About Alvah Lavar

Alvah Lavar Taylor is a lawyer specializing in tax law, with extensive knowledge in both civil and felony tax controversies. He used to be admitted to the State Bar of California on July 9, 1987, and is presently a managing partner at Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP. His practice encompasses a selection of tax-related things, which includes federal and state taxation, employment tax, tax litigation, and the tax aspects of insolvency and insolvency.

Taylor earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1978. He then attended Georgetown University Law Center, the place he graduated magna cum laude with a law degree diploma in 1981. His educational background has supplied a strong foundation for his legal career.

Throughout his profession, Taylor has targeted on civil and felony tax controversies, handling cases at a number of legal levels, which includes bargaining sessions, litigation, trials, and appeals. He has been licensed to practice earlier than more than one courts, which includes the California State Courts, several U.S. District Courts in California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. highest court, and the U.S. Tax Court.

Taylor has held several notable positions, including serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney within the Central District of California from 1987 to 1989 and as a Senior Trial Attorney for the Internal Revenue Service from 1984 to 1987. He has also been a part-time law professor of regulation at Chapman University School of Law since 2004, coaching Federal Tax Procedure, and used to be an inaugural member of the adjunct school in the Tax LLM Program at the University of California, Irvine.

In popularity of his contributions to the sector, Taylor used to be included within the 2007 version of The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law and acquired the V. Judson Klein Award from the State Bar of California in 2004. He has been active in expert institutions, serving as a beyond chair of the Taxation Section and collaborating in various committees within the State Bar of California, in addition to being a member of the Orange County and American Bar Associations.

Education

Univ of Illinois

Undergraduate Degree

Georgetown Univ Law Ctr

Law Degree

Accepted Jurisdictions

California

Court Admissions

California State Courts State Trial Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California U.S. District Court
U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. District Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Tax Court Tax Court

Types of Cases Handled

Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies Federal Taxation State Taxation Employment Tax Tax Litigation Tax Aspects of Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Legal Services Scope

Negotiations Litigation Trials Appeals

Office Locations

Main Office

 3 Hutton Centre Drive Suite 500 Santa Ana CA 92707