WARD S. CONNOLLY is a Partner in the Tax Group of Fenwick & West, a law firm specializing in high technology matters.  Fenwick & West is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in San Francisco, California, and Boise, Idaho.  Mr. Connolly’s practice focuses on the representation of high technology and other companies, with a particular emphasis on transfer pricing, cost sharing and other complex tax matters.  Mr. Connolly has experience resolving complex audit issues with the IRS at every level including the use of negotiation, mediation, appeals, litigation and Advanced Pricing Agreements.  Mr. Connolly received his B.A. in economics and political science and earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of South Carolina.  He received his J.D., cum laude, from Duke University in 1996.  Mr. Connolly is a member of the California Bar.  Fenwick & West’s Tax Practice has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s leading domestic and international tax practices.  The Tax Practice represents clients from a diverse set of industries and from every geographic area of the United States and a number of foreign countries.  The Tax Group’s clients range in size from high technology “start-ups” to more than 80 “Fortune 500” companies.