Sandy has experience working with clients with domestic and international tax issues at all dispute levels, including audits/ examinations, appeals, collections, and Tax Court litigation.
Her specific subject matter experience includes in connection with conservation easements, captive insurance, penalty abatement for a wide range of penalties, preparer fraud, Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) and opt-outs, Streamlined Compliance, innocent spouse, reasonable compensation, worker classification, accumulated earnings, Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC)/Passive Foreign Investment Company (PFIC) issues, transfer pricing, installment agreements, lien withdrawal/discharge, excise tax, employment tax, collections, estate tax, Private Letter Ruling requests, state tax issues, and more.
Earlier in her career, Sandy worked as a student attorney and graduate research assistant at the Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic for over two years. During this time, Sandy represented numerous low-income clients in a wide range of tax disputes.
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- Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" (2021-2023)
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- Super Lawyers “Rising Star” (2023-present)
- Georgia Bar Tax Section
- Atlanta Bar Tax Section
- American Bar Association Tax Section
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- Georgia
- Superior Court of Georgia
- Court of Appeals of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. Tax Court
- J.D./M.B.A, Georgia State University College of Law, Tax Law, Taxation, Accounting
- B.A., Mercer University, Honors Program