Our Attorneys to Speak at the Upcoming ABA 2025 Midyear Tax Meeting – February 19-21, 2025
Posted by Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. 
Posted on Friday, January 24, 2025
We are pleased to announce that four of our Principals will be presenting at the ABA 2025 Midyear Tax Meeting which will take place on February 19-21 at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE.
Learn from and meet with the country’s leading tax attorneys and government officials, discussing the latest federal, state, and local tax policies and more, including our firm presentations.
Sandra R. Brown
IRS Criminal Investigations – Administrative Summonses and Grand Jury Subpoenas
February 20, 2025: 4:25 pm
Evan Davis
How to Navigate Minefields When Representing a Taxpayer During Tax Litigation
February 21, 2025: 9:15 am
Cory Stigile
Ethics in Representation – How to Counsel Taxpayers
February 20, 2025: 10:00 am
Melissa Briggs
Hot Topics and Common Pitfalls in Refund Litigation
February 21, 2025: 8:30 am
This conference is by far one of the best programs in the country for both experienced tax practitioners and those looking to gain more experience in their tax practices.
Registration information and the full program can be found here.
We look forward to seeing you.
Sandra R. Brown is a Principal of the law firm Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C., where she specializes in criminal tax investigations, grand jury matters, litigation and appeals, as well as representing and advising taxpayers involved in complex and sophisticated civil tax controversies, including sensitive-issue audits and administrative appeals, as well as civil litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Brown served as the Acting United States Attorney, First Assistant United States Attorney; and Chief of the Tax Division in the Office of the U.S. Attorney, Central District of California.
During her 27 years as a trial lawyer, she personally handled over 2,000 tax cases on behalf of the United States. During her tenure with the government, Ms. Brown received the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Chief’s Award and the IRS’s Mitchell Rogovin National Outstanding Support of the Office of Chief Counsel Award, the highest recognitions awarded by the IRS to non-IRS employees.
Ms. Brown obtained her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Denver, is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, Vice-Chair of the ABA’s Section of Taxation’s Criminal and Civil Tax Penalties Committee, Co-Chair of the UCLA Tax Controversy Institute, Co-Chair of the ABA Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Controversy Conference, an ABA Loretta Collins Argrett Fellowship Mentor, and is a frequent lecturer and author on tax controversy topics, including international compliance matters. Ms. Brown has been recognized as one of California’s top 100 leading women lawyers and most recently, the recipient of USD School of Law’s Richard Carpenter Excellence in Tax Award and honored at the California Lawyers Association Tax Bar and Tax Policy 2024 Toast to Women in Tax.
For more information, please contact Sandra Brown at brown@taxlitigator.com.
Evan Davis has been a Principal at Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. since November 2016. He spent 7.5 years as a DOJ Tax civil litigator and then 11 years as an AUSA in the Office of the U.S. Attorney (C.D. Cal), including 3 years handling civil and criminal tax cases and 8 years as a white-collar prosecutor handling tax and other fraud cases from investigation through jury trial and appeal. As an AUSA, he served as the Bankruptcy Fraud coordinator, Financial Institution Fraud coordinator, and Securities Fraud coordinator. Mr. Davis handles federal and state criminal and civil tax investigations/exams, white-collar defense, cryptocurrency clients, and civil and criminal appellate matters including having litigated the In re Grand Jury attorney-client privilege matter before the US Supreme Court in 2023.
For more information please contact Evan Davis at davis@taxlitigator.com.
Cory Stigile is a Principal at Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C., who specializes in tax controversies as well as business and international tax. His representation includes federal and state tax controversy matters, including sensitive tax-related examinations and investigations for individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations. His practice also includes complex civil tax examinations, administrative appeals and tax collection proceedings (where he is widely respected for achieving meaningful resolutions of difficult tax collection issues). He has litigated cases in the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. District Court, the Court of Federal Claims and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Stigile is a Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization.
Mr. Stigile is also a CPA licensed in California. He is an active volunteer with CalCPA and the AICPA, and is the President of PADI Foundation.
For more information, please contact Cory Stigile at stigile@taxlitigator.com.
Melissa Briggs is a Principal of the law firm Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C., where she specializes in tax investigations, litigation and civil tax matters. Ms. Briggs has over 20 years of litigation experience in private, nonprofit, and government practice. Ms. Briggs served a combined 16 years as an appellate attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division Appellate Section and, most recently, as an Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California’s Tax Division.
During her tenure with the U.S Attorney’s Office, Ms. Briggs handled all aspects of litigation of affirmative and defensive civil tax cases in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, and California state courts. She served as a Federal Women’s Special Emphasis Programs Manager coordinating office-wide events including panel discussions and networking events. Ms. Briggs is the recipient of the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Outstanding Attorney Award and the Alabama State Bar Pro Bono Award.
For more information, please contact Melissa Briggs at briggs@taxlitigator.com
