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 also active in the ABA Tax Section, for which he has served as a panelist and contributed to comment projects, and the DC Bar Tax Community. 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.