Tax Blog/Blawg

Lawrence Bass is a shareholder in the firm's trusts and estates and employee benefit practice.  Mr. Bass possesses more than 40 years of experience in counseling clients on a wide variety of matters including income, gift, estate and ...

Brett Berly is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Trusts & Estates section. He focuses his practice on the representation of high net-worth individuals and fiduciaries of trusts and estates with respect to estate planning, probate ...

Sebastien Chain joined Chamberlain Hrdlicka in 2011 and concentrates his practice on federal, state and local tax controversies, both civil and criminal, and he represents clients at the examination level, administrative ...

George Connelly is recognized as one of the leading federal tax litigators in the United States.  His practice focuses on IRS audit, collection and criminal matters including civil and criminal tax litigation matters, for clients ...

Tom Cullinan is a Shareholder in the Firm's Atlanta office. Tom joined the Firm from the IRS, where he served as the Counselor to the IRS Commissioner and then as the acting IRS Chief of Staff.  

While at the IRS, Tom was a member of the ...

Julie is a Shareholder in the firm’s Trusts & Estates section.  Her practice focuses on estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax planning as well as estate administration and related matters.  She handles matters such as the ...

Habeeb “Hobbs” Gnaim is a Shareholder in the Firm and serves as the head of the Firm's Tax Planning & Business Transactions Group. Mr. Gnaim previously served on the Firm’s Board of Directors and as head of the Recruiting ...

Phyllis Guillory represents clients including both public and private business entities, trusts, and individuals in a variety of industries.  Many of Ms. Guillory’s clients have energy-related businesses in the United States ...

Tom Jones is a Chamberlain Hrdlicka shareholder who maintains a dual practice in Corporate/Business law and Trust and Estates law. He has over 40 years of experience providing counsel and guidance to corporate management, business ...

Philip Karter specializes in tax controversy and tax litigation matters.  In his 40-year career, Mr. Karter has litigated Federal tax cases in the United States District Courts, the United States Tax Court and the United States Court ...

John Kirbo is a Senior Counsel in our tax controversy practice in Atlanta. John primarily represents clients before the Tax Court, Federal District Court, and the Internal Revenue Service.

John has a background in business ...

Scot Kirkpatrick possesses substantial experience in estate and tax law and heads the Trust and Estates Practice Group of the firm’s Atlanta office. He primarily represents high net worth individuals and their families.

Mr ...

Jennifer Lindy serves as a Shareholder in the Tax Controversy & Litigation and International Tax Practice Groups. Jennifer represents individual, partnership/pass-through, and multinational corporate taxpayers with a ...

Peter A. Lowy, a shareholder in Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston office, is best known for his tax controversy work and deep experience in the energy sector. He also advises corporations and other taxpayers in a broad spectrum of ...

Mark Lubin is a tax attorney and CPA with extensive experience in M&A, international tax, joint ventures, restructurings, alternative investment vehicles and other areas of taxation important to companies operating globally and ...

With 30 years of legal experience, Patrick Martin’s practice focuses on a wide range of international tax issues. He assists domestic and foreign privately held companies, global investors, funds and other business entities ...

Katherine represents clients in a broad range of federal and multi-state tax planning and tax controversy matters. She applies her legal and finance industry experience to assist clients with business transactions and corporate ...

As a business lawyer and CPA, Michael Overstreet assists businesses, individuals, and families with business transactions and tax planning. Raised in a small business himself, Michael is passionate about helping clients handle ...

Lauren Parker advises clients on estate planning, probate, and wealth transfer law matters. Her experience ranges from simple will drafting to more complex tax-planned wills, revocable trusts, defective grantor trusts and ...

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Hale Sheppard is a partner in the Tax Controversy Section of Chamberlain Hrdlicka.  He defends clients in tax audits, tax appeals, and Tax Court litigation, covering both domestic and international issues. Hale's ...

Joshua Sutin helps clients unravel complex legal and business issues related to employee benefit plans, tax-exempt organizations, and business tax planning. He counsels both businesses and not-for-profit organizations on the ...

Kevin Sweeney is an experienced tax attorney and former federal prosecutor who specializes in defending clients in civil and criminal tax controversy and litigation matters. He focuses on high-stakes IRS audits, civil tax ...

Robert Jeffrey Waddell maintains a multi-faceted practice focused on the issues and concerns of business owners, including contracts, mergers, lending, acquisition of real estate, corporate and business succession and wealth ...

Wyatt is a shareholder in the Tax Controversy Practice Group and the Estate & Income Tax Planning & Estate Administration Practice Group.

He has experience in wealth and asset protection planning, life insurance planning ...