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ADRIAN OCHOA

Areas of Practice

• Tax controversy dealing with local, state and federal tax audits, criminal investigations, IRS collections, and civil and criminal tax litigation.
• Tax planning related to business formation and business transactions.
• Having served two years as an attorney-advisor to the Honorable Judge Juan. F. Vasquez of the United States Tax Court in Washington, D.C., Adrian leverages his unique insight into government processes to offer his clients cost-effective solutions to their tax problems

Bar and Court Admissions

• Arizona, 2023
• Texas, 2017
• New York, 2014
• U.S. Tax Court, 2014

Education

• Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York
  J.D. – May 2013
  Honors: Dean’s List
• New York University School of Law, New York, New York
  Tax LL.M. – May 2014
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  B.S. – May 2008
  Major: Accounting
  Honors: Summa Cum Laude (Number #1 in Class)

Published Works

• Top Tips to Resolve Federal Tax Disputes
• The Corporate Transparency Act and Its Impact on Small Business

Representative Cases

• Joyner v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2019-159
  – Forbes Magazine wrote an article of Taxpayer’s complete victory over the IRS named Tax Court Rescues Taxpayer from The Agent From Hell
• Ye v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2017-216

Classes/Seminars

• Presenter: Gilti and the Acronyms: The World Tour, 2019.
• Presenter: Update In Light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, 2019
• Presenter: Judicial Highlights and Taxpayer First Act of 2019, 2020
• Presenter: The End of the Road: Advising Clients that Owe the IRS a Lot of Money, 2020

Honors and Awards

• Phoenix Magazine Top Lawyers, Tax Law
• San Antonio’s Best Lawyers, Tax Litigation
• Performance Award by U.S. Tax Court as Attorney Advisor of the Honorable Judge Juan F. Vasquez

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Arizona CPA Magazine, Member and Editorial Committee
• William S. Sessions American Inn of Court, Member
• Arizona State Bar, Tax Section, Member
• Texas State Bar, Tax Section, Member
• Hispanic National Bar Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• Graduate of the State Bar of Texas Tax Section Leadership Academy

Past Employment Positions

• Attorney Advisor for the Honorable Judge Juan F. Vasquez, 2014-2016
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka, 2016-2023
• Adjunct Professor at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, Federal Tax Research, 2019-2020
• Burch and Cracchiolo, 2023-2024

Other Languages

• Fluent in written and spoken Spanish