Pat Heck is a partner at K&L Gates, concentrating on federal tax policy matters affecting businesses, tax-exempt organizations, governments, and individuals.

Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Heck served for seven years as a tax counsel on the U. S. Senate Finance Committee, including four years as Chief Tax Counsel.  In this capacity, he was the senior tax policy advisor to Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and the Democratic Members of the Senate Finance Committee, and was responsible for developing and promoting tax law changes involving all aspects of the Internal Revenue Code, including corporate and international tax reforms, pensions, compliance issues, tax exempt organizations, energy tax incentives, congressional investigations, and taxpayer safeguards and protections. 

Before joining the staff of the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Heck served for seven years as Assistant Counsel to the Oversight Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee, where he worked on a wide range of tax issues, with a particular emphasis on IRS and Treasury Department operations and on Congressional investigations.

Mr. Heck also worked in the Internal Revenue Service in the offices of Counsel of Chief Counsel and Employee Plans and Exempt Organizations and as a Senior Manager for the Federal Legislative Services Group at one of the Big 4 accounting firms.