About Bruce H.
Bruce H. Jurist built a career at the intersection of tax, accounting and corporate counsel work. He began his formal legal education after completing an undergraduate degree in accounting in 1980. He earned a J.D. in 1983 and later returned to study taxation, completing an LL.M. in Taxation in 1988.
His education shaped a practice grounded in technical tax law and financial detail. The accounting background informs how he approaches complex tax issues. The postgraduate tax degree reinforced that expertise and steered his path into roles that required both legal judgment and fiscal acumen.
Jurist has moved between law firms and in-house roles. Early in his career he served as Assistant General Counsel for NeighborCare, Inc., where he worked on corporate and compliance matters. In 1997 he became a shareholder at Ober Kaler, P.C., a role that placed him in firm leadership and in charge of client representations that drew on his tax training. Three years later, in 2000, he joined Blank Rome LLP as a partner. He also served as a partner at Duane Morris LLP, further rounding out decades of experience in private practice and firm management.
Across those positions he advised clients on tax planning, transactional tax issues, and regulatory compliance. He handled matters that required coordination between legal strategy and accounting practice. Colleagues describe him as deliberate and thorough in preparing positions for negotiation and litigation, and as someone who expects the same rigor from opposing counsel.
Jurist is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and New York. That multi-jurisdictional admission has allowed him to represent clients whose operations span state and federal lines, including cross-border tax matters that call for coordinated filings and strategy.
He has alternated between the demands of private firm life and the responsibilities of in-house counsel. The shifts gave him a perspective on how outside counsel and corporate legal departments interact. That perspective informed how he structures engagements, sets billing practices and manages teams of lawyers and accountants.
As of 2026 he remains an active practitioner. His work continues to draw on the combination of an accounting foundation and advanced tax training. His current practice centers on tax law and corporate counsel matters.
