Chase Duvall
Mergers and Acquisitions Experienced Tax Associate, PwC
Kennesaw State University BS ’13, Mercer University School of Law JD ‘16, Boston University School of Law LLM ‘17
Marietta, GA
When Chase was growing up in Dallas, Georgia, he had a budding interest in politics and law. “I had always been somewhat interested in being a lawyer, even though I probably didn’t understand what a lawyer actually did. I did mock trial in high school. I had a really good exposure through that and through meeting some attorneys in the community and that really prompted my interest to go to law school.
An alumnus of Kennesaw State University, Chase knew that the best choice for his collegiate experience was to take advantage of the HOPE Scholarship. “I considered transferring or going to some schools in Alabama or Virginia, but really the HOPE Scholarship helped me stay here. If I would have not stayed here, I probably would not be where I am today, and I would probably not have the friends and the colleagues that I have. My life would be totally different without the HOPE scholarship.”
“I had the original HOPE Scholarship because I started back in 2009-10. So really, having it cover my tuition and fees was a huge indicator of me staying in the state of Georgia. Taking that burden of the tuition and fees off of you and being able to focus on your studies and get involved with your school and extra curricular's, that was a really big deal for me.”
After attending Mercer School of Law and getting his Master of Law at Boston University, Chase works as an Experienced Tax Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers. “If you would have told me seven years ago that I would be a consultant for a big four accounting firm, I probably would have laughed. I originally went to law school to be a trial attorney, but I wound up taking a tax law class my 2L year. No one was taking those classes; it was only 5 people. I was interested, took it, really liked it.”
“My favorite part about my role is getting to work on so many cool projects and clients. It’s very intellectually challenging because, when you’re buying or selling a business or when you’re restructuring a company, the facts aren’t the same. My favorite projects are when I have the opportunity to work with some of our PWC offices around the world, whether its PWC Germany or France or Brazil. You’re learning more about different offices and different people while you’re working towards the same goals and projects. That’s what I really enjoy. They’re a fantastic firm, you work with so many very intelligent people that I feel like I’m constantly learning every day.”
Chase lives in Marietta with his wife Julianna and their two dogs, Lady and Molly.