Zack Atkins is a strategic advisor to leading companies across industry sectors—most notably in technology, finance, energy and transportation—on high-stakes state and local tax (SALT) and federal excise tax matters.

Pillsbury partner Craig Becker resolves state and local tax (SALT) issues, focusing on property taxes, transaction taxes, gross receipts taxes, excise taxes, income taxes and employment taxes. He litigates ongoing tax controversies at both the administrative and judicial levels, helps minimize tax exposure in purchase and sale transactions, and assists clients in managing audits and compliance risks.

Joshua Becker, co-leader of the firm’s Private Client & Family Office practice and leader of the Qualified Opportunity Zones team, is both a Corporate and Tax partner, and trusted advisor to founders, emerging companies, investment funds, and family offices.

Nora Burke focuses her practice on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, lending transactions and securities offerings for both domestic and international clients, as well as general tax issues faced by both businesses and individuals.

Aruna Chittiappa advises clients on all areas of state and local tax, with a particular focus on multistate tax controversy and appellate litigation.

Julie Divola is the co-leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate Reorganizations practice. She is an award-winning attorney experienced in federal income tax planning for business and financial transactions. Her practice focuses on the tax aspects of corporate and partnership transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and restructurings, joint ventures, and spin-offs.

Elizabeth Fry advises on all manner of estate planning and probate issue, and leads Pillsbury’s New York Trusts & Estates practice. 

From planning through appellate litigation, Evan Hamme advises clients on all areas of state and local taxation, including income, franchise, excise, sales and use tax.

Tom Hill, a partner in Pillsbury’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice, focuses his national practice on white-collar criminal and government enforcement matters and internal corporate investigations.

Annie Huang focuses on state and local tax matters, including corporate franchise/income, personal income, sales and use and business license taxes.

Peter Hunt, a New York-based Pillsbury partner, is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as a leader in employee benefits and executive compensation law.

Pillsbury partner Mark Jones is a recognized authority in the design and administration of compensation and benefit programs for senior executives and other employees.

Mike Kosnitzky advises some of the world's most well-respected individuals, families and privately held businesses, using a holistic risk-assessment approach to the law. He is widely regarded as a leader in his field, with one client noting that “Michael Kosnitzky is a tremendous attorney with deep knowledge of law and business. They are a one-stop shop for tax structuring and transactions.”

Colleen Lamarre, named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list, concentrates her practice on employee benefits (ERISA) and executive compensation matters. She advises employers regarding the design, documentation, compliance and administration of retirement, health and welfare plans.

Mark Leeds focuses his practice on the tax consequences of a variety of financial products and strategies, including digital assets, private funds, exchange-traded funds, litigation finance, life settlement, banking and insurance.

Josephine Lo has extensive experience advising on complex tax, business, economic development and affordable housing-related matters.

As a partner in Pillsbury’s Tax team for Business & Financial Transactions, Don Lonczak has over 30 years of transactional tax experience involving planning for commercial transactions, ranging from mergers and other acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, debt restructurings, public and private financings, and derivatives.

Jessica Lutrin is the leader of Pillsbury's Executive Compensation & Benefits practice. She has broad executive compensation and benefits experience spanning transactional, counseling and advisory matters.

Jennifer Jordan McCall, co-leader of the Litigation – High Net Worth team, is a leading authority on U.S. and international gift and estate planning. 

Laura McDaniels advises clients on compensation and benefits issues that arise in both day-to-day operations and during transformative events.

Robert Merten III works out of the Sacramento office as a Counsel for the firm’s State and Local Tax (SALT) Team.

Pillsbury partner Harsha Reddy concentrates on international tax matters and advises a global clientele on a variety of tax issues.

Christy Richardson focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, 401(k) plans and health and welfare benefit programs.

Carley Roberts, leader of Pillsbury’s State and Local Tax practice, advises Fortune 100 and industry-leading companies on all aspects of state and local tax matters. Her clients comprise a variety of industries, including energy, technology, telecommunications, media, retail and manufacturing.

Breann Robowski focuses on state and local tax controversy, with an emphasis on property tax and transfer tax. Breann is recognized by Best Lawyers for her work in Litigation and Controversy – Tax. She is the vice chair of Pillsbury’s Attorney Development Committee, a member of Pillsbury’s Global Real Estate & Construction Industry team (former deputy leader 2019–2024), a leading member of Pillsbury’s Attorneys of Color Network, a member of the Planning Committee for the Wichita Property Tax Conference, a founding member of the Los Angeles County Property Tax Task Force, and a 2021–2022 board member of the California Alliance of Taxpayer Advocates.

Lawrence (Larry) Sannicandro focuses his practice on a broad range of federal and state tax disputes affecting individual private clients as well as their estates, trusts, and businesses (both public and private). These disputes cover the full range of civil and criminal tax matters, including audits and examinations, administrative appeals, collection matters, summons proceedings, grand jury subpoenas,  criminal tax investigations and prosecutions, litigation before the United States Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal district and appellate courts and state tax tribunals.

Jeff Vesely's award-winning practice focuses on state and local tax matters, including income, franchise, sales and use gross receipts and other taxes.

Located in Pillsbury’s Silicon Valley office, Brian Wainwright has more than 35 years of experience in domestic and international tax planning for business and financial transactions.

Bill Bonano leads Pillsbury’s Federal Tax Controversy & Tax Policy practice. His practice focuses on international and domestic tax planning and representing taxpayers involved in federal and state controversy matters.

Kelly counsels individuals and families with respect to wealth transfer planning, including charitable giving and estate, gift, generation-skipping and income tax planning.

Based in Washington, DC, Pillsbury senior counsel James Grosser has deep experience in legal and tax aspects of partnership and LLC transactions.

Bob Logan, a special counsel in Pillsbury’s Tax practice, provides tax counsel covering a wide range of corporate, partnership and exempt organization tax issues.

Ivan Mitev advises clients on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and hedge funds, cross-border investments, and real estate investments, with a subspecialty in partnership and international taxation.

Dawn Murphy advises nonprofit organization clients on a wide variety of legal matters, including governance, tax, regulatory compliance, antitrust, intellectual property, contract and transactions.

Richard Nielsen advises and represents clients, both corporate and individual, at the administrative and judicial levels in various sales, use, income and property tax disputes.

Jeffrey Phang is based in the Sacramento office, with a focus on state and local tax controversy.

Caitlin Stulberg represents companies (ranging from startup to Fortune 10) on formation, venture and seed financings, general corporate matters and transactions ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion.

Amber advises public and private companies on a broad spectrum of employee benefits and executive compensation matters.

Laura Watts advises public and private companies on federal income tax issues arising in corporate transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and restructurings), and represents companies in private letter ruling requests and controversy matters before the IRS.

Baylee Beeman focuses her practice on corporate tax matters.

Jack Camillo advises clients on a variety of state and local tax matters, including multistate litigation, planning, audit defense, and controversy issues.

Darianne De Leon is a U.S. Tax Court–trained attorney representing companies and individuals in high-stakes federal tax disputes, bringing sound judgment and administrative and litigation experience to tax enforcement-facing matters.

Eugenie Dubin represents clients in civil litigation and regulatory matters and advises on the tax aspects of complex financial transactions.

Ashley focuses her practice on estate and tax planning, and works on business transactional matters, including entity formation and limited liability company agreements. 

Nolan Kessler advises clients on all aspects of state and local tax matters.

Minji Kim leverages a background in investing in venture capital funds and emerging companies to advise fund managers and institutional investors throughout the lifecycle of private investment funds.

Annie Rothschild advises clients on complex state and local tax matters, with an emphasis on California corporate income tax controversy.

Kristen Sharp advises clients on a variety of state and location taxation issues with a primary focus on property tax and transfer tax matters.

Christine Tsai focuses her practice on advising entities and high-net-worth individuals in all aspects of tax planning and litigation.