We are pleased to announce that Sandra R. Brown, Melissa Briggs and Timothy Bilotta will be speaking on Ethical Issues in Tax Practice: Real-Life Dilemmas, Gray Areas, and Professional Responsibilities at the upcoming Strafford webinar, Wednesday, November 4, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:50 p.m. (PST).
This webinar will examine the ethical issues tax professionals confront in everyday practice and the professional standards that govern those situations. Our panelists will explore the often difficult line between appropriate tax advocacy and conduct that may violate Circular 230, professional standards, or other ethical obligations.
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Sandra R. Brown is a Principal of Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C., where her practice focuses on criminal tax investigations, grand jury matters, litigation, and sentencing matters as well as representing and advising taxpayers involved in complex and sophisticated civil tax controversies, including sensitive-issue audits and administrative appeals and litigation. Ms. Brown’s extensive experience and successes have included many notable cases including two U.S. Supreme Court decisions, numerous 9th Circuit rulings and numerous favorable administrative resolutions for taxpayers involved in IRS investigations and audits. Prior to joining the firm in 2018, 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; where, with 27 years as a trial lawyer, she personally litigated over 2,000 tax cases.
For more information, please contact Sandra R. Brown at brown@taxlitigator.com.
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 committee member and mentor; 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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