I’ve been a lawyer for 32 years, and nearly all of them have been spent on one side of one fight: taxpayers against the IRS. Examinations, appeals, collection due process hearings, trust fund penalty defense, and litigation in the United States Tax Court, where I’m admitted to practice.
Before tax law, I was a public defender. When the government is coming after a person, that work teaches you what actually matters: procedure is power, silence has value, and the person across the desk needs straight answers more than they need comfort. All of it translates directly to federal tax defense.
The Record
My office has resolved more than $100 million in IRS tax debt — through offers in compromise, appeals settlements, collection due process hearings, penalty litigation, trust fund recovery penalty defense, and bankruptcy discharge. I hold an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, I’m a member of the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers, and I’m licensed in Florida, Colorado, and Texas.
Why Counsel, Not a Company
The tax relief industry sells phone calls. What I practice is law: privileged communications the government cannot summon, procedural rights asserted on deadlines that actually bind the IRS, and cases built from day one as if a judge will read the file — because sometimes one does. The credible ability to litigate is what changes the negotiation. The IRS’s own attorneys know the difference between a representative and counsel, and they price cases accordingly.
When you call, the conversation is privileged from the first sentence. Bring the worst facts. That’s what the privilege is for.