Robert A. Steinberg, Esq.
Accounting & Taxation
Mr. Steinberg’s mediation practice focuses on business-related cases.
He is known for his technical legal expertise, his innovative solutions
to difficult business disputes, and his insight into parties’
motivations.
Mr. Steinberg holds a Masters of Laws degree in Taxation from New York
University. He has practiced tax law for over twenty years, with
specific experience and expertise in corporate, partnership, and foreign
taxation, ERISA, and state taxation of multi-jurisdictional entities. He
also has extensive property, sales and use tax experience.
• Public company claimed former owner of purchased subsidiary breached
his financial and accounting warranties. Former owner cross-claimed for
breaches of lease and employment agreement.
• Board of Equalization assessed sales tax against bakery, claiming
baked goods were intended to be consumed on premises.
• Foreign company sought tax refund from California Franchise Tax Board.
Issue involved proper apportionment of California franchise tax
liability in view of substantial fluctuations in the currency exchange
rate during the relevant tax years.
• Corporation sought refund from County of Los Angeles involving the
apportionment of gross receipts inside and outside the County.
• Major accounting firm advised limited liability company to become
taxable as corporation in advance of its sale. Advice cost client as
much as $20,000,000 in reduced purchase price because of adverse tax
consequences of decision.
• Pension firm client sued claiming firm misled him as to the
permissible amount of his annual contributions.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Mr. Steinberg has successfully resolved hundreds of mediated cases. In
his twenty-five year career as a corporate, securities and tax lawyer
and as a litigator, Mr. Steinberg handled billions of dollars in
transactions and obtained tens of millions of dollars in tax refunds.
• As partner-in-charge of the Los Angeles office of an international law
firm, Mr. Steinberg increased annual distributable income per partner by
more than $300,000 in fewer than four years.
• 150 of Mr. Steinberg’s partners honored him with an award for
“Outstanding Teamwork and Collegiality.”
• Mr. Steinberg has extensive experience with multinational and
multicultural matters.
Mr. Steinberg has published more than fifty
articles and presented more
than thirty seminars on
settlement advocacy, case evaluation, negotiation strategy and tactics,
and mediation. He received his undergraduate degree from the University
of Michigan (Honors in English), his law degree from Duke University,
and his Masters of Law (in Taxation) degree from New York University.
Mr. Steinberg’s full resume and references can be reviewed
here.
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