Attorney at Law
Rob routinely advises foreign nationals on Internal Revenue Service international compliance matters such as reporting of foreign bank accounts and financial accounts, reporting and withholding taxes on U.S. source income generated by foreign nationals as well as tax return reporting and compliance for foreign nationals.
He counsels and assists foreign nationals with most common tax return errors such as improper deductions, incorrect personal exemptions, improper tax treaty benefit claims, inaccurate filing status, errors with temporary-away-from home deductions, taxable capital gains on stock sales and disclosure compliance documents for resident aliens who are maintaining income producing assets overseas or are transferors of assets to foreign entities, are grantors of, or recipients of, income from foreign trusts. He also advises clients on tax implications of certain tax gifts or bequests from abroad. Rob also represents foreign nationals who failed to file federal and state tax returns before IRS and state taxing authorities.
Rob defends immigrants facing visa and passport fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud charges. Prior to entering private practice, Rob was a Senior Attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel to the IRS and the Attorney Advisor to the Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court. Rob is an adjunct Professor at the St. Louis University School of Business and Accounting where he teaches courses in Tax Administrative Procedure and Tax Litigation Procedure.
PRACTICE AREAS
International Taxation
Income and Gift Tax
Criminal Defense
EDUCATION
The Georgetown School of Law, LL.M in Taxation with distinction, 2001
University of Missouri, J.D., Certificate in Tax, 1999
BAR ADIMSSIONS
Missouri
United States Tax Court
United States District Courts in Missouri
United States Court of Federal Claims
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Speaker, New Developments in Federal Taxation, Florida Bar Annual Tax Institute, Florida, September 2009
Speaker, Appeal & Tax Court litigation, AICPA National Tax Conference, Washington DC, October 2008
Speaker, Federal Taxation Seminar, University of Missouri School of Law, May 2005
Speaker, Settlement Strategies for Federal Tax Controversies, Bar Association of Missouri-St. Louis, April 2003
