Dan litigates state and federal tax cases.
His clients include many of the country’s largest companies who regularly call on him for their most sophisticated, high-profile tax disputes. Dan has favorably resolved cases at all levels of trial and appeal, on dispositive motion, or via full trial. He also has considerable experience settling cases prior to, during and after trial.
Dan has been litigating cases for 25 years. His experience runs the gamut of state and federal tax tribunals. He has handled cases in federal district court, US Tax Court, the US Courts of Appeals, the US Supreme Court, and the courts and administrative tribunals of more than two dozen states.
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- Representing a large broadcasting and cable company before the Tennessee courts in a dispute over the proper composition of the company’s Tennessee apportionment factor.
- Prevailed at trial and on appeal in California state courts on income tax issue (unitary business) for national broadcasting and cable company.
- Prevailed at trial and on appeal on Wisconsin income tax issue for a global software company.
- Representing a large broadcasting and cable company in a significant dispute with the New York Department of Taxation and Finance regarding the availability of investment tax credits.
- Representing a large broadcasting and cable company before the Tennessee courts in a dispute over the proper composition of the company’s Tennessee apportionment factor.
- Ethical Dilemmas Facing State Tax Professionals, December 10, 2024, TEI Ethics Webinar Series
- Property Tax – Current Developments/Litigation, October 22, 2024, BTI Annual Conference
- Ethical Dilemmas Facing State Tax Professionals, September 12, 2024, TEI Audits & Appeals Seminar
- Property Tax - Current Developments and Litigation, October 21, 2023, BTI Annual Conference
- Property Tax - Current Developments/ Litigation, November 1, 2022, BTI Annual Conference
- Ethical Dilemmas Facing State Tax Professionals, September 22, 2022, TEI Audits and Appeals
- 2022 SALT Update, March 15, 2022, TEI Detroit Chapter SALT Day
- Ethical Dilemmas Facing State Tax Professionals, May 23, 2019, 2019 Audit and Appeals Conference
- State Tax Litigation Survival Guide: Preparing for Litigation, May 20, 2019, TEI 2019 Audits & Appeals Seminar
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of tax controversy (2011, 2019-2020) and US taxes: contentious (2023-2024)
- Selected as a Washington DC Future Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation (2011-2021)
- Selected for inclusion in Washington, D.C., Super Lawyers® "Rising Stars" (2005-2007, 2009)
- District of Columbia
- Georgia
Honorable Amalya Kearse – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
- A.B., summa cum laude, Duke University,
Phi Beta Kappa
- J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School,
Executive Editor, Harvard Law Review