Civil Tax Controversies: Minimizing the Complexities and Overcoming Challenges

Rachel Rempel is an associate attorney at Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C., a Mid-Atlantic regional law firm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While in law school, she was exposed to a broad range of issues as a judicial extern for The Honorable Anne Lazarus in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, a legal research fellow, and a law clerk employed by law firms. Rachel joined the Fineman firm as a Summer Associate in June 2020 and graduated law school cum laude in May 2021. Since passing the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bar examinations and being admitted to the states’ bars in 2021 and 2022, respectively, she has been an associate attorney at the firm, assisting with the representation of tax, corporate, and real estate clients in a broad range of matters, including federal tax controversies.

Barry A. Furman is Of Counsel to Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C., a Mid-Atlantic law firm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to entering private practice, Barry served as law clerk to a United States District Court Judge. He followed his clerkship with six (6) years at the Chief Counsel’s Office of the IRS, Department of the Treasury, where he was a Senior Trial Attorney. While at the Chief Counsel’s Office, he frequently advised the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on high profile, sensitive matters. This experience gave Barry a unique insider’s knowledge of IRS controversy practice and procedure.

The Chief Counsel awarded several merit awards to Barry. Barry followed his IRS experience with private practice, representing a wide range of business clients in taxation, estate planning and administration, and corporate, healthcare, employment and real estate law for nearly forty years. Barry advises clients on a broad range of business matters and tax consequences, and he continues to handle tax controversy matters, including tax litigation. His peers have repeatedly given him an esteem rating in competence and ethics. Barry has been a frequent lecturer and has written many articles for attorneys and lay persons.