Robert Vincent Schaller

Attorney Robert Schaller has practiced law for more than 35 years and served over 3,000 clients. He is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois. Attorney Schaller is the founder of the Schaller Law Firm, P.C. and concentrates his legal practice on clients who need relief from IRS back taxes.

Schaller directs the National Offer in Compromise Academy. He is admitted to pratice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Tax Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the United States District Court for both the Northern and Southern Districts.

Robert Schaller received his B.S. in Accountancy in 1982 from the University of Illinois at Champaign – Urbana. He earned his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in 1985 and served on the College’s Law Review. He studied for an MBA at the University of Chicago beginning in 1986. Schaller also is a Registered Certified Public Accountant.

 Attorney Schaller has published the following books that are available for purchase on :
1) IRS Offer in Compromise, Installment Agreements & Innocent Spouse Relief: A Treatise for Tax Professionals.
2) IRS Innocent Spouse Tax Relief: A Treatise for Attorneys, CPAs & Tax Preparers.
3) IRS Installment Agreements: A Treatise for Attorneys, CPAs, Accountants & Tax Preparers.
4) IRS Offer in Compromise: A Treatise for Attorneys, CPAs, Accountants & Tax Preparers.
5) DIY Guide to IRS Offer in Compromise & The Fresh Start Initiative.
6) Career Advisor’s Resource to Starting a Solo Law Firm: Exploring a New Career Path.
7) The Rainmaker’s 17 Secrets to Legal Marketing & Advertising: Learn How Successful Lawyers Earn an Additional $28,427 Thru Referrals, Direct Mail, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook.
8) The Rainmaker’s 24 Secrets to Legal Selling & Closing Clients: Learn How Successful Lawyers Persuade Prospects to Pay.
9) National Bankruptcy Academy’s Bankruptcy MasterClass Practice System & Toolkit. Volume 1: Starting a Practice.
10) National Bankruptcy Academy’s Bankruptcy MasterClass Practice System & Toolkit. Volume2: Marketing.
11) National Bankruptcy Academy’s Bankruptcy MasterClass Practice System & Toolkit. Volume 3: Selling & Closing Clients.
12) National Bankruptcy Academy’s Bankruptcy MasterClass Practice System & Toolkit. Volume 4: Client Communications.
13) National Bankruptcy Academy’s Bankruptcy MasterClass Practice System & Toolkit. Volume 5: Processing the Petition, Schedules & Statements.
14) National Bankruptcy Academy’s Bankruptcy MasterClass Practice System & Toolkit. Volume 6: The Bankruptcy Code.
15) A Lawyer’s Guide to Filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Learning the Nuts and Bolts of Filing Your First Case.
16) Bankruptcy: Why My Neighbor Had to File.
17) DIY Guide to Filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Line-by-Line Instructions and Day-by-Day Timeline.
18) Starting a Solo Law Firm in 2020-2021.
19) How to Start a Law Firm: Including a $100,000 Bankruptcy Firm.
20) Bankruptcy Marketing & Advertising: Learn What Every Successful Lawyer Already Knows.
21) Bankruptcy Selling & Closing Clients: Learn How to Persuade Prospects to Pay.
22) Bankruptcy: Why My Neighbor Had to File.

Schaller also published the articles below that are available online. Additional published articles are identified on his LinkedIn page at .

* Law Practice for Sale. 2022 Illinois Bar Journal (January 2022).
• Yes, Income Taxes Are Dischargeable in Bankruptcy. 2016 Illinois Bar Journal 32 (Jun 2016).
• Rule 3002(c) Filing Deadline Applies to Secured Creditors. 2015 American Bankruptcy Institute 38 (Sept. 2015).
• Chapter 13 Debtors Need Not Pay Late-Filed Mortgage Arrearage Claims. NACBA Consumer Bankruptcy Journal (Winter 2015 Volume, Pages 20-24).
• Applying the Wilko Doctrine’s Anti-Arbitration Policy in Commodities Fraud Cases. 61 Chicago-Kent Law Review 515. (co-authored with William Lynch Schaller).
• FSLIC Federal Receivership Appointments for Allegedly Insolvent State Savings and Loan Associations: A Plot to Federalize State Savings and Loans Against Their Will? 33 DePaul Law Review 783.