Practice Areas
Education
Wake Forest University, B.A. December 2005; W.J. Cash Award for Excellence in Southern Studies
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., May 2009; Virginia Tax Review, Senior Editor
University of Florida Levin College of Law, LL.M. in Taxation 2012; Florida Tax Review, Graduate Editor
Honors
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America - Litigation & Controversy - Tax, 2023-2025
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America - Tax Law, 2023-2025
Super Lawyers: "Rising Star" 2023
Bar Admissions
New York, 2010
Florida, 2012
Georgia, 2017
Court Admissions
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Court of Federal Claims
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
United States Tax Court
Supreme Court of Georgia
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Clerkships
Honorable Cheryl V. Higgins, 16th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Circuit Court for Albemarle County, Summer 2007
Profile
Pat McCann is a Shareholder in the Tax Controversy and Litigation Group in the Atlanta office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka. He focuses his practice on representing taxpayers at all stages of tax controversy including, examination, appeals, and litigation.
Pat has been counsel of record for more than 225 cases filed in the United States Tax Court. He also advises clients on various tax planning and restructuring matters designed to withstand any future scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service. Pat has advised clients on a full range of federal tax matters including federal income tax, corporate income tax, partnership tax matters, employment taxes, estate and gift tax issues, tax shelter penalties and promoter examinations under Sections 6700 and 6701.
Pat has significant experience representing small captive insurance companies that elect federal tax treatment pursuant to Section 831(b) and the small businesses that rely on them as an alternative risk management strategy. He works closely with small business owners, their professional advisors, and their captive insurance management companies throughout the litigation process.
Pat also advises his captive insurance clients on various tax planning and structuring matters designed to ensure that their captive insurance companies are as strong as possible and remain able to effectively insure against their otherwise underinsured and uninsured risks. He works with his clients, their professional advisors, and their captive insurance management companies to ensure compliance with all federal regulatory requirements including compliance with Notice 2016-66. Pat has written several articles on issues facing the captive insurance industry and the government's coordinated campaign focusing on small captive insurance companies electing federal tax treatment pursuant to Section 831(b).
Pat is licensed to practice law in Georgia, Florida, and New York and is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Supreme Court of the United States.
Pat received his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law where he served as a Graduate Editor of the Florida Tax Review. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law where he served as a Senior Editor of the Virginia Tax Review. Pat graduated from Wake Forest University with a double major in History and Philosophy and studied abroad at University College – Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. While at Wake Forest, Pat received the W.J. Cash Award for Studies in Southern History.
Prior to joining Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Pat started his legal career working at boutique law firms in Naples, Florida and Jacksonville, Florida where he focused on estate and business tax planning as well as tax controversy matters.
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association – Young Lawyer’s Division, Tax Section
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Cobb County Bar Association
News
News
- Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 87 Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys in a peer selection process for the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in AmericaAugust 15, 2024
- Attorneys in the Chamberlain Hrdlicka Atlanta and Houston offices elevated to Equity Shareholder and ShareholderFebruary 5, 2024
- Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 87 Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys in a peer selection process for the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in AmericaAugust 17, 2023
- David Aughtry, Stephanie Friese Aron, Sandy Bradford, Seth Price, Hale Sheppard, Erica Opitz, Patrick McCann, Jr., John Kirbo, John Guin, and Chadd Reynolds named as Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising StarsFebruary 9, 2023
- Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 72 Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys in a peer selection process for the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in AmericaAugust 18, 2022
- David Calvillo, Erica Opitz, and Kellen Scott elevated to Equity Shareholders and Patrick McCann, Steven Wyatt, and Kelly Shields to ShareholdersFebruary 14, 2022
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka's 43rd Annual Tax and Business Planning Seminar is virtual on November 2-4, 2021. Register to participate.November 2, 2021
- November 12, 2019
- October 12, 2018
Presentations
Seminars & Presentations
- Register now for Chamberlain Hrdlicka's 39th Annual Atlanta Tax and Business Planning SeminarThe Westin Perimeter North 7 Concourse Parkway Atlanta, GA 30328, November 12, 2024
- 43rd Annual Tax and Business Planning Virtual Seminar is on November 2-4, 2021November 4, 2021
- November 12, 2019
- November 15, 2018
Publications
Publications
- Patrick McCann’s article on “IRS’ Increased Funding Means More Scrutiny” in the Daily ReportDaily Report, November 9, 2022
- Patrick J. McCann Jr. and Jasen Hanson’s article on “What IRS Funding Increase Means for Taxpayers”Law360, October 21, 2022
- Article by Patrick McCann on “Small Captive Insurance Concession May Mean New Enforcement Phase”Tax Notes, January 10, 2022
- Article by Phil Karter and Pat McCann on “Looking at Small Captives in a Post-Pandemic World"Bloomberg Tax, December 21, 2020
- Article by Patrick McCann on “Preparing for the Wealth Squad: From Planning to Resolution"Tax Notes Federal, December 7, 2020
- Article by Patrick McCann on “Defensive Strategies For High-Net-Worth Individual Tax Audits"Law360, October 26, 2020
- Article by Patrick McCann on “Captive Insurance May Help In A Pandemic, But Caution Is Key”Law360, July 2, 2020
- Article by Phil Karter, Scot Kirkpatrick and Pat McCann on “IRS Letter 6336: To Respond or Not to Respond, That Is the Question”Tax Notes Federal, June 1, 2020
- Article by Phil Karter, Scot Kirkpatrick and Pat McCann on "The Letter in Question"Captive Insurance Times, May 27, 2020
- Article by Philip Karter and Patrick McCann on IRS Announcement Likely Overstates True Impact of Captive Insurance SettlementBloomberg Tax, February 28, 2020