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Dennis J. Carlin has been an adviser for more than 25 years, to closely held businesses, counseling clients on issues related to succession, business and estate planning, real estate, corporate tax, and U.S., state and international tax problems. Dennis is noted for his skill in crafting creative solutions to problems that arise among principals within partnerships and corporate settings. He advises business executives and their families on issues involving income and estate planning. Dennis has represented many clients in negotiating or consummating acquisitions and dispositions. Dennis has represented clients at all levels of the appellate process within the Internal Revenue Service. He has also handled matters before the United States Tax Court.
Dennis served as Vice Chairman of the firm's Management Committee from 1998-2003 and served as Chairman of the firm�s Tax Department until 1998.
Dennis is frequently invited to lecture at business and tax seminars, institutes on taxation and bar association meetings. He is an active member of the Section on Taxation of the American Bar Association and has been elected, as a fellow, to the American College of Tax Counsel. Dennis is a current member of the Executive Committee of the Council for the Jewish Elderly and serves as Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors. A past member of the Advisory Committee of the New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, he is also the former Chairman of the Committee on Federal Taxation of the Chicago Bar Association.
Before entering private practice, Dennis served as staff attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, in Washington, D.C. During his four-year term, he was a member of the Tax Court Litigation Division, where he served as technical adviser to field offices across the U.S. that were responsible for the litigation of tax cases.
In General. Dennis is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the DePaul University College of Law. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a master�s degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School. | 