B. Benjamin Haas is a tax attorney and the Director of Federal Tax Research & Planning for Exelon Corporation. Mr. Haas is responsible for general transactional tax matters as well as acquisitions, dispositions, internal restructurings, and federal tax legislative and administrative matters. Mr. Haas leads strategic tax planning initiatives for Exelon Corporation and its subsidiaries and serves as Exelon’s in-house tax counsel. Mr. Haas is the co-founder and is the Co-Chair of Exelon’s internal tax technical review committee, which ensures quality control for all significant tax positions taken by Exelon and its subsidiaries.
Mr. Haas is a member of the American Bar Association Taxation Section, as well as the Pennsylvania Bar Association Taxation Section. He is also a member of the Tax Executive Institute’s Philadelphia Chapter and the American Association of Corporate Counsel. He has written several articles on tax related matters and has lectured on tax matters for Edison Electric Institute, The Energy Tax Council, The Tax Section of the American Bar Association, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Mr. Haas is an adjunct professor of law in the Graduate Tax Program of Temple University School of Law and a former adjunct professor of law in the Graduate Tax Program of Villanova University School of Law.
Before joining Exelon, Mr. Haas practiced as a tax attorney with Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP and Pepper Hamilton, LLP, both in Philadelphia, PA. He earned his B.A. degree in Economics from Temple University, and his J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation degrees from Villanova University School of Law. He may be reached at Benjamin.Haas@exeloncorp.com.