Tax: Private Client - USA - Nationwide
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What the Team is Known For
Kostelanetz is widely admired as a leading firm for contentious tax matters. The firm also handles significant tax planning, compliance and structuring work for high net worth individuals and closely held corporations.
Strengths
Kostelanetz are always very responsive and available. They are outstanding.
The firm provides practical and understandable solutions to complex problems. They have deep knowledge and are also practical.
Kostelanetz has terrific lawyers. This is their bread and butter, and they really concentrate on this area.
Notable practitioners
Bryan Skarlatos frequently represents high net worth individuals in complex tax investigations. He attracts praise from various peers as an industry stalwart.
Bryan Skarlatos is a superb trial lawyer who handles the most sensitive criminal tax matters. His courtroom demeanour is gentle but firm; a judge would want to listen to him.
Bryan is always responsive and practical.
Bryan is a co-chair of NYU's Tax Controversy Forum. He's a fantastic lawyer.
Caroline Ciraolo is highly regarded for representing high net worth individuals in federal tax matters. Ciraolo was previously an Acting Assistant Attorney General for the US Department of Justice's Tax Division, leading major tax evasion investigations against international financial institutions, among others.
Caroline is a tremendous lawyer and amazing for criminal tax cases.
Frank Agostino has substantial experience representing high net worth clients in tax disputes. He recently joined Kostelanetz LLP.
Frank is the guy to go to for a tricky problem. He's doing phenomenally good work.
Megan Brackney is a tax controversy expert who often represents clients in IRS appeals. She is rated by peers as someone who can take on the most sophisticated of tax issues.
Megan is reliable, competent and a pleasure to work with.
Brackney has lots of IRS expertise and can answer questions off the top of head as well as more specific questions with a little research.
Michael Sarder represents individuals, families and corporations in matters relating to IRS investigations and controversy matters.
