Brad assists taxpayers facing federal tax disputes, guiding them through the resolution process from the administrative audit to trial. He sat second chair in a four-day Tax Court trial involving a multimillion-dollar transferee liability dispute.
To avoid the time and expense of trial, Brad helps clients reach positive settlements of income, estate and gift, and international tax disputes. Additionally, he advises businesses on their tax information reporting obligations, responding to IRS summonses and handling collection matters, including responses to tax liens and levies. For the past four years, Brad has been recognized in Super Lawyers as a "Virginia Rising Star” for his tax practice, an honor given to no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state each year.
Through his ties to the Community Tax Law Project, Brad represents low-income taxpayers facing a Tax Court trial pro bono and he has helped more than 50 clients resolve their disputes. Brad also volunteers through the Richmond Bar Pro Bono Clearinghouse to provide pro bono representation to nonprofits seeking tax-exempt status and assistance resolving tax disputes.
Brad has served as an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, William & Mary Law School, and the Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary. Since 2011, he has taught multiple courses covering tax procedure, income tax, business law and accounting. Brad also has presented tax seminars at the Virginia Conference on Federal Taxation and through Virginia CLE.
Brad serves as president of the Board of Directors of the Community Tax Law Project, a low-income taxpayer clinic based in Richmond, Virginia, and as a member of the Board of Directors of iat4ss, a Virginia nonprofit working to enhance diversity among CPAs. He also is outside general counsel to Armed Services Arts Partnership, a Virginia nonprofit that offers supportive, expressive arts programs at no cost to service members, veterans and military families. ASAP is known for its Comedy Bootcamp program.
Brad is a certified public accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He also is a member of the J. Edgar Murdock Inn of Court (U.S. Tax Court).
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