(AV)The firm assists clients with all of the following types of tax and estate planning problems: IRS and State Tax Audits; IRS and State Collection; Federal and State Tax Liens and Notices of Levy; Offers in Compromise and Installment-Payment Agreements; Innocent Spouse Appeals and Litigation; IRS Penalties; Civil Tax Fraud; Tax Litigation before the United States Tax Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Courts and United States Courts of Appeals; State Tax Problems; Threatened Seizure of Clients' Wages and Bank Accounts; Employment Tax Problems; Taxpayer Rights; Securing and Retaining Tax Exempt Status; Counseling and Transactional Planning for Sophisticated Corporate and Partnership Transactions; Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans; Estate and Wealth Planning; and Wills, Trusts and Probate, Pension Plans and 401(k) Plans.
Trial Attorney, Review Section, 1967-1969, and Court of Claims Section, 1969-1974, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Chair, 1985-1991, Taxation Section, District of Columbia Bar (Best Section, 1985-1986). Chair, 1991-1993, Tax Audits and Litigation Committee, Taxation Section, District of Columbia Bar (Award for Best Section Community Outreach Project, 1992-93). Chair, 1991-1993, Subcommittee on Important Developments, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, Chair, 1984-1987, Subcommittee on Liaison with the Tax Court, Committee on Court Procedure, Section of Taxation, American Bar Association. Member, Judicial Conferences of the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Preeminent AV Rated Attorney, Selected as one of "America's Most Influential Women," Forbes In-Flight Radio Network, 2006. Author: Chapter 50, "Tax Court Jurisdiction, Procedure and Practice," Mertens, Law of Federal Taxation; "Tax Court Practice" Volume 9, and "Court of Federal Claims Practice" Chapter in Volume 8 on National Courts, West's Federal Forms; "Income, Gift and Estate Tax Considerations Affecting the Ownership and Transfer of United States Savings Bonds," 19 Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 135, (1994); "IRS Using Authority to Seize Qualified Pension Plan Benefits," 2 IRS Practice & Policy Bulletin 80, 11 Tax Management Weekly Report 79, 19 BNA Pension Reporter 307, 17 Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 113, 2 IRS Practice & Policy Bulletin 208 (1992); "ESOPS and Other Applications of Section 6166," 10 Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 111 (1985).
