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Biography

Justin focuses his practice on federal and state tax controversy, including tax notices, tax audits, administrative appeals, and tax court litigation. In addition to being a lawyer, Justin is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Immediately prior to coming to Frost Brown Todd, Justin worked as a corporate transactions lawyer. In that role, he represented business owners and individuals in a variety of matters, including entity formation, drafting of corporate governance documents, contract analysis, the sale of businesses, executive compensation, and tax.

Before working as a corporate transactions lawyer, Justin spent three years in the Large Business & International Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), where he audited large publicly held and privately held C-corporations, S-corporations, and Partnerships as an IRS Agent. During his time at the IRS, Justin was selected for a first-of-its-kind detail in the Office of Chief Counsel, Area 3, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked on several docketed tax court cases. Justin was also the recipient of the agency’s performance award three times.

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Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Federal Tax Controversy Services:

  • Refund Recovery
  • IRS Penalty Abatements
  • IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program
  • Offers in Compromise
  • Installment Agreements
  • Innocent Spouse Relief
  • IRS Audits and Appeals
  • Taxpayer Advocacy Requests
  • IRS Collection Due Process Requests and Collection Appeals Requests
  • IRS Liens and Levies
  • Civil and Criminal Tax Litigation

State Tax Controversy Services:

  • State Voluntary Disclosure Agreements

Results:

  • Obtained a full abatement of a $280,000 civil penalty assessed for a publicly traded company’s failure to file Forms 5471.
  • Represented a Partnership in a Collection Appeal Program request; Obtained full abatement of $31,000 failure to file penalty.
  • Represented the Target of a Grand Jury’s Investigation of the commission of IRC Section 7201 tax evasion and the filing of an IRC Section 7296 false tax return; Successfully obtained District Court’s Denial of Federal Government’s Motion for Disclosure of Privileged Documents based the Crime-fraud Exception.
  • Represented Individual Taxpayer in Mail Audit regarding $855,000 disallowed Cryptocurrency Theft Loss deduction; Obtained a complete no change for the client.
  • Key team member in a multi-million IRS Wrongful Levy Action filed in US. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in which we obtained a favorable settlement for our client with the Department of Justice.
  • Represented individual taxpayer in an IRS Appeal of a disallowed alimony deduction, resulting in a complete no-change for our client, wiping out close to $70,000 of tax, interest, and penalties.
  • Represented individual taxpayer in an IRS Request for Innocent Spouse Relief, resulting in the IRS’ grant of complete relief for two tax years, wiping out over $105,000 of federal tax debt for our client.
  • Represented individual taxpayer in Taxpayer Advocate Request, reducing $175,000 tax liability to a $9,000 refund.
  • Represented business in Taxpayer Advocate Request, recovering a refund in excess of $140,000.

Education

Law School

Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., 2014

Undergraduate School

Christopher Newport University, B.S.B.A., 2011, summa cum laude

Bar Memberships

Justin is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Indiana, 2014

Ohio, 2015

Courts

Justin is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

United States Tax Court

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America – Litigation and Controversy – Tax, 2026; Tax, 2025-2026

Christopher Newport University VSCPA Accounting Student of the Year Award, 2011

Indiana University Maurer School of Law Sigmund J. Beck Award, 2014

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Member of Ohio Society of CPAs

Ohio Society of CPAs’ Federal Tax Committee

Civic Activities

Civic & Charitable Organizations

Fairfield County Fish & Game Association

Presentations

Justin was invited to speak at the following events:

Ins and Outs of an IRS Audit, OSCPA CoreCon-CPE Day, May 22, 2025

Lorman National Webinar, Ins and Outs of IRS Audits, March 13, 2025

Major Publications

Justin is an author or contributor to the following publications:

“Understanding a criminal tax investigation: Could you unknowingly be an accomplice?” Contributor, The Ohio Society of CPAs (July 24, 2025)

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