AREAS OF PRACTICE


business


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  • BUSINESS TRANSACTION & DOCUMENT DRAFTING

  • ENTITY STRUCTURE & FORMATION

  • operating & shareholder agreements, bylaws

  • PARTNERSHIPS & JOINT VENTURES

  • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

  • corporATE & PARTNERSHIP DIVISIONS

  • SALE OF BUSINESS ASSETS

  • OUTSIDE GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES

  • EXIT STRATEGY & SUCCESSION PLANNING


tax / irs


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  • tax consulting & planning

  • Business STRUCTURE (CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, S CORPORATION, Disregarded Entity)

  • tax free reorganizations

  • COMPENSATION, fringe & EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

  • stock options & 83(b) elections

  • nonqualified deferred compensation (nqdc) (serps, sars, phantom stock), 409A

  • excise tax & tax credits

  • Taxation of Damages/Settlements

  • foreign investment & FIRPTA

  • information returns (1099, 1042-s)

  • employment/payroll tax, trust fund recovery Penalty (TFRP), seca

  • TEXAS FRANCHISE TAX, SALES TAX, NEXUS (wayfair)

  • irs controversy (exam/AUDIT, appeals, collections)

  • INSTALLMENT AGREEMENT, OFFERS IN COMPROMISE (OIC), INNOCENT SPOUSE RELIEF

  • tax litigation in u.s. tax court

  • nonprofit & tax exempt organizations

  • expert witness services


estate planning


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  • drafting wills and trusts

  • estate administration & probate

  • community property & separation agreements

  • business succession planning

  • estate & gift tax

  • family limited partnerships (flp)

  • national firearms act (nfa) trusts

  • grantor trusts (grat, idgt)

  • charitable remainder trusts (crt)

  • PET TRUSTS

  • donor advised funds (daf)


nonprofit & tax exempt


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  • formation of exempt organization

  • irs approval - 501(c)(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(10),(13),(25)

  • private foundations

  • group exemptions

  • supporting organizations

  • for-profit subsidiaries

  • unrelated business income tax (ubit/ubTI)

  • governance, polices, compensation

  • Foundation grant agreements

  • irs audit