A. Lavar Taylor, Esq.

A. Lavar Taylor is the founder of the Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor, LLP in Santa Ana, Calif., and handles tax controversies of every conceivable type at all administrative and judicial levels. He also advises clients regarding the tax aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency. His clients include corporate and individual taxpayers, tax professionals, bankruptcy debtors, bankruptcy trustees, receivers, and third parties who are affected by tax disputes. Prior to entering private practice in 1989, Mr. Taylor was an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the Tax Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he handled a wide vari- ety of federal tax litigation before federal and state courts. From 1984-87, Mr. Taylor was a trial attorney with IRS district counsel in Laguna Niguel, Calif., where he handled Tax Court litigation, criminal tax matters, and complex bankruptcy and collection matters. From 1981-84, he was an attorney at the IRS Chief Counsel’s Office in Washington, D.C. Mr. Taylor is an adjunct professor at Chapman Law School, where he teaches federal tax procedure and appellate tax clinic. He also is a frequent lecturer outside the classroom on bankruptcy-related tax issues and matters relating to tax procedure and litigation. Mr. Taylor received his B.A. cum laude in political science from the University of Illinois in Champaign - Urbana, Ill. in 1978, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa with departmental distinction, and his J.D. magna cum laude in 1981 from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.