We are pleased to announce that Melissa Briggs along with Michele F.L. Weiss (Holtz Slavett Drabkin & Warner) will be moderating at the upcoming California Lawyers Association webinar, Meet the New Tax Court Judges being held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (PST).
Recently appointed Tax Court Judges will provide practitioners with information about their background, discuss best practices in the Tax Court, and discuss recent trends in Tax Court litigation.
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Melissa Briggs is a Principal of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. where she represents clients in civil and criminal tax controversies. Ms. Briggs has over twenty-four years of litigation experience in private, nonprofit, and government practice. Ms. Briggs spent over nine years as an appellate attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division, Appellate Section. She served almost seven years as an Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California’s Tax Division. She began her legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Phyllis A. Kravitch on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Ms. Briggs is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel; American Bar Association, Tax Section Loretta Collins Argrett Fellowship Mentor; vice-chair of the California Lawyer’s Association Tax Section, Tax Practice and Procedure Committee, and active member of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
For more information, please contact Melissa Briggs at briggs@taxlitigator.com.
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