Andrew is the chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness and is a special advisor to the ABA Young Lawyers Division Disaster Legal Services Program. In his day job, Andrew is the local taxpayer advocate for Taxpayer Advocate Service’s Chicago office. TAS is an independent organization within the IRS. TAS offers free help to guide taxpayers through the often-confusing process of resolving tax problems that taxpayers are not able to solve on their own. Before joining TAS, Mr. VanSingel managed the Low-Income Tax Clinic at Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. Andrew is admitted to practice in Illinois, New York, and the United States Tax Court. Andrew received his undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University in 2006, and his J.D., cum laude from Touro Law Center in 2010.