Mr. Seckelman has been a member of the California Bar since 1979, is a member of the Ninth and Seventh Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Tax Court, the Federal District Court for Southern California. He has a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois and a Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. He was a real estate broker in the Chicago, Illinois suburbs and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker. Mr. Seckelman was a former staff editor for Commerce Clearance House in Chicago, Illinois at C.C.H's Standard Federal Tax Reporter.
Mr. Seckelman has been an adjunct professor at Western State University School of Law teaching Taxation Law. He is a member of the State Bar of California Taxation, Business Law, and Estate Planning Committees. Mr. Seckelman speaks, reads and writes Spanish fluently. He is conversant in Japanese. Mr. Seckelman revised Chapter 19, Volume 3 and Chapter 23A Volume 5 of "Mertens Law of Federal Income Taxation". These were published in August 2000 and May 2001 respectively by West Publishing. Chapter 19 deals with the federal tax treatment of Community Property in the states that have Community Property laws. While Chapter 23A is about depreciation. In addition, Mr. Seckelman represents individuals and businesses in Germany, Japan and Mexico as well as clients in California, Nevada, Washington (state), Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, New York and Louisiana. Mr. Seckelman has incorporated corporations and filed L.L.C.'s (Limited Liability Companies) in many different states including, California, Nevada, Delaware, and Florida. He is the corporate and tax attorney for a variety of companies that he has helped establish for clients. He has helped clients with their business and taxation needs in locations in and outside of the United States. Mr. Seckelman has represented businesses and individuals with their IRS problems. He has represented his clients through difficult IRS audits and in some cases represented clients who the IRS has referred to its Criminal Investigation Division. An IRS audit is not something to be taken lightly and can develop into devastating tax liability. Some of Seckelman & Associates clients have had tax liabilities exceeding $1,000,000.00. The firm has sued the IRS in Tax Court or Federal District Court to overturn the IRS's audit findings and has been very successful in Court against the IRS. When choosing a law firm it is important for the law firm to be experienced with both tax law and Court experience against the IRS.Disclaimer: The information in these web pages has been prepared as a service to the community and does not constitute legal advice. This information may not apply to your situation particularly if you do not live in the state of California. Do not make legal decisions based on this material. Consult an attorney in person before making any important legal decision.