Tax

We are known for our large, diverse tax practice and our experienced attorneys. Our team comprises an extraordinary group of professionals, including former senior government, Congressional staff, IRS, Treasury Department, and Justice Department officials with vast experience in all types of sophisticated tax planning and controversy work, representing some of the largest corporations and tax-exempt organizations in the world.

We pride ourselves on finding practical, creative solutions for our clients—of all sizes—who entrust us with their problems. These issues cover the entire “cradle-to-grave” spectrum of tax issues.

Our practice covers the entire spectrum of federal and state taxation:

• Corporate Tax Transactions
• Employee Benefits/ERISA/Executive Compensation
• Exempt Organizations
• Insurance Tax
• International Tax 
• IRS Controversy & Tax Litigation
• Legislative & Administrative, Congress & Treasury
• Partnerships/LLCs/S Corporations
• State & Local Tax

The tax practice is led by Mark Silverman, noted as one of DC's Top Ten Tax Attorneys in the 2005 Legal Times, recognized in the 2008 Who's Who Legal for corporate tax, and listed in Best Lawyers of America 2008 for Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Tax Law. He was also ranked in Chambers Global 2008, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business for Corporate Tax in the United States.

Our tax lawyers speak regularly on important tax subjects, teach in educational institutions and institutes, author respected texts and articles on tax subjects, participate in leadership roles in major tax professional organizations, and are widely respected in their fields of tax law. We encourage our tax attorneys to undertake professional development activities, to contribute to the development of the tax law, and to serve as leaders of the tax bar.

Noteworthy & Success Stories

• Recognized in Who's Who Legal for Corporate Tax in 2007-2008
• Ranked, Chambers USA 2008, America’s Leading Lawyers; Tax (District of Columbia)
• Eight members were listed in Best Lawyers in America 2008: Arthur Bailey, Patrick Derdenger, Michael Durst, Matt Lerner, Suzanne Ross McDowell, Mark Silverman, Philip West, and Matthew Zinn
• Recognized in International Tax Review's "World Tax 2007"

News, Seminars & Events

• 39 Steptoe Lawyers and 17 Practice Areas Named Among Best in the US by Chambers USA 2008
• Steve Teplinsky and Lisa Zarlenga to Speak at Federal Bar Association Annual Tax Law Conference
• Suzanne Ross McDowell Quoted in Chronicle of Philanthropy
• Suzanne Ross McDowell Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee
• Fifth Annual Construction Tax Issues Seminar
• Non-Profit Compensation: Tax And Corporate Governance Issues, The 2008 Washington Non-Profit Legal & Tax Conference Program
• Codification of Economic Substance Doctrine - Is It an Idea Whose Time has Come and Gone?
• Lorman Seminar: Property Tax in Arizona

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Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Tax Treatment of Reorganization Costs
  June 2008
• Purchase Price Allocation Rules: Sections 1060, 338, and 197
  2008
• Use of Limited Liability Companies in Corporate Transactions
  April 25, 2008
• Comparative Anti-Abuse Tax Rules and Policy: Emerging Coherence or a Tower of Babel?
  March 2008, Tax Notes International
• Matt Lerner to Speak on Recent Developments in Taxation of Derivatives
• Suzanne Ross McDowell Speaks at Form 990 Teleconference
• Lisa Zarlenga to Speak at Practising Law Institute on Transactional Structures, Partnerships
• How to Preserve the Work Product Protection in the Current Environment

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