Washington, DC
Litigation Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Litigation
OUTCOME: Finding in favor of the Commissioner
Tribunal deternined that Peitioner owed Commercial Rent Tax on the entire amount of rent required by the lease agreement, notwithstanding that a side agreement mandated that the Landlord's principles r ... ebate most of the rent to Petitioner.
OUTCOME: Finding in favor of the Commissioner
Petitioner claimed that it had entered into a joint venture by which it could deduct losses of the unsuccessful partner. Tribunal found that no partnership had ever been created.
OUTCOME: Tribunal held for the Commissioner
Petitioners argued that the Commissioner of Finance could not issue Notices of Defeiciency to both Grantor and Grantee simulateously for Real Property Transfer Tax.
OUTCOME: Finding in favor of the Commissioner
Ruth Barash transferred the family home to herself and her husband as tenants by the entirety. Petitioners claimed that there should be no Real Property Transfer Tax since there was no consideration. ... The Tribunal disagreed because a mortgage encumbered the property.
OUTCOME: Finding in favor of the Commissioner
Petitioner, a law firm specializing in Real Estate Tax, claimed that it ceased doing business in New York City after 1983. The Commissioner of Finance found otherwise, and issued deficiencies for subs ... equent years because the firm had hired an agent to run its business.
OUTCOME: Judgment for the United States
Plaintiffs claimed that the United States had improperly seized their property. Court held that the Anti-Injunction Act barred the claim.
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of Defendant
Plaintiff, a retired New York firefighter, sued the Fireman's Variable Pension Fund because the the Fund had handed over Plaintiff's pension funds to the IRS when the IRS served a Notice of Levy, which ... Plaintiff claimed was improper, on Defendant. The Court ruled that whether or not the Notice of Levy was proper was irrelevant because under the law, once the IRS served the Notice of Levy on the Fund, the Fund had no choice but to comply.
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of the City of New York
Plaintiff, a corrections officer, had been arrested and suspended from his job. Plaintiff claimed that the City had violated his Civil Rights. The Court held that Plaintiff had failed to state a claim ... and had sued defendants who were immune from civil suit.
OUTCOME: Judgment for Defendant
Plaintiff appealed the results of a Collection Due Process hearing. The Court held that in so far as Plaintiff claimed that he did not owe the tax in question, Plaintiff had filed in the wrong Court s ... ince only the Tax Court had such jusrisdiction. The Court held that it did have jurisdiction over Plaintiff's claim that he owed no penalties, but that Plaintiff's arguments were frivolous.
OUTCOME: Court granted judgment to Plaintiff.
Nobelpharma imported oral Osseoimplant elements for use by physically challenged persons. Customs wanted to classify these as cosmetic items. We claimed that the government should classify them as a ... rticles for use by the physically challenged. Court granted judgment in our favor.
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