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Boca Corporate Center
2101 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 107
Boca Raton, Florida 33431-7343 (Palm Beach Co.)
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(Main Office) Statement of PracticeFederal, State and International Taxation, Probate, Trust and Guardianship Litigation, Estate Planning Law, Corporate and Business Law, Probate and Trust Law, IRS Dispute Resolution. Firm Size: 9
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AddressBoca Corporate Center
2101 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 107
Boca Raton, FL 33431-7343, (Palm Beach Co.)
PhonePhone: 561-998-7847
Fax: 561-998-2642
Watts: 1-800-288-2925
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/floridatax
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http://www.floridatax.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Robert A. Chaves (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Florida; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., Business, 1974); Nova Southeastern University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Miami (LL.M., Taxation, 1980). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Business Honorary Fraternity. Recipient, The Best Lawyers in America, Taxation. Adjunct Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Estate Planning and International Taxation. Chairman, Foreign Tax Committee, 1988 and Vice Chairman, 2000-2001, Tax Section, The Florida Bar. Member: The Florida Bar; United States Tax Court. Practice Areas: Probate Administration; International Taxation; Corporate Formation; Corporate Partnerships; Business Transactions; Business Law; International Estate Planning; Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Corporate Law; Taxation.Email: Robert A. Chaves
Norman A. Fleisher (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: George Washington University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989); University of Miami (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, University of Miami Law Review. Lecturer, Probate Process and Guardianship Issues. Member: South Palm Beach County Bar Association (Co-Chair, Probate Committee); The Florida Bar (Member: Probate and Trust Litigation Committee; Probate Law Committee; Past Member, Probate Rules Committee). Reported Cases: Nasser v. Nasser, 975 So 2d 531 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008); Hernandez v. Gil, 958 So.2d 390 (Fla.3d DCA 2007); Parker v. Shullman, 906 So.2d 1236, 1237 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008 ); Estate of Winston, 755 So.2d 690 (Fla.4th DCA 1999); Hernandez v. Gil, 998 So 2d 651 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2008); Zohlman v. Zohlman, 2009 WL1310995 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009).Email: Norman A. Fleisher
Peter J. Forman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, Florida, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England and New York University (B.A, 1971); University of Miami (J.D., 1974). Author and Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education. Member: Real Property Probate and Trust Section; Probate Litigation Committee; Probate Law Committee; Litigation Section. Member: The Florida Bar; Palm Beach County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Guardianship Administration.Email: Peter J. Forman
Marvin C. Gutter (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, New York; 1980, Florida and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Hofstra University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1972; J.D., summa cum laude, 1976). Named by the Tax Section of The Florida as the Outstanding Florida Tax Lawyer for 2008-2009. Listed, Best Lawyers in America. Adjunct Professor, Graduate Estate Planning Program, University of Miami Law School. Certified Public Accountant. Former Chair, Broward County and Florida Bar Associations, Tax Sections. Founding Member, South Florida Tax Litigation Association. Member, Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Programs. Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Tax Litigation; Estate Planning; Probate; Accounting Law; Federal Tax Controversies; Estate and Gift Taxation.Email: Marvin C. Gutter
Richard A. Josepher (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, Florida; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1980, Michigan. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with high honors, 1975; J.D., with honors, 1977; LL.M., Taxation, 1978). Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law. Florida Bar (Past Chair, Tax Section, 2002-2003). Chair, Tax Section's Committee, 1997 and 1998. Charter Member, South Florida Tax Litigation Association. Member, City of Parkland's Charter Review Board, and has served on behalf of several South Florida Charities. He is a former Adjunct Professor (partnership taxation), Graduate Tax Program, University Miami School of Law. He has written and lectured on various tax topics, including entity selection and pass through taxations, including partnership taxation, tax procedures relating to partnerships and "S" corporations, and IRS offer-in-compromise procedures. He serves as a member of the Florida Bar Business Law Section's Task Force to revise Florida Statutes, Chapter 608 (LLCs). During 1997 and 1998 led the Tax Section's successful effort to adopt legislation in Florida, which repealed the corporate income tax then imposed on limited liability companies. He has represented clients at administrative levels of IRS, and before the following Federal courts: U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court, and 11th Circuit Court of Appeal and State circuit courts as well as before the 3rd and 4th District Courts of Appeal. Member: The Florida Bar. (Board Certified Tax Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Tax Legislation; Tax Litigation; Tax Planning.Email: Richard A. Josepher
Charles D. Rubin (Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Florida and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Chicago; Northwestern University (B.A., 1979); University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 1983; LL.M., Taxation, 1984). Listed: Top Lawyers in South Florida; Who's Who in American Law; The Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA. Achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. Author: "Rubin on Tax," a Tax Blog, 2005; "The Settling of Trust Litigation Involving QTIP Trusts," Estate Planning, January 2009; "The FIRPTA Manual, A Guide to the Foreign Investment and Real Property Tax Act," Maxwell MacMillan (1991); "Florida Sales and Use Taxes on Boats - Compliance and Planning Manual," Florida Tax Publications (1995); "Bureau of National Affairs Income Tax Portfolio No. 912 on Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Property"; "Backup Withholding on Payments of Interest by Banks and Savings and Loan Association to Nonresident Alien Individuals," 2 Journal of Bank Taxation, 1989; "Structuring Foreign Investments in U.S. Real Property," Tax Ideas by Macmillan, Inc., 1991; "Proposed QDOT Regulations Provide No Relief On 2040 (b) Joint Property Circularity Problem," 18 Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal 127, July, 1993; "The Lack of Marketability Discount in the 100 Percent Ownership Situation," Tax Notes, November, 1993; "New Audit Guidelines in the IRS Manual Target FIRPTA Transactions," Journal of Taxation, March 1994. Co-Author: "Bureau of National Affairs Income Tax Portfolio No. 89 on Private Foundation Self-Dealing Rules"; "Estate Freezing, in Estate and Personal Financial Planning," Callaghan & Company, 1988. Author, CFC-FPHC Coordination - A Better Way, 36 University of Florida Law Review, No. 5, p. 1103, 1984. Former Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law Graduate Tax Program and Graduate Estate Planning Program. Former Vice-Chairman, Florida Bar Foreign Tax Committee. Member: The Florida Bar (Member: Tax Section; International Tax Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property; Probate and Trust Law); Boca Raton Tax Institute. (Board Certified Tax Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; Fiduciary Income Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; International Taxation; Sales and Use Tax; Tax Planning; Taxation of Foreign Nationals; Asset Protection; Business Law; Probate Administration; Estate Planning; Trust Administration.Email: Charles D. Rubin
——————————Jordan L. Klingsberg (Associate) born Scarsdale, New York; admitted to bar, 1996 Connecticut; 1997, U.S. Tax Court; 1998, New York and District of Columbia; 2003, Florida. Education: Babson College (B.S., cum laude, 1990); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1995; LL.M., cum laude, 1997). Shell Oil Scholar. Member, American Criminal Law Review. Member: The Florida Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Connecticut and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation; Wills; Generation Skipping Tax; Transfer Tax; Family Wealth Transfer.Email: Jordan L. Klingsberg
Sean M. Lebowitz (Associate) born Long Island, New York; admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2004); University of Florida Levin College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Sean Lebowitz is an associate at Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A. where he specializes in probate and trust litigation. He has successfully prosecuted and defended will and trust contests and disputes, testamentary capacity and undue influence cases, fiduciary litigation and trust modification matters. Sean received his law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. During law school, Sean was the Executive Student Works Editor for the Journal of Law & Public Policy, served as a Teacher's Assistant for Legal Research & Writing and Appellate Advocacy, and earned a Mediation Certificate. Sean received his B.A. in political science, minor in economics, from Binghamton University (SUNY), where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was chosen to be the Commencement Speaker at his graduation, where Sean addressed a crowd of over 8,000 people. Sean is an active Binghamton alumnus, serving as an alumni admissions volunteer for the south Florida area. In addition, throughout college and law school, Sean has been very active in local and national politics, and has interned for United States Senator Charles Schumer. Sean is married to Tobi Lebowitz, who is also an attorney. They reside in Boca Raton. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Probate and Trust Litigation .Email: Sean M. Lebowitz
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