Nicole Butze

Associate Attorney

Nicole M. Butze is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where she currently practices in the firm’s Tax Controversy and Litigation Practice Group.

Nicole earned her Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she graduated cum laude. She served as the Symposium Editor for the Pepperdine Law Review and a research assistant to Professor Kristine S. Knaplund. Nicole earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Nicole was a general attorney at the Internal Revenue Service where she handled numerous complex tax controversy cases ranging from micro captive insurance to fraud. Nicole has litigated numerous cases in front of the United States Tax Court.

Nicole is admitted to practice in the State of California and in the United States Tax Court.

Capabilities

Credentials

Education:
  • Pepperdine University - 2020 Juris Doctor
  • University of Colorado - Boulder - 2016 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
  • California Bar