Megan L. Brackney and Melissa Wiley will participate in an in-depth session on current tax penalty issues at the Advanced International Taxation Conference sponsored by the New York University (NYU) School of Professional Studies. The panel will be held July 18, 2025, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Conference agenda
Caroline Ciraolo and Todd Welty Named “Leading Partners” NEW YORK (June 23, 2025) — Kostelanetz LLP has been named a leading U.S. tax controversy firm by Legal 500 for 2025. In addition, partners Caroline D. Ciraolo and Todd Welty have been named to the Legal 500 “Leading Partners” list for
New York, D.C., and Georgia Offices Recognized as Tax Law Leaders NEW YORK (June 5, 2025) — Chambers USA has ranked Kostelanetz LLP as a leading firm for tax controversy, tax fraud, and white-collar defense and government investigations and has ranked all three of the firm’s offices in New York
Partner Megan L. Brackney will be part of a webinar panel hosted by Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law on Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern. This webinar is sponsored by the American Tax Policy Institute, and Kostelanetz LLP is a proud co-sponsor. The
Partner Megan L. Brackney will deliver the keynote address for the New York City Bar Association’s 2025 Tax Law Conference on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Kostelanetz LLP is a proud sponsor of this event. The inaugural full-day conference runs from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and offers attendees 7.0 CLE
Partner Megan Brackney was recently interviewed on the Financially Ever After podcast to talk about tax compliance issues related to divorce and widowhood, including issues such as innocent spouse relief, IRS audits, and handling other marriage-related tax troubles. In this episode, hosted by Stacy Francis of Francis Financial, a wealth
Megan Brackney and Eduardo Cukier will participate in a tax controversy panel hosted by the New York University Tax Law Association on March 20, 2025 from 1:05 P.M. to 2:15 P.M. Megan will moderate the panel, and Eduardo is a speaker. They will join Samantha Rinaldi of Christopher Bryne PLLC;
Partner Megan Brackney will present on “BBA Partnership Audit Rules – Controversy and Procedure” at the Practising Law Institute’s (PLI) Understanding the BBA Partnership Audit Rules 2025 full-day seminar in PLI’s New York City office on April 1, 2025. Megan’s panel, which is from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., will
Megan Brackney, Jacob Paikin, and Rasheena Reid wrote an article titled “Advising Healthcare and Hospitality REITs through Increasing Scrutiny” on the increasing tax enforcement against real estate investment trusts (REITs) for The CPA Journal. Regulators have expressed concern that REITs in the healthcare and hospitality sectors are violating tax rules,
Partner Megan Brackney and counsel Andy Weiner will present two seminars at the Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI) Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2025 program in Chicago, IL on April 22-24, 2025. PLI’s 3-day program is dedicated to the intricacies of Subchapter
