10 Whitley Penn tax partners
Partner-in-Charge of Tax, State and Local Tax Partner and Tax Partner are among the current titles held by these Whitley Penn tax partners in Texas offices. A reader can learn how tax partners work at Whitley Penn from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Brandon Newton
LinkedInExperience: State and Local Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
Brandon Newton has been State and Local Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since January 2025, with the role listed in Dallas, Texas. Brandon Newton was State and Local Tax Senior Manager at Whitley Penn from 2023 to 2024 and State and Local Tax Senior Manager at Crowe from 2019 to 2023.
Bryce Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Partner - Tax & Consulting Services · Whitley Penn
Bryce Johnson has been Partner - Tax & Consulting Services at Whitley Penn since January 2026, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and the profile describes tax and advisory work for operating businesses and their owners. Bryce Johnson was Partner, Vice President of Tax at Armanino from 2018 to 2025 and Senior Manager - Business Tax Advisory at EY from 2011 to 2018.
James McNamara
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
James McNamara has been Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since September 2025, based in Dallas, Texas, and the profile headline reads Tax Partner. James McNamara was Tax Principal at BDO USA from November 2021 to August 2025 and Tax Executive at EY from June 2000 to November 2021.
Joe Lavis
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
Joe Lavis has been Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since January 2022, based in Dallas, Texas, and the profile describes tax and advisory work with a focus on partnerships, corporations and high net-worth individuals. Joe Lavis was Senior Manager at Whitley Penn from 2019 to 2022 and Tax Manager there from 2011 to 2022.
Justin Wetzler, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
Justin Wetzler has been Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since January 2013, based in Fort Worth, Texas, and the profile names areas of practice including taxation of subchapter S corporations, partnerships, multi-state taxation and nonprofit organizations. Justin Wetzler was Senior, Tax Compliance at Dean Foods from 2012 to 2013.
Katherine Kirk, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
Katherine Kirk has been Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since January 2023, based in Odessa, Texas, and the profile describes work on entity formation, business restructuring and succession planning. Katherine Kirk was Senior Tax Manager at Whitley Penn from 2020 to 2023 and Tax Manager at Johnson, Miller & Co., CPA's from 2016 to 2020.
Libby Keifer
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
Libby Keifer has been Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since January 2023, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and the profile describes federal and state tax consulting and compliance for high net-worth individuals and middle-market business entities. Libby Keifer was Tax Senior Manager at the firm from 2019 to 2023 and Tax Manager from 2016 to 2019.
Nicholas Millar, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
Nicholas Millar has been Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since January 2026, based in Austin, Texas, and the profile also lists Senior Manager at Whitley Penn from August 2023 with no end date. Nicholas Millar was Director at FORVIS from 2022 to 2023, Director at BKD CPAs & Advisors from 2020 to 2022 and Senior Tax Manager there from 2018 to 2020.
Shea Kracheck, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Tax Partner · Whitley Penn
Shea Kracheck has been Tax Partner at Whitley Penn since January 2022, based in Allen, Texas. Shea Kracheck was Partner at Lane Gorman Trubitt, LLC from 2019 to 2022, and the profile also lists Principal there from 2015 to 2022 and Tax Manager there from 2007 to 2022.
Tommy Byrd
LinkedInExperience: Partner-in-Charge of Tax · Whitley Penn
Tommy Byrd has been Partner-in-Charge of Tax at Whitley Penn since January 2026 and Tax Partner since January 2020, based in Houston, Texas. Tommy Byrd held other tax roles at the firm as Tax Senior Manager from 2017 to 2020, Tax Manager from 2014 to 2017 and Tax Senior from 2012 to 2014.
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- 01What does a typical week look like for you as a tax partner?
- 02How has your own tax practice changed since you became a partner?
- 03What do people outside the field most often misunderstand about the tax side of a business decision?
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