Cooper Levenson, P.A.

Fundamentally, Cooper Levenson is a very pro-business firm. One of the most satisfying aspects of our practice is the degree to which our clients rely on us to be their advisers and advocates. In a world replete with changing tax laws, shifting economic realities, regulatory excesses and legal land mines, we are trusted counselors.

Along with our team of tax and business law attorneys, Practice Group Chairman Robert E. Salad, Esq., LL.M. handles a full range of issues for clients across a broad spectrum of business sizes and types. Rob has more than 35 years of experience in tax law and related matters. He is a frequent lecturer to both state and local bar associations, as well as local CPA societies.

Highly Skilled Counsel Regarding Nuanced Tax Issues

Our tax, business and estate law team represents clients with great effectiveness, drawing upon considerable strengths in several key areas:

• Tax litigation: We bring an extensive understanding of the labyrinthine and ever-changing tax codes, years of successful courtroom experience at both the trial and appellate levels, and a reputation among revenue officials as attorneys with integrity and sound judgment. These realities enhance our ability either to forestall litigation through mediation or prevail in the courtroom.
• Estate and corporate tax planning and administration for individuals and businesses: Our attorneys advise clients on the tax consequences of compensation packages and shareholders agreements, and advise impending retirees on estate, inheritance and gift tax issues.
• Integration with other legal issues: Because there are tax ramifications to issues as disparate as divorce actions (nearly 50 percent of criminal tax fraud cases are triggered by matrimonial suits), property tax revaluations and real estate transactions, our lawyers frequently work with department chairs across many specialties. These cooperative, interactive in-house resources provide our clients with versatile, effective, seamless legal protection.

At Cooper Levenson, we believe our future rests in our collective ability to embrace change and leverage diversity through our leadership, employment, and continued community support. We believe that diversity is critical to our business strategy, our relationships with our clients and employees and will improve our competitiveness and prospects for long-term success.

The firm is a member of the New Jersey Law Firm Group, which is comprised of New Jersey Law firms, corporate legal departments, governmental agencies and public interest organizations that recognize the importance and advantages of diversity in not only serving the needs of clients but also in enhancing the legitimacy and public image of the legal profession. Each year, this organization provides a fellowship, a job fair, mentor programs and roundtable discussions at each of New Jersey's law schools to demystify the recruitment process and to encourage participation in the group's programs.

Cooper Levenson is also a member of the Minority Counsel Program of the American Bar Association, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. The mission of this organization is to promote diversity in the legal profession through education and by building relationships between corporations and lawyers who are racially and ethnically diverse.

Committed to diversity issues since its very inception, firm founder, James Cooper was a member of President Kennedy's Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, having litigated civil rights cases in Mississippi in 1966. One of our attorneys was the first woman president of the Atlantic County Bar Association. While in law school, another of our attorneys served as the National Executive Director of the National Black Law Students Association, which presided over all Black law student associations around the country.

Cooper Levenson is proud of this commitment to diversity among its clients, its employees and its community support.