Stephen Josey

Stephen Josey is an experienced tax controversy attorney who represents taxpayers in civil and criminal matters involving the Internal Revenue Service, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, and the United States Department of Justice. He has extensive experience representing taxpayers during audits and administrative investigations, and has litigated a wide range of tax disputes including Tax Court matters, tax refund suits in federal trial courts, summons enforcement matters, collection actions, injunction suits, and bankruptcy disputes involving tax claim priority and dischargeability. Stephen also has experience litigating tariff-related disputes in the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Prior to joining private practice, Stephen held positions as a trial attorney with both the Tax Division and Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice, where he was hired through the Attorney General’s Honors Program and received the Tax Division’s Outstanding Attorney Award. Immediately after law school, Stephen served as a law clerk for the Hon. J. Daniel Breen of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Stephen received his B.A. with High Distinction from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.

Stephen Josey is recognized in Tax: Private Client by Chambers High Net Worth USA 2025 where one client notes “Stephen has an encyclopedic knowledge of the facts of the case and never loses sight of how those fit into the issues and strategy.”