Tax Associate Attorney

A law firm in Grand Rapids is actively seeking a highly qualified Tax Associate Attorney with 2-7 years of experience. The ideal candidate will be responsible for counseling clients on complex federal, state, and local tax matters, providing assistance to businesses in various transactions, and consulting on tax controversies and audits. The candidate should have a strong understanding of accounting, auditing, financial statements, and tax compliance. The ability to work independently, excellent document drafting skills, and effective communication are essential for success in this role.

Duties:

• Counsel clients on complex federal, state, and local tax matters.
• Assist businesses with tax issues in transactions, including choice of entity matters, incentive ownership issuance to employees, capital formation, and cross-border transactions.
• Consult with individuals and businesses on tax controversies and audits.
• Demonstrate understanding of accounting, auditing, financial statements, and tax compliance.
• Work independently with instruction and supervision from assigning attorneys.
• Utilize strong document drafting skills for legal agreements and tax-related documents.

Requirements:

• 2-7 years of experience providing clients with legal advice in a law firm or accounting firm setting.
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Licensed (or willing and able to become licensed) and in good standing to practice law in the State of Michigan.
• LLM in Taxation strongly preferred and/or significant experience in the tax department of a CPA.
• CPA designation or undergraduate degree in accounting preferred.

Skills

• Proficiency in counseling clients on tax matters.
• Transactional experience in business tax issues.
• Knowledge of accounting, auditing, financial statements, and tax compliance.
• Independent work capability with supervision.
• Strong document drafting skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

With four offices in Michigan and over 150 attorneys, this is truly one of the greatest places to work. Concentrating on a broad civil and criminal practices, these attorneys represent a broad spectrum of clients who are industry leaders, both nationally and internationally, including publicly traded companies, privately held companies, financial institutions and foreign corporations. Although founded primarily to serve clients in a corporate capacity, this firm now offers expertise in financial institutions (large practice), IP, employee benefits, litigation, real estate, tax, trusts and estates and health care. This firm is looking for attorneys with top academic credentials and it attracts many candidates who have practiced at major law firms. Associates seem happy here -- perhaps because they are allowed to choose areas of concentration and their average billables are lower than at other comparable firms. Associates love the non-competitive environment here. These attorneys are extremely cooperative with one another and are focused on the growth and development of the firm. The professional development programs here are exceptional. This firm definitely gets our gold star for its high-quality work, great atmosphere and investment in the development of its attorneys.