Samuel A. Lapin

Sam Lapin is Counsel in the Tax Department. He focuses largely on tax controversy and litigation matters.

Sam has experience working with clients during Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits and before the IRS Independent Office of Appeals on a variety of issues, including the R&D credit, partnership basis adjustments, management fee waivers, charitable contributions, and collection and penalty issues. He has also represented clients in tax litigation matters before the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

In addition, Sam has experience assisting clients with international tax planning and tax policy matters. 

Sam is active in the American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section and DC Bar Tax Community. He is a member of the ABA Tax Section Appointments to the Tax Court Committee and has served as a presenting panelist for educational programs and contributor to comment projects. Before joining the firm, Sam was a Law Clerk to Judge Cary Douglas Pugh on the U.S. Tax Court. During law school, he served as Note & Comment Editor for the Temple Law Review.