Best Lawyers Near You in Birmingham, Alabama for Tax Law

Donald Johnson is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Tax practice group. Don counsels business owners and businesses in areas of mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, and tax and business planning. He counsels developers and investors with regard to real estate income tax planning, including capital gain planning, like-kind exchanges, opportunity zone planning, tax incentives, and debt restructurings and workouts. Don represen...

Robert Walthall is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He counsels clients on a broad range of federal tax and related matters. Robert provides tax-planning advice to individuals and businesses, represents clients in administrative and judicial tax controversies at the state and federal levels, including the US Tax Court and other federal and Alabama courts, and represents clients in civil and criminal tax defense. He also counsels clients with respect to organizing and tax planning fo...

Kay is a member of the firm's Corporate Practice and Estate Planning/Probate Practice groups. She is listed in Alabama Super Lawyers in the Estate Planning and Probate, Closely Held Business, and Tax Law categories of law, and she has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America(r) in the fields of Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/Wright, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). The author of numerous articles regarding tax, corporate ...

John H. Cooper is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Corporate practice group. As the previous managing partner of Dentons Sirote (formerly Sirote & Permutt, PC) (1999–2005; 2006–2015), John’s practice spans corporate, securities and tax law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, securities, business and succession planning, corporate finance, corporate tax, directors...

Preston Neel is a shareholder of Dentons Sirote in Alabama. He is a member of the Corporate practice group and advises clients across multiple industries in the areas of business and tax law, including mergers and acquisitions, tax planning, and general corporate representation. He also has extensive experience providing financial services litigation and regulatory compliance assistance to banks and nonbanks offering mortgage, unsecured small dollar, and business purpose loan products and bro...

Brad is a member of the Firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Brad’s practice primarily involves estate and trust planning and administration, with an emphasis on the related income, estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax issues. In addition, Brad is actively engaged in representing individual and corporate fiduciaries (executors and trustees) in administrating and litigating estate and trust matters. Brad has more than 15 years experience in advising clients in an ...

Bradley J. Sklar is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he serves as Co-Leader of Dentons Tax National Practice Group. In his practice, Brad focuses on complex tax, entity, and business planning transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; sales of businesses; sale and purchase structuring and funding of large real estate transactions; raising capital; and navigation of national, state, and local tax incentives and economic development initiatives. H...

Ronald Levitt is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Tax practice group and leads the Dentons Sirote Conservation Easement team. His practice focuses on federal and state controversy matters, including planning and defending conservation easements. Additionally, his practice focuses on business and tax planning, particularly for closely-held and family-owned businesses. Specifically, he counsels clients in business, succession, estat...

Keith Windle is chairman of the firm's Real Estate Practice Group and a member of the firm's Banking and Financial Services Practice Group. His primary areas of practice include real estate finance and development, commercial lending, foreclosure law, retail property leasing, and low-income housing investment and development. While maintaining a general real estate practice, Keith has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to representing banks and financial institutions in connection ...

Kristin Martin Centeno is a senior managing associate in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. She is a member of the Tax practice group and focuses on tax controversy and tax litigation. Kristin joins the firm after earning her JD from the University of Alabama School of Law. While attending law school, Kristin served as a junior editor for the Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Review; competed in the Campbell Moot Court Competition, advancing to the semi-finals and later...

Walt Terry is special counsel in the Tax Practice Group. Prior to joining Jones Walker, Walt drafted wills, trusts, and estate planning documents, and helped clients with probate and estate administration. He also assisted a range of business clients with formation, dissolution, mergers and acquisitions, and many other corporate transactions. While in law school, Walt served as a site coordinator for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) and as a legal intern for the Mississippi ...

Cobb Bostick focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, business succession planning, and taxation. His experience includes analyzing estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxation issues, preparing primary estate plans (including wills, revocable and irrevocable trust agreements, general powers of attorney, and advanced healthcare directives), and trust and estate administration (including drafting nonjudicial settlement agreements, t...

Daniel Leverton is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Daniel, who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jackson M. Reagan is a managing associate in Dentons Sirote's Corporate and Tax practices in the Birmingham office, where he primarily focuses on helping clients navigate complex tax, entity, and business planning issues. Jackson regularly counsels businesses and business owners regarding a variety of matters, including entity and fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, tax and business planning, nonprofit/tax exempt issues, and regulatory compliance. Jackson also represents...

Alex Sidwell is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. He is a member of the Corporate practice group, focusing his practice in mergers, acquisitions, general corporate law and broker-dealer and investment advisor regulation, including work with financial services firms and multi-state insurance distribution companies. Alex joined the firm after graduating from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, where he was a research editor and board member for...

Emily Ellis is a managing associate in Dentons Sirote's Tax practice in Birmingham, Alabama, where she is a member of the Tax Litigation and Dispute Resolution team focusing on tax controversy and litigation. She represents clients during all phases of federal income tax controversies, including IRS audit, administrative appeals, and court proceedings in the U.S. Tax Court, and the Courts of Appeals. Emily joined the firm after earning her JD from The University of Alabama School of Law, wher...