Tax Law

The firm’s Tax Law practice group provides a full array of federal and state tax services to large and small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and individuals.

We develop strategies and structures that enable clients to minimize tax costs yet achieve their objectives. Our tax attorneys work closely with the firm’s corporate and real estate lawyers to provide our business clients with consistent, high-quality and cost-effective representation. In addition to traditional C corporations, we work extensively with closely held pass-through entities, including limited-liability companies, partnerships, and S corporations.

Leonard, Street and Deinard regularly represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service, state courts and administrative agencies.

We have ongoing experience in:

Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures financings and recapitalizations of tax-free reorganizations and liquidations
Taxation of real estate transactions
Choice-of-entity planning
State and local tax planning

Our attorneys are also experienced in successfully handling state and federal tax controversies and litigation, including:

Tax audits
Administrative appeals
Tax litigation in state and federal courts

Leonard, Street and Deinard represents clients before the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service. These matters generally involve submissions, conferences, and securing favorable private letter rulings coordination with United States Treasury and Congress over proposed legislation.