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The firm's tax practice is sophisticated, broad based, and dynamic. Our areas of focus include tax solutions for domestic and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings, real estate, and venture capital investments. Our international tax practice regularly advises U.S. clients with respect to the tax consequences of their foreign activities and foreign clients regarding the tax aspects of their U.S. operations and investments. Our tax controversy practice includes representation of clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Florida Department of Revenue. Our National Office practice includes obtaining IRS Private Letter Rulings, negotiating Advance Pricing Agreements, and obtaining Competent Authority relief. Representative clients include emerging and middle market companies, as well as high net worth individuals and their pass-through entities, such as limited liability companies, public and private partnerships, and subchapter S corporations.

Statement of Practice

Business and Tax, IRS National Office Practice, Tax Controversies, International Tax, Pre-Immigration Tax Planning.

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Address

999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 606
Naples, FL 34108, (Collier Co.)

Phone

Phone: 239-262-2040
Fax: 239-262-2180

Website

http://www.us-law.com

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Ann Howard Banzet (Associate) born Henderson, North Carolina, January 30, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina; 2005, Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina. Education: Salem Academy; North Carolina State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1992); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1995); University of Florida, Levin College of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2004). Ms. Banzet graduated summa cum laude from North Carolina State University, with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in English in 1995. Upon graduating with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, Ms. Banzet began her legal career in a North Carolina general practice firm, focusing on a real estate planning, state tax issues, contract disputes, corporate and domestic law. She spent two years as a title insurance attorney, first as Vice President and Branch Manager of Lawyers Title of North Carolina's Wilmington office, and next as Vice-President and Raleigh Counsel at Fidelity National Title. Prior to returning to school, she spent three years at North Carolina State University, working in both student affairs as the Assistant Director of the Caldwell Fellows Program, and as a communications professor, teaching Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communications and Argument and Advocacy. In 2004, she received her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida and relocated to Southwest Florida. Since that time, her private practice focus has been on estate planning and probate, aviation law, and business entity work, including general corporate law, contracts and corporate taxation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Banzet had her own, firm, working primarily in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has mediated numerous cases on a vast array of topics, including landlord/tenant relations, real estate and other contract disputes, personal injury, and collections cases. Licensed Florida Real Estate Associate. Certified Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit and County Court Mediator. Florida Supreme Court Certified Arbitrator. Florida Real Estate Associate License. Vice President and Branch Manager, Lawyers Title of North Carolina's Wilmington office. Vice-President and Raleigh Counsel, Fidelity National Title. Assistant Director, Caldwell Fellows Program, student affairs and Communications Professor, Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communications and Argument and Advocacy, North Carolina State University. Member: The Florida Bar; Collier County and Lee County Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; Florida Academy of Mediators; Collier County Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Taxation; Tax Controversies; Trusts and Estates.Email: Ann Howard Banzet

Maria Cecilia Ferrao (Associate) born New Delhi, India; admitted to bar, 1999, Florida. Education: Sophia College for Women, Mumbai, India (B.A.); Rice University (M.A., English Literature); University of Florida College of Law (J.D.); Georgetown Law Center(LL.M., Taxation). Attorney-Advisor, Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax and Accounting), Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Tax Section), American Bar Association (Member, Tax Section); South Asian Bar Association of Florida (Director). Languages: Hindi. Practice Areas: Domestic Taxation; International Taxation; Tax Controversies.Email: Maria Cecilia Ferrao