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Tax attorney Jack Fishman spent 25 years with the IRS, serving as a special agent. Jack Fishman now practices tax law in Atlanta, Georgia, helping individuals and businesses nationwide in the areas of IRS tax disputes, audits and investigations.

Sorenson Law represents Georgia property owners in property tax matters. Each client receives an individualized approach with tax savings and long-term strategy in mind. Our holistic approach and ability to handle cases from administrative appeals to courtroom litigation sets us apart from our competition.. We are committed to providing clients with expert advice and guidance on complex property tax issues in an effective and efficient manner.

Ryan C. Pulver is a founding member of Guilmette Pulver LLC. Ryan's practice covers a broad cross-section of federal, state, and local tax matters and includes the representation of taxpayers in tax controversies as well as tax planning. Ryan advises clients on numerous tax credit and alternative energy transactions, real estate transactions, joint ventures, partnerships, and restructurings. He also advises sponsors of, and investors in, all types of private investment vehicles.

Roger Kirschenbaum is a partner in MendenFreiman’s estate planning, trust and estate administration and business practice areas. His primary areas of practice include estate planning, probate and estate administration, general corporate and business law, and related tax-planning matters. He primarily works with high-net-worth clients and owners of closely held businesses to devise plans that achieve both fundamental and complex estate-related goals.. Roger has significant experience in probate matters relating to wrongful death negligence cases. In addition, he previously served as a public arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. From 1985 to 1996, he represented professional athletes as a registered contract advisor with the National Basketball Players Association and the National Football League Players Association. Prior to joining MendenFreiman in 2017, Roger had his own private practice and was an of counsel attorney with Wagner, Johnston & Rosenthal, P.C. He currently serves on the Emory University Gift Planning Advisory Council.

Richard C. Litwin is an Atlanta attorney, who specializes in state and local taxation and tax disputes, including sales and use tax, multistate corporate income tax, personal income tax, state residency, employment tax and property tax matters.  Mr. Litwin is a Georgia Super Lawyer and has been listed in The Top 100 (lawyers in Georgia).  He is also listed in. ·      U.S. News and World Report’s The Best Lawyers in America, for (1) Litigation and Controversy - Tax and (2) Tax Law;. ·      Georgia’s Top-Rated Lawyers (publication of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Wall Street Journal and The Daily Report) and. Mr. Litwin has also been voted as one of the state’s top attorneys in Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite, in Taxes/Estates/Trusts.. Mr. Litwin is Co-Moderator of the Georgia Department of Revenue Attorney Liaison Committee, which meets twice each year.. Mr. Litwin served as Chairperson of the State Bar of Georgia Section of Taxation (2001-2002) and served as a member of the State Bar of Georgia Tax Section Georgia Tax Court Task Force.. Mr. Litwin was Chairperson of the Atlanta Bar Association Taxation Section (2004-2005) and currently serves as a board member.  Mr. Litwin has also served as a member-at-large of the Atlanta Bar Association CLE Board of Trustees.. Mr. Litwin has worked on projects with the Department of Revenue, in his role as a member of the Georgia Department of Revenue Liaison Committee and as a member of a special task force formed to address State consolidated return filing regulations.  He also served as a member of the Georgia Department of Revenue Business Advisory Committee from 2007-2008.. Prior to forming his current firm, Mr. Litwin was a partner at an Atlanta law firm.  Mr. Litwin was also an Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Section of the Georgia Attorney General’s Office and worked in the Tax Department at the Atlanta office of an international accounting firm.. Mr. Litwin speaks frequently on various tax topics, at national and state bar seminars and at seminars sponsored by the Georgia Society of CPAs.  Mr. Litwin has also published articles on various aspects of taxation, including “The Georgia Tax Tribunal Act of 2012,” an article that he co-authored and that was published in the December 2012 edition of The Georgia Bar Journal.. Mr. Litwin serves as a volunteer tax lawyer with Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta.  He also serves, by appointment by the Georgia Supreme Court, as on the State Bar of Georgia’s Standing Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law.. Mr. Litwin graduated from the University of South Carolina, with a B.S. degree, cum laude, in Economics, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.  He graduated from Emory Law School, where he was a member of the Moot Court Society.   In September 2016, Mr. Litwin was appointed by the Univ. of South Carolina Board of Trustees to serve a three-year term as an at-large member of the USC Board of Visitors.

My practice focuses on representing individuals and business owners in tax planning and disputes as well as in the day to day operation of their businesses.

Julian A. Fortuna is a member of the Corporate and Business Group at Taylor English Duma LLP where he focuses on domestic and international tax planning for business entities, owners and executives. He also represents clients in tax controversy matters before the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the Georgia Department of Revenue and various other federal, state, local and foreign tax authorities, the United States Tax Court and the Georgia Tax Tribunal. With over 30 years of professional tax experience, Mr. Fortuna is capable of handling all tax matters related to the formation, financing, operation, restructuring, and disposition of a wide variety of business entities.  He also handles estate and trust matters.. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Fortuna was Vice President and General Tax Counsel for InterContinental Hotels Group ("IHG"). During his 12 year tenure at IHG, Mr. Fortuna was responsible for structuring the domestic and international tax impacts of numerous mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and other corporate transactions, as well as construction projects, leases, exchanges and other real and personal property transactions. Mr. Fortuna was also responsible for state and local tax matters (including property, sales/use and occupancy taxes). He also directed tax research and planning for cross-border financing, captive insurance, and the worldwide use of trade names and other intangible assets. He represented IHG before the IRS and various other tax authorities on audits, appeals, and ruling requests, and pursued tax regulatory and legislative changes for the benefit of IHG with U.S. Treasury and Congressional personnel in Washington D.C.. Prior to joining IHG, Mr. Fortuna spent eleven years in the tax department at Deloitte and Touche where he served a variety of corporate and individual clients, and prior to that he served four years in the U.S. Treasury Department at Office of the Chief Counsel for the IRS where he was responsible for litigation in the United States Tax Court. Mr. Fortuna distinguished himself at the Office of Chief Counsel by winning seven of the eight cases he tried (he won a third of the other case), including two fraud cases and an accumulated earnings tax case.. Mr. Fortuna earned a Bachelor of Arts from the City University of New York in 1977, a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law in 1980, and a Master of Laws from Emory University School of Law in 1984. He is a member in good standing of the Georgia and New York State Bar Associations and is active in various trade and professional organizations, including the American and Atlanta Bar Associations (Taxation and Fiduciary Law Sections), the International Fiscal Association and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Jon M. Ripans, J.D., M.B.A. Finance, Esq., () is a property tax attorney and commercial real estate appraiser who focuses on property tax appeals.. Property Types:. Hospitality:  Hotels, Motels, Inns, Lodges, Beds & Breakfasts, Restaurants.. Retail: Shopping Centers, Strip Centers, Freestanding Retail, Drug Stores, Self-Storage, Convenience Stores, Outparcels, Mixed-Use, Raw & Developed Retail Land.. Office: Office Buildings, Office Condominiums, Medical Office Buildings, Distressed Office Properties, Social Security Field Offices, Raw & Developed Office Land.. Industrial: Warehouse, Distribution, Flex Space, Manufacturing, Mixed-Use, Climate Controlled Facilities, Land.. Residential: Apartments, Condominiums, Raw Land, Developed Lots, Subdivisions, Mixed-Use.. Other: GSA Leases/Contracts, NNN Investments, Banks, Movie Theaters, Ground Leases, Conservation Easements, Airports/Hangars, Daycare Centers, Veterinary Clinics.. Jon has been a visiting lecturer & guest speaker at GSU and has presentations to tax assessors, tax consultants, and property owners.. List of Property Tax Appeal Jurisdictions Served:. All Georgia Counties:. Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Cobb County, DeKalb County, Chatham County, Clayton County, Cherokee County, Henry County, Forsyth County, Richmond County, Muscogee County, Hall County, Bibb County, Paulding County, Houston County, Columbia County, Douglas County, Coweta County, Clarke County, Carroll County, Lowndes County, Fayette County, Newton County, Whitfield County, Bartow County, Floyd County, Dougherty County, Rockdale County, Walton County, Glynn County, Barrow County, Bulloch County, Troup County, Walker County, Catoosa County, Spalding County, Jackson County, Liberty County, Effingham County, Gordon County, Camden County, Laurens County, Colquitt County, Baldwin County, Thomas County, Habersham County, Coffee County, Polk County, Tift County, Murray County, Oconee County, Ware County, Bryan County, Harris County, Lumpkin County, Sumter County, Pickens County, Wayne County, Gilmer County, Lee County, Haralson County, Jones County, Madison County, White County, Toombs County, Decatur County, Monroe County, Peach County, Upson County, Stephens County, Hart County, Tattnall County, Grady County, Chattooga County, Fannin County, Butts County, Dawson County, Crisp County, Burke County, Emanuel County, Mitchell County, Franklin County, Union County, McDuffie County, Putnam County, Meriwether County, Dodge County, Washington County, Worth County, Elbert County, Pierce County, Berrien County, Banks County, Brantley County, Appling County, Lamar County, Morgan County, Pike County, Long County, Ben Hill County, Cook County, Greene County, Telfair County, Rabun County, Dade County, Jefferson County, Brooks County, Jeff Davis County, Oglethorpe County, Screven County, Dooly County, McIntosh County, Jasper County, Macon County, Charlton County, Crawford County, Bleckley County, Heard County, Pulaski County, Chattahoochee County, Bacon County, Towns County, Candler County, Evans County, Early County, Lanier County, Wilkes County, Johnson County, Irwin County, Wilkinson County, Terrell County, Jenkins County, Montgomery County, Wilcox County, Marion County, Seminole County, Hancock County, Atkinson County, Twiggs County, Taylor County, Turner County, Wheeler County, Lincoln County, Randolph County, Clinch County, Treutlen County, Calhoun County, Talbot County, Miller County, Stewart County, Warren County, Schley County, Echols County, Baker County, Clay County, Glascock County, Webster County, Quitman County, Taliaferro County.. Abbeville, Acworth, Adairsville, Adel, Adrian, Ailey, Alamo, Alapaha, Albany, Aldora, Allenhurst, Allentown, Alma, Alpharetta, Alston, Alto, Ambrose, Americus, Andersonville, Arabi, Aragon, Arcade, Argyle, Arlington, Ashburn, Athens, Atlanta, Attapulgus, Auburn, Augusta, Austell, Avera, Avondale Estates, Baconton, Bainbridge, Baldwin, Ball Ground, Barnesville, Bartow, Barwick, Baxley, Berkeley Lake, Berlin, Bethlehem, Bishop, Blackshear, Blairsville, Blakely, Bloomingdale, Blue Ridge, Bluffton, Blythe, Bogart, Boston, Bostwick, Bowdon, Bowersville, Bowman, Braselton, Braswell, Bremen, Brinson, Bronwood, Brookhaven, Brooklet, Brooks, Broxton, Brunswick, Buchanan, Buckhead, Buena Vista, Buford, Butler, Byromville, Byron, Cadwell, Cairo, Calhoun, Camak, Camilla, Canon, Canton, Carl, Carlton, Carnesville, Carrollton, Cartersville, Cave Spring, Cecil, Cedartown, Centerville, Centralhatchee, Chamblee, Chatsworth, Chattahoochee Hills, Chauncey, Chester, Chickamauga, Clarkesville, Clarkston, Claxton, Clayton, Clermont, Cleveland, Climax, Cobbtown, Cochran, Cohutta, Colbert, College Park, Collins, Colquitt, Columbus, Comer, Commerce, Concord, Conyers, Coolidge, Cordele, Cornelia, Covington, Crawford, Crawfordville, Culloden, Cumming, Cusseta, Cuthbert, Dacula, Dahlonega, Dallas, Dalton, Damascus, Danielsville, Danville, Darien, Dasher, Davisboro, Dawson, Dawsonville, De Soto, Dearing, Decatur, Deepstep, Demorest, Dexter, Dillard, Doerun, Donalsonville, Dooling, Doraville, Douglas, Douglasville, Du Pont, Dublin, Dudley, Duluth, Dunwoody, East Dublin, East Ellijay, East Point, Eastman, Eatonton, Edge Hill, Edison, Elberton, Ellaville, Ellenton, Ellijay, Emerson, Enigma, Ephesus, Eton, Euharlee, Fairburn, Fairmount, Fargo, Fayetteville, Fitzgerald, Flemington, Flovilla, Flowery Branch, Folkston, Forest Park, Forsyth, Fort Gaines, Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Valley, Franklin, Franklin Springs, Funston, Gainesville, Garden City, Garfield, Gay, Geneva, Georgetown, Gibson, Gillsville, 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Marshallville, Martin, Maxeys, Maysville, McCaysville, McDonough, McIntyre, McRae, Meansville, Meigs, Menlo, Metter, Midville, Midway, Milan, Milledgeville, Millen, Milner, Milton, Mitchell, Molena, Monroe, Montezuma, Monticello, Montrose, Moreland, Morgan, Morganton, Morrow, Morven, Moultrie, Mount Airy, Mount Vernon, Mount Zion, Mountain City, Mountain Park, Nahunta, Nashville, Nelson, Newborn, Newington, Newnan, Newton, Nicholls, Nicholson, Norcross, Norman Park, North High Shoals, Norwood, Oak Park, Oakwood, Ochlocknee, Ocilla, Oconee, Odum, Offerman, Oglethorpe, Oliver, Omega, Orchard Hill, Oxford, Palmetto, Parrott, Patterson, Pavo, Payne City, Peachtree City, Peachtree Corners, Pearson, Pelham, Pembroke, Pendergrass, Perry, Pine Lake, Pine Mountain, Pinehurst, Pineview, Pitts, Plains, Plainville, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Portal, Porterdale, Poulan, Powder Springs, Preston, Pulaski, Quitman, Ranger, Ray City, Rayle, Rebecca, Register, Reidsville, Remerton, Rentz, Resaca, Reynolds, 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Jeffrey S. Gartzman is an accomplished Atlanta tax attorney and CPA who has been practicing tax law in Atlanta for over 35 years. His goal is to help you resolve IRS and state tax problems, find tax relief and settle tax debt. Jeffrey S. Gartzman is a former IRS Taxpayer Education Program instructor. He is also an accredited Personal Financial Specialist with the American Institute of CPAs.. Mr. Gartzman has been licensed as a tax attorney since 1982 and licensed as a CPA since 1984. He has received an “AV” rating – the highest possible rating – from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Mr. Gartzman is an active member in Atlanta and Georgia professional associations for tax lawyers and CPAs.. Jeffrey S. Gartzman serves on the tax section leadership team for the Georgia Society of CPAs, a small, dynamic group of CPAs and tax attorneys who meet with the IRS and Georgia Department of Revenue annually to discuss best practices and updates to the tax law and tax procedure.. Before opening his own law firm in 1988, Mr. Gartzman worked with an established Atlanta law firm, Stokes, Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge, et al. Prior to that, he was with Touche Ross and Co., predecessor to Deloitte, LLP, a Big Four international accounting firm.

I have been an attorney for 17 years.  I have many years of experience as a tax, insurance and healthcare attorney.  I also have experience as a CEO of a claims management company for over five years.  If you are looking for an attorney with many years of experience, as well as business acuman including capital raises, accounting and business experience, please contact me.

I am part of the Indirect Tax, Sales and Use Tax practice at EY. I provide sales and use tax consulting services to clients in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, software and SaaS providers, real estate, hospitality, financial services, telecommunications, transportation, and utilities (including wind energy and nuclear power).

I am a tax attorney who handles audits, US Tax Court litigation, administrative appeals, offer in compromise, penalty abatement, innocent spouse relief, State tax cases, and all other tax matters. I also have extensive experience in Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy matters.

I am a state and local tax attorney with over 18 years experience.

George Menden is a cofounding partner of MendenFreiman.  His practice focuses on the areas of business law, business tax planning, wealth  planning, wills and trusts, and asset protection.  His expertise in highly complex midmarket transactions, combined with his extensive knowledge of business, tax, and estate planning, provides his clients with world-class representation and wealth-transfer strategies.  George represents companies with domestic and international operations in manufacturing, distribution and service sectors.  He often advises business clients throughout all stages of their development from business formation, growth, maturity and ultimately a sale, which results in financial freedom for his clients.. George began his career as a certified public accountant with Ernst & Young where he focused on the accounting and tax complexities of mergers and acquisitions.  He then joined Alston & Bird in 1985 as a business transaction attorney.  George is a frequent guest speaker on business, taxation and estate planning topics and previously served as the tax editor for Professional Excellence, a publication for dentists and orthodontists.

For the first 15 years of my career I was an estate tax attorney with the IRS in the Atlanta district office.  In that capacity, I examined hundreds of gift and estate tax returns, negotiated tax settlements and assisted IRS Counsel with docketed Tax Court cases.  Since, leaving the IRS, I have used the knowledge and experience I gained there to assist cllients in navigating through the intricacies of the tax code as it relates to trusts and estate matters.  My clients also include family business owners, tax motivated investors and individuals engaged iin tax controversies with the IRS.

Experienced attorney helping clients with debt, IRS, and GA Tax Relief, Audits, United States Tax and Bankruptcy Litigation. Specialize in obtaining debt relief through bankruptcy, offer in compromise, innocent spouse relief, and penalty abatement. Strong legal professional skilled in financial analysis and settlement negotiations.

Ed is a seasoned tax attorney advising a broad array of clients on various tax and legal issues. He has extensive experience representing high net worth individuals, including NFL and NBA athletes, corporate executives with some of Atlanta’s largest firms, and closely-held private businesses. Ed has significant tax controversy engagements in both state and federal tax matters, working with revenue agents, appeals officers and counsel.

Doug joined Hoffman & Associates as Of Counsel on September 1, 2013.  Doug brings over thirty years of experience in the areas of income tax planning and compliance, probate, small business formation and estate planning with a special interest in estate planning for blended families.. Doug is licensed as both an Attorney and a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Georgia.  Currently Doug is a member of the Georgia Bar Association, the Atlanta Bar Association and the Georgia Society of CPA’s.

Anson Asbury represents individuals and corporations in all facets of tax litigation and tax controversy. He represents clients in complex tax litigation, audits of employment and payroll tax liabilities, civil and criminal tax fraud, and tax penalties. Representative matters include defense of conservation easements, captive insurance litigation, criminal tax matters, disallowed net operating losses, passive income losses, underreported income, trust fund recovery penalties, and tax promoter penalties. He assists closley held business with the purchase and sale of business assets and larger corporations on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions.. Anson is a regular author of tax articles and a frequent speaker on tax topics. He has been qouted on tax topics in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Post, the Daily Tax Report, and Tax Notes Today.  His articles have appeared in Tax Notes Federal, the BNA Tax Management Memorandum, the Federal Lawyer and the Journal of Accountancy.. He is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and the American Bar Foundation.  He is ranked by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers.  He is Martindale Hubbell rated AV Preeminent.. He is the Vice Chair of the Court Practice and Procedure Committee of the American Bar Association, a past Chair of the Atlanta Bar Association Tax Law Section, and a Barrister at the J. Edgar Murdock Inn of Court at the U.S. Tax Court. He is a former reserve officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps and a former professor of taxation at the Army Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia.