Michael L Raff

Michael L Raff

5.0
Rating: 9.4

Licensed for 16 years

Tax Lawyer at Lincolnshire, IL
Practice Areas: Tax

250 Parkway Dr, Suite 150, Lincolnshire, IL

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Licenses

Licensed in Illinois for 16 years

State: Illinois

Acquired: 2009

Active and Authorized to Practice Law

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Location

Law Offices of Michael Raff, LLC

250 Parkway Dr, Suite 150, Lincolnshire, IL, 60069

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Michael L Raff's Reviews

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21 Client Reviews

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Posted by Lydia | January 04, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Tax

Highly recommended. The best of the best tax lawyer

Michael L Raff is an excellent, knowledgeable, attentive and trusted tax lawyer that we have known. We are very pleased on all of his works for all of foreign accounts with IDOR. He is highly recommend for your tax matters.

Posted by anonymous | January 03, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Tax

Very pleased with Michael's service

Michael helped my family out with some international tax concerns. We were very happy with his expertise, diligence, promptness, and attention to detail.

Posted by Tonya | June 11, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Tax

One of the best!

Michael represented me in a pretty complicated case. He was extremely attentive and kept me well informed of his strategies throughout the process. He’s a true professional, but what I was most impressed with was his level of knowledge about tax law and his approach to resolving my issues. I would hi...ghly recommend Michael to anyone in need of a great tax attorney.

Posted by Josephine | March 16, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Tax

Highly Recommended. Very knowledgeable on international taxation and FBAR

Michael helped me with past due FBARs. I dumped loads of statements on him, and he knew how to find the contact information for foreign accounts, and how make sense of the numbers. I was concerned about having to write a narrative to explain my delinquency. Michael gave me straightforward non-judgmen...tal questions to gather facts; and from my answers he put together an accurate well-written defense, supported by well thought-out legal precedences. He was proactive about amending my past three tax returns to get me a total of $15K in refunds, in addition to addressing my FBAR concerns. He's very responsive, honest, and confident in his knowledge, which is very reassuring.

Posted by anonymous | July 19, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Tax

Honest and down to earth people!

Don’t look elsewhere! if you need TAX help for any reason you came to the right place. I’m a former client and the folks here took care my business seriously and professionally and most importantly these are down to earth people who will listen to you until all your question and concerns are answere...d. I was so afraid facing my TAX issue but after speaking to Mr. Gordon and Mr. Raff it felt that I have an army of Lawyers on my side. Facing TAX issue is a nightmare and very stressful. The law firm took their time to explain to me the process and the possible outcome. I was very pleased how they took their time in my initial consultation to ensure I’m well taken cared off. Normally most Lawyers will give limited time to potential client and some lawyers will only do brief consultation over the phone. Mr. Gordon and the law firm communicate to me very effectively from beginning to end without the pressure of limited time. That’s what you want when you want someone to fight for you! The firm has also very reasonable fees and will not take advantage of your retainer fee. I really don’t know what to do if I didn’t find these folks to help me in my case. These are truly honest people who is out there to help people in need! I do highly recommend the Gordon Law firm to people who has tax issue no matter how big or small. It happened to me and it could happen to you with the right talented and trustworthy lawyers!

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Michael L Raff's Lawyer Endorsements

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Michael Brandwein

Tax lawyer | Aug 05

Relationship: Co-worker

"Dedicated tax professional."

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Aaron Wiener

Contracts and agreements lawyer

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Michael Brandwein

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Andrew Gordon

Litigation lawyer

Experience

Rating:  9.4 (Superb)

Honors

2024

Rising Star, SuperLawyers

2023

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2022

Rising Star, SuperLawyer

2021

Rising Star, SuperLawyer

2020

Rising Star, SuperLawyer

2019

Rising Star, SuperLawyer

2018

Rising Star, SuperLawyer

Work Experience

2022 - Present

Owner and Managing Attorney, Law Offices of Michael Raff, LLC

2013 - 2022

Associate Attorney, Gordon Law Group

Associations

2020 - Present

Illinois State Bar Association

Federal Tax Committee Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Corporate Litigation

Settlement

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Education

2024

Georgetown University

LLM - Taxation - Certificate in International Taxation

2009

Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology

JD - Juris Doctor

Speaking Engagements

2020

ISBA Federal Tax Conference 2020 Federal Tax Debt Resolution Boot Camp

Publications

Languages

English

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