Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, PC, known as Chamberlain Hrdlicka, is a tax-focused American law firm founded in

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. Founded in 1965, Chamberlain Hrdlicka has achieved national prominence in

tax law Tax law or revenue law is an area of legal study in which public or sanctioned authorities, such as federal, state and municipal governments (as in the case of the US) use a body of rules and procedures (laws) to assess and collect taxes in a ...

. The law firm has expanded into a number of practice areas including

appellate law In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals function both as a process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and ...

, commercial litigation, condemnation & eminent domain,

construction law Construction law is a branch of law that deals with matters relating to building construction, engineering, and related fields. It is in essence an amalgam of contract law, commercial law, planning law, employment law and tort. Construction law cov ...

, corporate, securities & finance, employee benefits & executive compensation, energy & maritime, ERISA, estate & income tax planning & estate administration, exempt organizations, federal white collar criminal defense,

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

insurance law Insurance law is the practice of law surrounding insurance, including insurance policies and claims. It can be broadly broken into three categories - regulation of the business of insurance; regulation of the content of insurance policies, especial ...

, intellectual property, internal investigations, international, labor & employment, probate & fiduciary litigation, qualified opportunity zones,

real estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...

, state and local tax planning & controversy, tax planning & business transactions, and tax. David Aughtry founded the Atlanta office in 1986 that has grown to over 50 attorneys including Hale Sheppard, a tax controversy and international tax shareholder. The Philadelphia office was founded in 2007 and the San Antonio office was founded in 2011. Larry Campagna is the managing partner of Chamberlain Hrdlicka and John Meredith is the chief operating officer. The firm represents both public and private companies, including

Fortune 500 The ''Fortune'' 500 is an annual list compiled and published by ''Fortune'' magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years. The list includes publicly held companies, along ...

companies, as well as individuals. As of 2022, Chamberlain Hrdlicka employs over 150 attorneys in four offices across the country including Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia and San Antonio. The Atlanta and Houston offices have been named Best Places to Work by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and Houston Business Journal.

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms ranks Chamberlain Hrdlicka in 2023 as one of the nation's best law firms for tax law, tax litigation, construction law, construction litigation, immigration, trusts & estates, commercial litigation, employee benefits (ERISA), real estate, criminal defense white collar, employment law - management, labor law - management, litigation - insurance law, appellate, insurance law, and nonprofit/charities law. Similarly, Chambers and Partners describes Chamberlain Hrdlicka as a preeminent tax litigation law firm and ranks it among the best U.S. tax law firms. World Tax ranks Chamberlain Hrdlicka as one of the world's leading tax firms and Legal 500 ranks Chamberlain as one of the nation's most elite

tax controversy Tax controversy is an area of legal practice involving tax disputes between tax collection entities such as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and taxpayers, sometimes as the result of an audit. Legal services offered as part of a typical tax ...

law firms. Finally, TaxProf Blog has recognized Chamberlain Hrdlicka as one of the country's best tax controversy law firms.{{Cite web, title=TaxProf Blog: Law Firm Tax Controversy Rankings, url=https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2010/07/law-firm-1.html, access-date=2021-08-27, website=taxprof.typepad.com, language=en

History

Chamberlain Hrdlicka's first office was founded in

in 1965 by Hank Chamberlain and George Hrdlicka, two veterans of the

United States Department of Justice Tax Division The United States Department of Justice Tax Division is responsible for the prosecution of both Civil law (common law), civil and Criminal law, criminal cases arising under the Internal Revenue Code and other Taxation in the United States, tax ...

. The Firm represents both public and private companies, as well as individuals and family-owned businesses across the nation. Chamberlain Hrdlicka handles a wide variety of legal issues including appellate law, bankruptcy, commercial and probate litigation, construction law, corporate, data security & privacy, employee benefits, energy and maritime law, ERISA, estate planning and administration, intellectual property, international and immigration law, labor and employment, real estate, securities and finance, tax controversy and tax planning & business transactions.

References

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