Practice Areas
Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., 1971
Drexel University, B.S., 1968
Honors
Legal Intelligencer Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014
Martindale Hubble AV Preeminent Rating
Named Fellow to Washington, D.C.-based American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC) in 2010
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2020
Honored by Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Contribution to Philadelphia Tax Reform, 1984-1989
Noted as a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" for taxation, 2004-2020
Pennsylvania's Top Rated Lawyers, 2019
Listed in Who’s Who in American Law
Selected as a fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2009
Elected to Lambda Alpha International Honor Society, 2003
Program Coordinator, Advanced Property Tax Conference, ABA/IPT, 2000-2013
Program Coordinator, Advanced Sales Tax Conference, ABA/IPT, 2000-2013
Program Coordinator, Advanced Income Tax Conference, ABA/IPT, 2008-2013
Overall Chair ABA/IPT Advanced State and Local Tax Conference 2014-2018
Institute for Professionals in Taxation Special Award, 2014
Named by Best Lawyers in America for Litigation and Controversy - Tax and Tax Law as “Best Lawyers' 2014 and 2021 Philadelphia Litigation and Controversy - Tax "Lawyer of the Year"
Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania, 1971
New York, 2013
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court and all of its subordinate courts in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
U.S. Court of Claims
U.S. Tax Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and all of its subordinate courts
Profile
Mr. Weintraub’s practice has centered on taxation for more than 40 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.
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Areas of Experience
- Represented distributors of malt and brewed beverages in challenges to their obligations to pay 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 Society, Brandeis Law Society Member, Executive Committee, 1984 to 2011
- 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, National Champions, 1998
- 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
- Founding member, Jewish Social Policy Action Network, 2003; member of Board of Directors and General Counsel, 2003 to date
- President, Jewish Policy Foundation of Pennsylvania, 2004 to date
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; elected Tax Section Council Director, 2013-2016
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, member since 1971
- Philadelphia Bar Association, member; Board of Governors, 1997-1999; Tax Section Council,2004-2006 and 2013; Section Secretary/Treasurer, 2006-2010
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, member since 1996
- Wolters Kluwer Legal Tax Advisory Board, 2013
News
News
- Stewart Weintraub recognized as Pennsylvania Trailblazer 2020The Legal Intelligencer, November 2020
- Virtual This Year! Chamberlain Hrdlicka Virtual Annual Tax and Business Planning Seminar is November 10-12, 2020November 10, 2020
- Stewart Weintraub recognized as Lawyer of the Year for 2021 in Tax Litigation and Controversy by US News’ Best Lawyers in AmericaSeptember 8, 2020
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka Attorneys Named to US News – 2021 Best Lawyers in America®, Three Attorneys Recognized as Lawyer of the YearAugust 20, 2020
- Kenneth Trujillo and Stewart Weintraub are named to the 2020 “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers” listMay 28, 2020
- Chambers Individual and Practice Rankings for 2020May 4, 2020
Presentations
Seminars & Presentations
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka's Annual Tax and Business Planning Seminar is Virtual for 2020!November 10, 2020
- October 30, 2019
- September 8, 2017
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka state and local tax (SALT) practice chair co-presents tax planning program
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka state and local tax (SALT) practice chair is the overall chair of the ABA/IPT Advanced Tax Seminars
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka lawyer to present as part of webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation
- Philadelphia tax attorney Stewart M. Weintraub to chair ABA/IPT seminarsThe Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans, LA, March 16, 2015
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka lawyer Stewart M. Weintraub to present program on local tax and business tax issues, October 18, 2014
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorney Stewart M. Weintraub presented two CLEs on nexus and its impact on state and local taxes, January 6, 2014
- The Four Seasons Philadelphia, May 30, 2012
Publications
Publications
- Article by Stewart Weintraub on “Philadelphia's Pandemic Budget: Drawing From Reserves and Tax Hikes”The Legal Intelligencer, August 5, 2020
- Article by Stewart Weintraub on "The COVID-19 Challenge and How It Is Affecting Businesses, Individuals"Legal Intelligencer, April 21, 2020
- Co-Author America Law Media; "2014 Pennsylvania Tax Handbook"
- “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)