I’ve been a lawyer for 32 years, and I’ve spent nearly all of them doing one thing: solving IRS problems for Florida taxpayers — including more than 25 years of clients from Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, and across Southwest Florida. My office is in Tampa, an hour up I-75, and Southwest Florida federal tax matters are handled in the same Middle District of Florida courts where I practice.
Before tax law, I was a public defender. That work teaches you two things that never leave: how to fight for someone the government is coming after, and how to give people straight answers when they’re scared. Both translate directly to IRS work.
The Record
Over the years my office has resolved more than $100 million in IRS tax debt through offers in compromise, installment agreements, penalty abatement, currently not collectible status, collection due process hearings, trust fund recovery penalty defense, and bankruptcy discharge. I hold an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and I’m a member of the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers. I’m licensed in Florida, Colorado, and Texas, and admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court.
Why Sarasota Cases Are Different
Southwest Florida cases have a texture of their own: homesteads worth protecting, retirement income the law shields, waterfront real estate with liens to untangle, snowbirds with two states in the mix, and small businesses riding a seasonal economy. Florida law — homestead, tenancy by the entireties, retirement protections — gives these taxpayers real leverage most national tax-relief outfits never use, because they don’t know it exists.
When you call, you’re not getting a salesperson or a case manager. You’re getting a Florida lawyer who has done this work on this coast for over 25 years.