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| | Address | | 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 800 | | Washington, District of Columbia 20006 | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Law Offices of
Jane C. Bergner practices in the following areas of law:
Tax Controversies, Tax Litigation, Tax Collection. Tax Audits, Tax Appeals, Civil Litigation, Arbitration, Estate and Gift Taxation, Local Taxation, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Trial Practice, Employment Tax, Federal Taxation, Income Tax, Tax Fraud, Innocent Spouse Taxation and Probate. | Firm Profile:
The firm assists clients with all of the following types of tax and estate-planning problems: IRS and State Tax Audits; IRS and State Collection; Federal and State Tax Liens and Notices of Levy, Offers in Compromise and Installment-Payment Agreements, Innocent Spouse Appeals and Litigation; IRS Penalties; Civil Tax Fraud; Tax Litigation before the United States Tax Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Courts and United States Courts of Appeal; State Tax Problems; Threatened Seizure of Clients' Wages and Bank Accounts; Employment Tax Problems; Taxpayer Rights; Securing and Retaining Tax-Exempt Status; Counseling and Transactional Planning for Sophisticated Corporate and Partnership Transactions; Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans; Estate and Wealth Planning; and Wills, Trusts and Probate. | | Firm Size: 1 | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Jane C. Bergner (Member) born Schenectady, New York (Jane H. Cohen); admitted to bar, 1968, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1969, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vassar College (A.B., 1964); Columbia University (LL.B., 1967). Selected as one of "America's Most Influential Women," Forbes In-Flight Radio Network, 2006. Author: Chapter 50, "Tax Court Jurisdiction, Procedure and Practice," Mertens, Law of Federal Taxation; "Payments Received in Lawsuits and Settlements," Kleinrock's Tax Expert (2006); "Tax Court Practice" Volume 9, and "Court of Federal Claims Practice" Chapter in Volume 8 on National Courts, West's Federal Forms (2006); "Income, Gift and Estate Tax Considerations Affecting the Ownership and Transfer of United States Savings Bonds," 19 Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 135, (1994); "Expanded Relief Available to Make Many Elections," 50 Taxation for Accountants 68, (1993); "IRS Using Authority to Seize Qualified Pension Plan Benefits," 2 IRS Practice & Policy Bulletin 80, 11 Tax Management Weekly Report 79, 19 BNA Pension Reporter 307, 17 Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 113, 2 IRS Practice & Policy Bulletin 208 (1992); "ESOPS and Other Applications of Section 6166," 10 Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 111 (1985). Trial Attorney, Review Section, 1967-1969, and Court of Claims Section, 1969-1974, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Chair, 1985-1991, Taxation Section, District of Columbia Bar (Award of Merit for Best Section, 1985-1986). Chair, 1991-1993, Tax Audits and Litigation Committee, Taxation Section, District of Columbia Bar (Award for Best Section Community Outreach Project, 1992-93). Chair, 1991-1993, Subcommittee on Important Developments, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, Chair, 1984-1987, Subcommittee on Liaison with the Tax Court, Committee on Court Procedure, Section of Taxation, American Bar Association. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations; Washington, D.C. Estate Planning Council; Women's Bar Association of DC. American College of Tax Counsel. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel. Founding Member, Tax Luncheon Group. Member, Judicial Conferences of the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Board of Directors, Jewish Social Service Agency of Metropolitan Washington. Board Secretary, WAMU-FM Radio Station of the American University, 1983-1987. Special Agencies: Internal Revenue Service Languages: French. Email: Jane C. Bergner | | Alfred P. Bergner (1942-2002). |
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