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Michael Weitzner has used his experience in corporate, individual, partnership, and real estate taxation to develop effective and sophisticated tax planning strategies for clients. He has extensive experience structuring transactions involving the acquisition and disposition of business interests as well as substantial proficiency in the areas of estate tax and international taxation. He also handles audits and appeals and foreign asset disclosure.Michael began his legal career as a Trial Attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where he tried many tax-related cases throughout the United States. While at the Department of Justice, Michael participated in cases that are still the leading authority on a variety of issues, such as Boyle v. United States, dealing with the imposition of tax penalties, and United States v. Lawless, dealing with the privileges accorded tax return information.Michael is a former tax partner in the Wall Street law firm of Brauner Baron Rosenzweig & Klein, LLP, where his clients included commodities traders, hedge fund managers, and other sophisticated investors. His practice also involved international transactions and sophisticated financial transactions such as straddles, hedges and cross-border transfers.While in Washington, Michael taught individual income tax law at the Antioch School of Law, now known as the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia. Currently, Michael is a frequent speaker at professional events in and around Westchester County, NY.

Listed skills include Trusts, Tax Law, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and 11 others.