Top Tax Lawyers Near Me in Garden City Area

VINCENT J. RUSSO, Managing Shareholder of Russo Law Group, P.C., Long Island’s Signature Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning Law Firm with offices in Garden City, Islandia, Lido Beach and Manhattan, New York has championed the rights of seniors and people with special needs since is a Founding Member, Fellow and Fifth President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and is a Founding Member and First President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. He is the only NAELA member to receive the prestigious President’s Award twice. He is also a member of the invitation only, NAELA Council of Advanced Practitioners (CAP). He is a Founding and current Chair of the NAELA Foundation (NELF) and the current Chair of the NELF Programs Committee. Vincent is a Founding Member and Past Chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and Co-Founder and Past Chair of the Board of ElderCounsel, is also a Member of the NYSBA Advocacy Committee on the Medicaid Budget. He is a Co-Founder of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP), Past Board Member and current President of the Guardianship Corporation of United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County and a Co-Founder of Theresa Alessandra Russo Foundation for children with special needs.. Vincent is the Founding Chair and current member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter and a former Board Member of the Arthritis Foundation Long Island Chapter and United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau County.. His professional achievements include an invitation to join the WHITE HOUSE 2005 Conference on Aging as an at-large delegate. This invitation followed two other major events in Washington, D.C. as a representative of NAELA: (1) Testimony before the UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING on the proposed, detrimental changes in the Medicaid Program and (2) Featured Speaker at the Policy Forum of the CATO INSTITUTE on the subject of “Medicaid and the Long Term Care Crisis.”. Joining a special group of New York attorneys, Mr. Russo is Co-Chair of the New York State COMPACT Working Group, introducing new and innovative long term care program which is being considered by the New York State Legislative.. As a national advocate for people with disabilities, seniors and their families, Mr. Russo has appeared on the NBC’s TODAY SHOW, WNBC NEWS, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CNN, NEW YORK TIME FORUM, CNBC, the FOX NEWS NETWORK, CSPAN II, WCBSRADIO, TELECARE, NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND, as well as numerous, other local radio and television programs. He created and co-hosts Family Comes First on cable TV, which won two Telly Awards, one for the Alzheimer’s Impact on Family, The Henley Family Story and another for Military Moms.. His press interviews include The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, the Washington Post, and Newsday. His articles have been published in the New York State Bar Journal, The Elder Law Report, Nassau Lawyer, Trust and Estate, National Underwriter and the NAELA Quarterly. His 1993 cover story in Financial Planning – The Official Magazine of the International Association of Financial Planning – was well received by a whole new audience of professionals serving seniors. Since that lead article, Mr. Russo has written for a host of other professional organizations and has co-authored, New York Elder Law and Special Needs Practice and two consumer books on Estate Planning and Elder Law.. Mr. Russo is a nationally recognized speaker and noted authority on Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning. His distinction in Elder Law, Special Needs and Estate Planning has made him one of the most prominent attorneys in his field.. Mr. Russo earned his law degree from Fordham University School of Law and his LLM in Taxation from Boston University School of Law. He is admitted to the New York, Massachusetts and Florida State Bars, and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation.

Terence E. Smolev has been practicing Tax Trusts and Estate law since 1970. As an accountant and attorney started his practice with the accounting firm, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now KPMG) in 1969.. For many years he has also represented special education students and acted as a Hearing officer in special education matters.. Mr. Smolev has a long history of involvement in tax matters. He has been a member of the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner’s Small Business Advisory Committee. In addition he has taught as an Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University teaching all areas of law in the Business School and Estate Planning in the Law School. He currently lectures at the Washington College of Law of the American University about Criminal Tax Fraud.. Mr. Smolev served as Counsel to The North Merrick UFSD for many years, was the President of the Board of Directors of the Hamlet community in Jericho, New York, long time member of the Board of Trustees of Hofstra University, and a member of the Board of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. In addition, he serves on the Board of the Gurwin Jewish Health Care Foundation, the Board of Directors of the New York City Police Museum as Vice Chair and Counsel, and the American University Washington College of Law Dean’s Advisory Committee.. Mr. Smolev is an avid photographer, having been a professional photographer for news and sports prior to attending law school. He was a PR photographer for WMCA Radio (the Good Guys) in NYC.

My tax law firm, the Tax Problem Law Center, is dedicated to this one goal: to protect you from the IRS and New York State taxing authorities, while resolving your tax problem under the best possible terms, oftentimes saving you thousands of dollars in the process.. I am admitted to the United States Tax Court and has been licensed to practice law in the State of New York since 1995. I am the author of the Tax Problem Help Guide as well as numerous articles on IRS tax problem resolution, which can be found on my website.. At the Tax Problem Law Center, we focus our entire practice on solving IRS and New York State tax problems. We can help you with the following tax matters:. IRS Tax Matters. Tax attorney Charles can help you resolve your IRS and New York State tax problems under the best possible terms while protecting your interests including:. New York Sales Tax Defense. One of our firm's primary practice areas is New York sales tax defense which means that we defend business owners and individuals against the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in sales tax collections matters, litigation, audits, and criminal investigations.. New York Tax Matters. Unlike "tax resolution firms" you find on the internet, who are really based in other states, our tax law firm is located only in New York. We are New York tax attorneys who really know New York tax law.. Unfiled Tax Returns. When you have unfiled tax returns, you have a legal problem The failure to file a tax return is a federal as well as New York State crime. Not only can our experienced tax attorneys protect you from criminal prosecution, we often save our clients thousands of dollars in penalties.

Jim is a founding partner at Kase & Druker. He specializes in tax law and federal criminal defense matters.. Jim began his legal career as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Special Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. He served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York, and Deputy Chief, Criminal Division and Chief of Official Corruptions Section. Jim was an Assistant District Attorney and Chief of Rackets and Narcotics Bureau in Nassau County.. Jim has served as the Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court, Theodore Roosevelt Inn. He is also the author of “New Cars and UCC Section 2-608: Your Client Isn’t Stuck with a Lemon.” He has been Guest Adjunct Law Professor at Fordham School of Law.  Also, a frequent lecturer at Baruch College Graduate Business school 2012 – present.. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and earned his J.D. at Boston College.

Jennifer  Ann Wynne is the principal of Wynne Law, P.C., located in Garden City on Long Island.  She is an Attorney and  Certified Public Accountant (inactive) born and raised on Long Island, with significant experience handling a variety of legal matters. Aside from practicing at a tax attorney, she has experience handling all aspects of  complex business and commercial litigation, including bench and jury  trials and appeals, along with litigation involving employment, labor  and education law.  She is also familiar with estate planning, Surrogate  Court practice and drafting business agreements.. She graduated from Hofstra University with a  Bachelor of Business Administration in 1991. While attending Hofstra,  she was named to the Dean’s List and Provost’s List in addition to  earning membership in the national accounting honor society Beta Alpha  Psi. In September 1994 she received her license to practice as a  Certified Public Accountant in New York State (currently inactive).. In 2001 she earned her Juris Doctor (With  Distinction) from Hofstra  University School of Law. As a law student,  she received CALI awards for  excellence in the study of Constitutional  Law and Business  Organizations and also received the award for Best  Oral Advocate. Upon graduation she was awarded a Citation for Excellence  in the study of Torts law.

A 2009 graduate of Touro Law School, Mrs. Jonathan received her B.B.A in Marketing from Hofstra University in 2004. While earning her law degree, she successfully completed clinical programs with the Suffolk County Legal Aid Society and the New York State Division of Human Rights. Mrs. Jonathan also developed a keen ability to understand and communicate with different ethnic groups, by studying international law in Germany and China during her summers in law school.. Mrs. Jonathan was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2010, as well as the United States Tax Court, the United States District Court for both the Eastern and Southern Districts. She has solid litigation experience in the areas of criminal law, matrimonial, personal injury, housing, civil prosecution and defense, as well as guardianship and estates.. In addition to her general practice background, in March 2013, Mrs. Jonathan was appointed pursuant to Part 36 of the Rules of the Chief Judge wherein she may serve as a court appointed Guardian, Court Evaluator or Attorney for an Alleged Incapacitated Person. Her desire to pursue this area of law was sparked by her experience at Amsterdam Nursing Home, in New York City wherein she cared for Alzheimer’s patients while in college and the two years before commencing law school. Mrs. Jonathan is committed to zealously advocating for her clients by obtaining the most favorable disposition on their behalves. As a Senior Associate at her prior firm, Gordon & Gordon, PC, Mrs. Jonathan has successfully closed over sixty cases and has made numerous court appearances within the five boroughs, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties.. Mrs. Jonathan is a member of the Queen’s County Women’s Bar Association, the New York State and New York County Bar Associations, as well as Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. She is also a published co-author in the New York Law Journal.

Experienced Tax attorney serving clients in Garden City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Tax attorney serving clients in Garden City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Tax attorney serving clients in Garden City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Tax attorney serving clients in Garden City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Tax attorney serving clients in Garden City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Tax attorney serving clients in Garden City and surrounding areas.

Experienced Tax attorney serving clients in Garden City and surrounding areas.