Practice Areas

A. Tax controversy and litigation—Federal
1. Audits—individual income and civil penalties, business income, employment and penalties, all aspects of tax return preparation
2. Tax collections—failure to file tax returns, failure to pay tax, liens, levies, offers in compromise, trust fund recovery penalty
3. Appeals—administratively within the IRS
4. Litigation
1. U.S. Tax Court
2. U.S. District Court
3. 9th and 10th Circuit Courts of Appeal

B. Tax controversy and litigation—Colorado
1. Audits—Colorado Department of Revenue (“CDOR”) domicile and residency issues, individual and business income, sales and use tax, tax return filing, Colorado Department of Labor (“CDLE”) employment reclassification
2. Tax collections
3. Litigation in Colorado District Court—CDOR and CDLE matters
4. Appeals to Colorado Court of Appeals—CDOR and CDLE matters

C. Business litigation—Federal
1. Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations
2. Diversity jurisdiction involving breach of contract, fraud, theft
3. Tax cases involving the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty

D. Business litigation—Colorado
1. Annuity and securities litigation
2. Trucking, contract, civil theft
3. Fraud, violations of the Colorado Consumer protection Act
4. Contractor AAA arbitration, foreclosure of Mechanics’ Liens
5. Appeals to Colorado Court of Appeals—Civil theft, contract
6. Business breakups