Adriana Wirtz
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Up and Coming : Tax: Controversy
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Adriana focuses her practice on tax controversy and litigation. She represents clients at all phases of a tax controversy from audit through litigation, including before the IRS Office of Appeals, US Tax Court, and US district courts of appeal, as well as before state taxing authorities and state courts. Adriana represents large corporate taxpayers and partnerships and has particular experience in advising clients in audits and disputes arising under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) and more recently the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA). She has represented clients in the energy, real estate, life sciences, mining and software industries. She has particular experience in matters involving tax insurance.
Adriana’s matters cover a wide variety of tax issues such as transfer pricing, debt-equity classification, partnership allocations, worthless stock deductions, basis adjustments under IRC section 743, foreign tax credits, business aircraft related matters, bonus depreciation, charitable contribution deductions, and employment tax issues.
Prior to joining V&E, Adriana served as an attorney advisor to Judge Carolyn P. Chiechi of the US Tax Court from 2007 to 2009. While attending law school, she completed an externship with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel.
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Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. Taxation with distinction, 2009
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2007
Seton Hall University, B.A. summa cum laude, 2004
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