About Steve M Chamberlain, Tax Attorney
Education:
- Undergraduate degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), class of ‘70. Starting point guard on the basketball team, Inter-Fraternity Social Chairman.
- One year of graduate school in the Economics Department at the University of Florida, 1973.
- One year as an economist with Nixon’s Cost of Living Council.
- Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida Law School in 1977.
- Master of Laws in Taxation degree (LLM) from the University of Florida Law School in 1978.
Legal Experience:
- Associate with Glocker & Lanahan (Jacksonville, Florida Tax Attorney) from 1979 through 1981.
- Solo practitioner in Gainesville, Florida from 1982 through 1984.
- Partner in Scruggs & Carmichael, P.A. in Gainesville, Florida from 1985 though 1998.
- Solo practitioner in Gainesville, FL from 1999 through 2005.
- Solo practitioner in Brevard County, Florida from 2006 through April, 2010.
- Member of the Executive Council of the Tax Section of the Florida Bar (1982–current). Founder and co-Chairman of the Bankruptcy Tax Law Committee of the Florida Bar Tax Section.
- President of the Gainesville Estate Planning Council, 1994–1995.
- Author of 3.5 hour videotape entitled, "Disarm the IRS: All You Need to Know About IRS Tax Collections" (1990).
- Frequent CLE lecturer and author of five published articles in the Florida Bar Journal on subjects including year-end income tax planning, IRA taxation, selling a business, pre-bankruptcy planning, asset protection, probate, and estate planning. Latest article: "Asset Purchase Stockholder Agreements", published in the April 2010 issue of the Florida Bar Journal.
- First attorney in Florida to win an award of attorney fees from the United States Tax Court.
