Steve L.

About Steve L.

I have been practicing law for many years, primarily tax, business and general corporate law. In addition to negotiating and structuring a number of complicated transactions involving the purchase, sale, merger and acqusition of a variety of businesses, I also have formed numerous business entities (S corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and C corporations), advised many clients on like-kind exchange and involuntary conversion issues, obtaining capital gain teatment on the sale of real estate and have been involved in tax controversy matters with the IRS. Additionally, I reguarly advise clients, and speak and write, nationwide on matters involving S corporations and other pass-through entities such as partnerships and LLCs.Specialties: Board Certified Tax Attorney, State of FloridaFormer Chair of the ABA Tax Section S Corporations CommitteeMember and Current Regent of the American College of Tax CounselFormer Member of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Federal Tax InstituteCo-author of 2-Volume Treatise, Tax Planning For S Corporations (Lexis/Nexis)Author of numerous articles published in the Journal of Taxation, the Journal of Partnership Taxation, the Journal of S Corporation Taxation, the Journal of Corporate Taxation, the Journal of Passthrough Entities, the Business Entities Journal and the Tax Lawyer.

Experience

1. Partner Attorney

   Dean Mead

   Feb 2002 — Present

   Chairman of Tax Department

Education

• University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law

  LLM in Taxation, Tax Law

• University of Missouri-Columbia

  J.D., Law

• Drury University

  B.A. In Accounting and Business Administration, Accounting; Business Administration