North America - United States • Tax
Dentons
Dentons‘ client roster, which ranges from private individuals and families to prominent multi-state and multinational companies, benefits from the team's wide-reaching expertise in all types of tax controversy, including audits and investigations through to trials and appeals. The group offers specific expertise in conservation easements, captive insurance matters, and foreign asset and account disclosure. Louisville lawyers Mark Loyd and Gregory Rhodes jointly head up the practice. Loyd is active at both the federal and SALT levels and has experience at all levels of the courts, including the US Supreme Court, while Rhodes is very active in advising both individuals and businesses on matters relating to conservation easements. Huntsville-based Michelle Levin has experience in contentious and non-contentious tax matters at the federal level, with prior experience in the tax division of the US Department of Justice. Bailey Roese, in Louisville, is a further name to note, as is Huntsville lawyer Logan Abernathy, who is described as ’sharp‘ and ’promising’.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Dentons is one of the premier tax litigation practices in the Southeast. The contentious tax practices are located in Birmingham and Huntsville, Alabama but engage clients all across the Southeast.’
‘Greg Rhodes is one of the best young tax litigators in the country. He may have more in court tax trial experience than any other private practice attorney at his age (just over 40). He is detail oriented and well respected by his clients. Ronald Levitt is the senior statesman of the tax practice and operates in both contentious tax and tax planning. Sidney Jackson and Logan Abernathy are up-and-coming tax litigators - sharp and detail-oriented.’
‘I have worked closely with the tax disputes team in Huntsville, Alabama and Birmingham, Alabama, and find them to be great collaborators.’
‘Michelle Levin is a star litigator. She is creative, determined and zealous. Logan Abernathy is a strong writer with a promising future.’
Work highlights
- Acted for private individuals on invalidating the Qualified Conservation Contribution Regulation due to the Treasury’s failure to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act.
- Represented Delta Air Lines in a challenge by Salt Lake County to the constitutionality of a 2017 Utah statute that requires the Utah State Tax Commission to value an airline’s “aircraft” using a nationally recognized aircraft valuation guide.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Loyd, Gregory Rhodes