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Mr. Weintraub’s practice has centered on taxation for more than 35 years. He helps clients plan and structure transactions so that all state and local tax obligations are minimized. He represents clients in all aspects of state and local tax compliance and litigation, from audits through trials and appeals to the appellate courts. Before entering private practice, he was chief of tax litigation for the City of Philadelphia’s Law Department, during which he also served as chief counsel of the mayor’s Tax Reform Commission. In 2003, he was appointed to serve as a member of the new Tax Reform Commission created by the Home Rule Charter.

Areas of Experience

• Represented distributors of malt and brewed beverages in challenges to their obligation to pay Philadelphia school and business taxes.
• Served as advisory counsel of record in local tax litigation involving a life insurance and title insurance company.
• Represented real estate developers in property and business tax appeals;
• Represented multistate corporations in litigating whether they have taxable nexus in the City of Philadelphia or the Commonwealth of PA.
• Represented clients in all other areas of state and local taxes including apportionment, business/nonbusiness disputes, etc.

Community Activities

• Tau Epsilon Rho Law Fraternity, Brandeis Law Society Member, Executive Committee, 1984 to date
• Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, Metropolitan Philadelphia Advisory Board,1976-2002
• American Jewish Congress, Board of Directors 1989-2002, Pennsylvania Region President, 2000-2003
• Philadelphia Flag Day Association, Board of Directors,1977-1993
• Cherry Hill High School East Mock Trial Team Coach, 1990-2004
• Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission, Member, 2003
• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Chair, State and Local Tax Committee, 1983 to date
• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors,1991-1999
• Cherry Hill Mayor’s Economic Development Advisory Counsel, 1993
• Temple Law Alumni Association, Member, 1971, Executive Committee 1996 to date, President, 2001-2003

News

• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Nationally Ranked In 2012 Editions of Best Law Firms & Best Lawyers
  Firm, Attorneys Ranked in Tax, Construction, Immigration, Trusts & Estates and Eminent Domain & Condemnation Categories
  November 2011
• National Law Firm Chamberlain Hrdlicka Launches State and Local Tax Practice
  Increasingly Complex Tax Laws and Regulations Drive Need for New “SALT” Group
  August 2011
• Stewart Weintraub of Chamberlain Hrdlicka Philadelphia Elected American College of Tax Counsel Fellow
  October 2010
• Philadelphia Office Profiled in Philadelphia Inquirer
  June 6, 2010
• Weintraub leaves Schnader for Chamberlain firm
  Philadelphia Business Journal
  March 15, 2010

Articles & Publications

• “An MTC Mediation Success Story” (Feb. 1, 2008)
• “ Pennsylvania Courts Interpret Various Tax Provisions Under the Commerce Clause: Part III” (Oct. 24, 2008)
• " Pennsylvania Courts Interpret Various Tax Provisions Under the Commerce Clause"(Jan. 1, 2007)
• "A Trap for the Unwary - The Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax"(Dec. 1, 2005)
• "Trap for the Unwary - The Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax" (Oct. 1, 2005)
• "Koch v. Director, Division of Taxation: Has the NJ Supreme Court Opened the Floodgates for Refunds of Individual Income Tax?"(May 5, 2005)

Blog Posts

• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Holds Expedia Not Subject to Philaelphia Hotel Tax 
• Tennessee Court of Appeals Holds Out-of-State Book Distributor, Scholastic, Subject to Sales and Use Taxes Because of Substantial Nexus Through Local Schools and Teachers; Creates Split in Courts
• Pennsylvania Considering Legislation that Would Amend Corporate Tax and Abolish Delaware Holding Company Loophole
• Questions Raised Over City of Philadelphia’s Continued Use of Ratio for Real Estate Tax Assessments
• NCSL Opposes Contingent-fee Audits, Passes Resolution
• Washington Case Involving Retroactive Refund Amendment Spurs COST Amicus Brief
• New Jersey Issues Decision Finding a Lack of Nexus Regarding a Partnership Distribution to a Foreign Limited Partner
• Arizona Prepares to Enact 30-day Tax Amnesty Program
• AT&T $1 Billion Class Action Settlement Approved by Federal Judge
• Colorado and South Carolina’s Unique Positions on “Amazon” Laws
• Virginia Allocation Apportionment Ruling Inconsistent with U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Meadwestvaco
• Michigan Enacts Amnesty Program, While Oregon Allows for Discretion in Extending Payment of Amnesty Related Installment Plans
• Alabama House Passes Bill to Update State’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
• TAM-13 Issued in Light of Court’s Holding in Beneficial New Jersey v. Director Relating to “Unreasonableness” for Purposes of the Related Member Interest Deduction
• Alabama Considers Independent Judicial Review of Tax Controversies
• Hudson Highland Group Settles Sales Tax Issues with SEC, Pays Penalties
• California Court Rules Switch Software License Exempt from Sales Tax
• Washington Announces First Ever Amnesty Program in the State, Slated for 2011
• New Bill Penalizes the Misclassification of Construction Workers
• Reform Comes to Philadelphia's Troubled System of Property Tax Assessment
• Florida & Nevada Tax Amnesty Programs
• Time to Claim Pennsylvania or Philadelphia Tax Amenesty is Running Out
• Proposed Sugar Tax Leaves a Sour Taste In Many Mouths
• In Re:  Ace American Insurance Company, Inc.:  A Challenge To Philadelphia's Treatment of Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation

Seminars & Presentations

• Return Preparation 2012
  The Lawyer's Perspective
  May 9, 2012

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association, member since 1971; for Section on Taxation’s Committee on State and Local Taxes: vice-chair of operations, 2005; vice-chair, 2007; chair, 2009
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, member since 1971
• Philadelphia Bar Association, member; Board of Governors, 1997-1999; Tax Section Council,2004-2006; Section Secretary/Treasurer, 2006-2010
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, member since 1996