Helena Lawton EA, JD, LLM

Supervisor, Tax | Durham, NC

P: 919.489.3393
D: 919.281.6605

Meet Helena

Bio

Helena Lawton is a Supervisor at DMJPS CPAs + Advisors in Tax Services. She works with an array of individual and small business clients in the real estate and construction industries, healthcare, and others. She took a circuitous route to accounting, first pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in Poetry and Fiction, as well as attending law school at Washington University in St. Louis, where she received her Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in Taxation. As a result she is, at times, overly enthusiastic about statutory interpretation and the Glenshaw Glass Supreme Court decision of 1955.

Outside of tax she has published short stories under her maiden name in a variety of journals and anthologies including Copper Nickel, New Haven Review, and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She is also a certified cave diver and former SCUBA and Nitrox Instructor. She and her husband both love to collect vinyl records, many of which she brings to the office; she finds Led Zeppelin particularly conducive to S Corporation returns.

Certifications & Licenses

  • Enrolled Agent (EA)- #00148313
  • Juris doctor (JD)
  • Master of Laws (LLM)

Education

  • North Carolina State University- Master of Accounting
  • Washington University in St. Louis- Master of Laws in Taxation
  • Washington University in St. Louis- Juris Doctor
  • North Carolina State University- Master of Fine Arts in Fiction
  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale- Master of Fine Arts in Poetry
  • Tulane University- Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Dream Foundry-Treasurer

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Service Areas


Tax Services

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