Tax Associate Attorney

A law firm in Detroit is seeking a skilled Tax Associate Attorney to join their team. The ideal candidate will provide counsel on complex federal, state, and local tax matters, assist businesses in various transactions, consult on tax controversies and audits, and possess a strong understanding of accounting, auditing, financial statements, and tax compliance. The candidate should have excellent document drafting and communication skills, hold a JD from an ABA-accredited law school, be licensed (or willing to become licensed) in the State of Michigan, and preferably have an LLM in Taxation or significant experience in a tax department of a CPA. A CPA designation or an undergraduate degree in accounting is also preferred.

Duties:

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

Requirements:

• 2-7 years of experience providing clients with legal advice in a law firm or accounting firm setting.
• Juris Doctor (JD) 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 is strongly preferred and/or significant experience in the tax department of a CPA.
• CPA designation or undergraduate degree in accounting preferred.

Education:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school.
• LLM in Taxation (preferred).

Certifications:

• Licensed to practice law in the State of Michigan.
• CPA designation or undergraduate degree in accounting (preferred).

Skills:

• Legal counseling on tax matters.
• Transactional expertise in tax-related issues.
• Tax controversy and audit consultation.
• Understanding of accounting, auditing, financial statements, and tax compliance.
• Independent work with strong document drafting skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal 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.