Texas Tax Lawyers

My practice is focused on representing clients in a wide variety of matters pertaining to tax planning, tax controversy, and estate planning. I regularly assist clients with resolving federal and state tax controversies, and have represented individuals, closely held businesses, and large corporations in IRS audits, appeals and litigation in the United States Tax Court and the United States District Court. I have also represented taxpayers in disputes with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. I handle the formation of business entities and non-profit organizations, mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, and state and local taxes. Additionally, I have assisted with...

Joshua Scott Milam is the owner and managing partner of Milam Law Firm. Milam Law Firm skillfully handles cases in various legal fields (including Tax, Family, Business, Criminal, and Personal Injury), with the bulk of the practice involving litigation. Milam Law Firm also has substantial experience with contracts and estate planning. The firm always strives to provide the best possible representation of clients with a particular focus on the firm motto of "Honesty. Integrity. Results." Milam Law Firm's founder, Joshua Scott Milam, earned his Juris Doctor and Master of Laws in Taxation from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, where...

Duncan is the sole shareholder of the firm whose practice primarily focuses on estate planning, trusts, business matters, and construction law. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1977 with a business administration degree in accounting and finance and earned his law degree from SMU in 1980.

Duncan has more than thirty-five years of legal experience and has been admitted to practice in the United States Tax Court, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and Fifth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.

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Andrew Margolies is the founding tax attorney at Margolies Law Office. He graduated with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law, concentrating in Taxation and Commercial Law. He is admitted to practice law before all Texas State Courts, the IRS, the United States Tax Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Margolies Law Office is a tax law firm dedicated to helping individuals and businesses of all backgrounds and income levels resolve their IRS issues. We are located in Dallas, Texas and proudly serve the DFW Metroplex and beyond....

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In addition to holding a law degree, Mr. Scammahorn also holds an LLM in Taxation Law, an advanced law degree with a focus on IRS issues and tax litigation. Mr. Scammahorn understands the IRS procedures and substantive tax law and has years of experience defending tax clients and negotiating with the IRS. Mr. Scammahorn stays up to date on legal rulings, issues, and the changing tax code so that you get effective, knowledgeable representation. He is considered the "go to" attorney for IRS issues and his long list of clients includes politicians, small business owners, medical doctors, lottery winners, lawyers,...

Hap May focuses on business and tax law. He also has significant experience in commercial litigation, real estate law, bankruptcy, business transactions, estate planning, and probate as well as asset protection. As both an attorney and a CPA, he has held many court-appointed roles over the last 30 years, including serving under the State District Court to help dissolve the affairs of a Houston law firm. He was appointed as arbitrator in a massive real estate case involving more than 300 property owners and a settlement upward of $20 million. He was also appointed by a federal judge as receiver of...

1. Federal & State Taxes IRS and State Tax Problems, Tax Returns (Individual, business, estate) and solutions - including release IRS Levies, Liens, audits, Offers in Compromise, Payment Plans, Protests and Appeals, innocent spouse, employment tax problems, including trust fund penalties and responsible persons, CID criminal tax investigations, sales tax and property tax, admitted to U.S. Tax, District and Bankruptcy Courts, and all State Courts. 2. Bankruptcy Individual and small business - Chapters 7, 13, and 11, for tax debts and consumer or business debts, tax discharges, sales tax bankruptcies, payment plans and tax releases. Representing Debtors and...

Clark S. Willingham is engaged in estate planning and taxation, handling the formation and governance of business entities, real estate transactions and governmental relations in Washington, D.C and Austin.

Mr. Willingham was born in Houston, Texas in 1944. He received an Accounting degree from Texas Tech University in 1967. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from the Dedman School of Law at SMU in 1971 and his LLM in Taxation in 1984. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1971. Mr. Willingham is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the State Bar of...

Immigration Attorney Daniel F. Albert has over 15 years of experience in practicing law and has helped thousands of clients achieve their American dream of being a US resident or citizen. His practice extends to clients in all 50 states and overseas. Attorney Albert graduated from Tulane University with B.S. Eng. in Biomedical Engineering. He also possesses graduate degrees including an MBA and Masters in Real Estate Development. Attorney Albert received his Juris Doctor with honors from North Carolina Central University School of Law and his Master of Laws in Taxation from the prestigious Northwestern Pritzker...

Amanda Traphagan is a Texas tax attorney who has spent her entire legal career assisting taxpayers with contested tax matters. She has assisted taxpayers against the Texas Comptroller, the Internal Revenue Service, and tax authorities of other states in administrative proceedings as well as state and federal trial and appellate courts. Amanda Traphagan is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas, the United States Tax Court, and before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and District of Columbia Circuits. Amanda Traphagan's published state tax cases include the Texas Supreme Court cases Combs v. Roark Amusement &...

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We are a Houston, Texas bankruptcy and tax specialty practice. We primarily serve the North Houston, Texas area. We are conveniently located near Cypress, Tomball, The Woodlands, Spring, Magnolia, Katy and many surrounding north Houston, Texas neighborhoods and suburbs. We help people save their home and stop foreclosure, stop repossession, stop garnishment, stop IRS and get a fresh start.

Matthew G. Messerli is the founding attorney of The Messerli Law Firm, PLLC. Prior to pursuing his legal career, Attorney Messerli earned his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management and his Master’s in Finance (MSF) from the Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. He has accumulated more than a decade of experience as a business consultant and operator. Attorney Messerli later spent several years serving as a financial advisor to high-net-worth individuals and businesses before earning his Juris Doctorate (JD) from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman Law School in Dallas, Texas. His unique blend of...

Isreal focuses his practice on tax and estate planning. He advises clients on how to minimize estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes, as well as the implementation and administration of complex estate planning structures. Isreal is Board Certified in Tax Law and Estate Planning & Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner, and a Personal Financial Specialist. Before going into private practice, Isreal served for five years as a trial attorney for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, where he personally handled over 1,700 cases, including over 850 cases...

Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization and CPA

Lance’s practice focuses on representing taxpayers before the IRS and Federal courts in matters involving audits, appeals, collection and litigation. Lance left the IRS Office of Chief Counsel in 2007 after serving as a Senior Attorney. As a Senior Attorney, Lance litigated cases on behalf of the government and advised Revenue Agents and Revenue Officers in their investigations.

With more than 30 years of experience, Mr. Finley has worked with hundreds of clients to develop estate plans, wills, trusts, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, powers of attorney, and other ancillary documents. He advises clients on critical structural and business formation issues, and provides counsel to clients involved in federal tax controversies and disputes with the IRS.

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936-525-0202 If you are reading this, you may have what seems like an unmanageable tax debt to the most powerful collection agency in the World, the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America; or, a state agency that may even be more aggressive than the IRS. I know that feeling of helplessness because I found myself trapped in a horrible tax mess many years ago. My business went from bedroom to NASDAQ and then collapsed in the Internet-tech meltdown in 2000. My IRS and California tax problems were immense. One day, my bank accounts were swept and all my available...

Mr. Freeman, a dual-credentialed attorney-CPA, author, law professor, and trial attorney, is the founding and managing member of Freeman Law, PLLC. He represents clients in litigation and disputes, with a particular focus on federal and state tax controversies, as well as white-collar and financial disputes, both civil and criminal. He also advises and assists clients with tax and regulatory compliance, including domestic and international tax and regulatory reporting requirements. Recent litigation experience includes serving as trial counsel in a criminal tax evasion and conspiracy jury trial in the Federal District Court for the United States Virgin Islands. In...

Experienced business and tax litigation attorney that handles an array of legal matters for business owners and individuals seeking protection for their assets. Handles the following legal matters: Business transactions Tax liens and seizures Mergers and acquisitions Tax collection Corporate litigation Buy-sell agreements Tax appeals, IRS audits Contract litigation

Houston tax attorney, who helps with tax planning, tax disputes, and tax litigation.

Mr. Mitchell is a former IRS attorney and an IRS appeals officer. He has worked in two Fortune 500 tax departments. He has lead a tax controversy team and has since managed and grown a tax law firm.

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Rain Minns' litigation experience ranges from international arbitration in Hong Kong to Native American courts to jury trials in the United States. After law school, Rain clerked for Chief Judge George P. Kazen in the Southern District of Texas. She then became an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas, where she was recognized for her outstanding work. Rain first-chaired and obtained favorable trial and appellate verdicts in all of her cases, including the highest arbitration award in the history of her division. Rain then spent a few years at a large law firm working on bet-the-company litigation, where...