We are pleased to announce that Melissa Briggs will be speaking on Hot Topics in Federal Tax Litigation in 2026 at the upcoming free California Lawyers Association, Women In Tax Committee webinar, Tuesday, November 10, 2026 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (PST).
This program discusses hot topics in federal tax controversy litigation in 2026 including: Constitutional issues; Circuit splits; and active areas of litigation including Employee Retention Credits and post-Loper Bright challenges to Treasury Regulations. The program also covers recent cases that serve as reminders for tax controversy practitioners as to best practices.
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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 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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