Shane Hofeling is the Chief Counsel of the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), where he leads the agency’s Legal Division and provides legal oversight on California’s personal income tax and corporate franchise and income tax laws. He began his public service career with the FTB more than 22 years ago as a staff attorney and has served in five of the Legal Division’s eight bureaus, developing expertise across all aspects of individual income tax and corporate franchise and income tax law. Prior to becoming Chief Counsel, Shane served as Assistant Chief Counsel of the Litigation Bureau, overseeing the department’s litigation management and strategy for more than four years, and later as Deputy Chief Counsel responsible for the Technical Resources Bureau, where he directed the agency’s regulatory and legal guidance programs and served as attorney to the three-member Franchise Tax Board. Before joining the FTB, he practiced privately in the areas of estate planning and tax planning.