Effective representation of a client entails many attributes, including integrity, instincts, intellect, tenacity, experience, judgment, legal knowledge, and command of language. 

Fidelity to client is critically important.  Nothing threatens our legal/judicial system more than conflicts of interest.  A lawyer must not have a conflict of interest.

Honesty is essential.  If you are not honest, judges will not rely upon you, juries will not rely upon you, opposing attorneys will not rely upon you, clients will not rely upon you--no one will rely upon you.  A dishonest lawyer is a foolish lawyer.

Cases are won and lost on two factors--passion and legal authority.  Legal authority is the basis of victory, and passion is the means of finding it and bringing it to bear.

We have successfully represented taxpayers in tax controversies for 26 years.  Our civil tax controversy practice includes audits, appeals litigation, and collection matters.  Our criminal tax practice includes voluntary disclosures, investigations, trials, appeals, and post-judgment assessment and collection action.  Read more about our tax controversies practice.

We provide sound counsel for entrepreneurs, helping them in forming and growing their businesses, and in overcoming disputes along the way.  Read more about our entrepreneurial law practice.

We plan our clients' estates, so as to accomplish their dispositive intentions, minimize taxes on succession to their property and defer such taxes for as long as possible, and avoif probate on succession to their property. We are expert in Federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax.

We are expert in marital agreements, including prenuptial ("antenuptial") agreements, postnuptial agreements, and property settlement agreements.  We provide counsel in divorces, identifying and valuing assets, and drafting tax provisions for judgments.

Read more about our estate planning and family law practice.



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