Andy has handled a wide diversity of matters in such areas as partnership taxation, corporate taxation and reorganizations, taxation of S corporations, tax accounting methods, income tax, gift and estates taxes, and collections. He combines a deep knowledge of tax law with extensive litigation and administrative practice experience.
Previous to joining Kostelanetz, Andy was a trial attorney for over a decade with the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division where he briefed and argued approximately 50 cases before the United States courts of appeals and handled several significant matters in the Court of Federal Claims focused on tax shelters, research and energy credits, FBAR penalties, and Administrative Procedure Act claims. During his time at the Department of Justice, Andy received the Tax Division’s Outstanding Attorney Award five times and was awarded a Special Commendation. He also spent four years in academia as Director of the Graduate Tax Program and founding Director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic as well as a Practice Professor of Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
Andy authored the chapter on “Applying Administrative Law in Tax Cases” in the upcoming 9th edition of Effective Representing Your Client Before the IRS published by the ABA Tax Section. He is currently vice chair of the ABA Tax Section Diversity Committee and the vice chair of the D.C. Bar Tax Audits and Litigation Committee. He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law.
