251 • Fax: (202) 965-5725 • info@aviationtaxlawyer.com
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