Tax Attorney-Junior Partner

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP seeks a Tax Attorney at the Junior Partner level to lead complex tax matters and help grow the firm’s tax practice. This is a remote-optional position open to qualified candidates across the United States.

Responsibilities include heavy tax research, client contact, project management, and drafting opinions. The ideal candidate has seven+ years of tax experience, an LL.M. in Taxation preferred, and strong MS Office skills.

Qualifications

• At least seven years of experience performing income tax work in law or accounting firms.
• Experience in real estate taxation (1031 exchanges), trusts/estates, and pass-through taxation.
• Strong MS Office skills; Word, Excel, and PowerPoint mastery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Heavy emphasis on tax research.
• Regular client contact and project management.
• Designing and structuring transactions for income, gift, estate, GST, and state/local tax outcomes.
• Drafting IRS Circular 230-compliant tax opinions.
• Supervising and training younger staff.
• Writing articles and assisting in marketing the tax practice.

Skills

Client communication

Project management

Staff supervision

Education

LL.M. in Taxation

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman is seeking a Tax Attorney-Junior Partner.

We are currently hiring an experienced Tax Attorney to join the Tax practice group as a Junior Partner. This position is remote optional and open to qualified candidates located across the United States.

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP (FRB) is a rapidly-growing law firm focused on an interdisciplinary approach to the practice of law. Our team is composed of thought leaders across a variety of practice areas, including some of the nation’s leading voices on taxation, web3, and a variety of other fields. We bring together experts across all of our practice areas to achieve extraordinary results which would not be achievable at a more narrowly focused firm.

Respect, appreciation and quality of life come first and foremost. We care deeply about the people we bring into our firm and offer a unique emphasis on professional development. We train our attorneys as they desire on networking, marketing, and business development. We fund and support those efforts, and we permit participation of our attorneys in entrepreneurial ventures when opportunities present themselves.

Responsibilities:

• Heavy emphasis on tax research.
• Regular client contact and project management.
• Designing and structuring transactions to achieve income, gift, estate, GST, and state and local tax outcomes.
• Composing formal and informal client communications to assist in understanding complex tax matters.
• Drafting IRS Circular 230-compliant tax opinions.
• Supervising and training younger and less experienced staff.
• Writing short-form and long-form articles, compiling materials for presentations, and participating in marketing of the firm’s tax practice.

Qualifications:

• Required: At least seven years of experience at a law firm or accounting firm performing income tax work, with at least some experience in a combination of real estate taxation (Section 1031 exchanges especially), taxation of trusts/estates, and taxation of pass-thru entities
• Required: Familiarity with all aspects of Microsoft Office, with a particular emphasis on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; mastery of Microsoft Office preferred
• Strongly Preferred: Authorship of an IRS Circular 230-compliant tax opinion
• Strongly Preferred: Demonstrable history of direct client contact, project management, or supervision and training of younger staff
• Preferred: Master of Laws in Taxation from NYU, Georgetown, Boston U., or Miami
• Preferred: Dual-licensed attorney/CPAs
• Preferred: Experience performing employee benefits taxation work
• Preferred: Experience in any of the following areas: Qualified Opportunity Zones, fiduciary income tax, cross-border corporate tax, taxation of bankruptcy, or taxation of mergers and acquisitions
• Experience with Clio a plus
• Fluency in any language other than English a plus

Submit the following materials to [e-mail] when applying:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Tax-focused Writing Sample
• LL.M. Transcript, if you achieved your LL.M. within the last three years

Estimated annual salary range: $250,000 - $400,000