Paul M. Snyder is a partner at PSW.  Prior to joining the firm in February 1993, Snyder served for four years as tax and trade counsel to former Congressman Ed Jenkins (D-GA), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee.  As tax counsel, he developed expertise in a broad range of tax issues, including general business tax issues, ERISA and employee benefit tax law, real estate taxation, and technology industry tax issues.  Snyder helped craft the Jenkins-Archer capital gains proposal and the Research and Development Tax Credit compromise included in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989.  He also played a substantial role in crafting portions of the Reconciliation Act of 1990, the Tax Simplification and Technical Corrections Act of 1991, and the Tax Fairness and Economic Growth Act of 1992.  From 1985 to 1989, Snyder practiced law in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Hogan & Hartson, where he engaged in a general corporate litigation practice.  From 1979 to 1985, he was a legislative assistant to House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., where he served as liaison to public and private sector entities in Massachusetts and was responsible for managing legislation related to their interests.  Snyder graduated from Boston College and Georgetown University Law Center.  He is a member of the District of Columbia and Massachusetts Bar Associations.