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Bryan C. Skarlatos

Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2005
  • Recognized in:
    Litigation and Controversy - Tax
    Tax Law
  • Law School:
    Penn State Dickinson School of Law
  • Website:
    http://www.kflaw.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (212) 808.8100
  • Location:
    Seven World Trade Center, 34th Floor
    250 Greenwich Street
    New York, NY 10007
Bryan C. Skarlatos specializes in representing clients in sensitive matters, many of which involve negotiations with government agencies.  He is experienced in all types of civil and criminal tax controversies, white collar criminal investigations, complex litigation, tax whistleblower claims and voluntary disclosures.   He also provides clients with advice on a broad range of tax, estate, and business planning issues. 

Mr. Skarlatos has been recognized by New York Super Lawyers as one of the Top 100 lawyers in New York and he is listed in Best Lawyers in America where he was named Tax Litigator of the Year in New York for 2014.  He also is ranked in Band One of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which describes him as having a, “smart reassuring presence with insight into the government…extremely knowledgeable and very well connected to the various taxing authorities…Clients applaud him as being exceptionally brilliant at coming up with great outcomes.”

Mr. Skarlatos is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, where he teaches a course on Tax Penalties and Prosecutions and he is a Fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel where he serves of the Board of Regents.  Mr. Skarlatos speaks throughout the country on tax-related topics and he frequently is quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, Tax Analysts-Tax Notes, and Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report.

Professional Activities

Mr. Skarlatos created and co-chairs the annual New York University Tax Controversy Forum.  He also is co-chair of the Compliance Practice and Procedure Committee of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section and he is a former chair of the Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee of the American Bar Association, the Personal Income Tax Committee of the New York City Bar Association and the Tax Committee of the New York County Lawyer’s Association.  Mr. Skarlatos is on the board of directors of the annual New York University Graduate Tax Institute, where he chairs a program on Ethics in Tax Practice, and he has been nominated to serve on several bar association task forces, including the New York State Bar Association task force on Attorney Client Privilege and the American Bar Association task forces on Tax Shelters, Circular 230, and Ethics 2000.

Mr. Skarlatos is on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure for which he writes a regular column on Tax Penalties and he is on the board of editors of the Practical Tax Lawyer.  He frequently speaks on topics related to civil and criminal tax controversies, including lectures for the IRS,  New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York Country Lawyer’s Association, the Connecticut State Bar Association, the Tax Executives Institute, the Practicing Law Institute, the Bureau of National Affairs, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Mr. Skarlatos has written several articles for various law reviews and journals and he was co-author of a regular column in the New York Law Journal entitled, “Tax Litigation Issues.”
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Lawyer Bio

Bryan C. Skarlatos specializes in representing clients in sensitive matters, many of which involve negotiations with government agencies.  He is experienced in all types of civil and criminal tax controversies, white collar criminal investigations, complex litigation, tax whistleblower claims and voluntary disclosures.   He also provides clients with advice on a broad range of tax, estate, and business planning issues. 

Mr. Skarlatos has been recognized by New York Super Lawyers as one of the Top 100 lawyers in New York and he is listed in Best Lawyers in America where he was named Tax Litigator of the Year in New York for 2014.  He also is ranked in Band One of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which describes him as having a, “smart reassuring presence with insight into the government…extremely knowledgeable and very well connected to the various taxing authorities…Clients applaud him as being exceptionally brilliant at coming up with great outcomes.”

Mr. Skarlatos is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, where he teaches a course on Tax Penalties and Prosecutions and he is a Fellow in the American College of Tax Counsel where he serves of the Board of Regents.  Mr. Skarlatos speaks throughout the country on tax-related topics and he frequently is quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, Tax Analysts-Tax Notes, and Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report.

Professional Activities

Mr. Skarlatos created and co-chairs the annual New York University Tax Controversy Forum.  He also is co-chair of the Compliance Practice and Procedure Committee of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section and he is a former chair of the Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee of the American Bar Association, the Personal Income Tax Committee of the New York City Bar Association and the Tax Committee of the New York County Lawyer’s Association.  Mr. Skarlatos is on the board of directors of the annual New York University Graduate Tax Institute, where he chairs a program on Ethics in Tax Practice, and he has been nominated to serve on several bar association task forces, including the New York State Bar Association task force on Attorney Client Privilege and the American Bar Association task forces on Tax Shelters, Circular 230, and Ethics 2000.

Mr. Skarlatos is on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure for which he writes a regular column on Tax Penalties and he is on the board of editors of the Practical Tax Lawyer.  He frequently speaks on topics related to civil and criminal tax controversies, including lectures for the IRS,  New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York Country Lawyer’s Association, the Connecticut State Bar Association, the Tax Executives Institute, the Practicing Law Institute, the Bureau of National Affairs, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Mr. Skarlatos has written several articles for various law reviews and journals and he was co-author of a regular column in the New York Law Journal entitled, “Tax Litigation Issues.”
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Education:

  • Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Juris Doctor, graduated 1985

Affiliations:

  • New York University School of Law - Adjunct Professor

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax, New York City (2017)
  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax, New York City (2014)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Litigation and Controversy - Tax
  • Tax Law

Special Focus:

  • Litigation
 

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Firm Details

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http://www.kflaw.com
 
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Seven World Trade Center, 34th Floor
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
(212) 808.8100
2 Office Locations
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United States

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Suite 260

Washington, DC 20001

United States

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Lawyer Case History

Mr. Skarlatos represents hundreds of taxpayers

Mr. Skarlatos represents hundreds of taxpayers who are voluntarily disclosing to the IRS over $1 billion in off-shore bank accounts and related income tax liabilities.
 

Mr. Skarlatos represents many taxpayers who are being investigated by the Department of Justice for tax-related issues

Mr. Skarlatos represents many taxpayers who are being investigated by the Department of Justice for tax-related issues, including alleged failure to report foreign bank accounts and income earned on those accounts.

Mr. Skarlatos represents several whistleblowers

Mr. Skarlatos represents several whistleblowers who have reported to the IRS Whistleblower Office billions of dollars in of unpaid income taxes.
 
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