California Lawyers Association Presents Prestigious Tax Award to Jeffrey Vesely

Presented annually by the CLA Taxation Section, the Benjamin F. Miller Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and made significant contributions to the field of state and local tax law. Recipients are selected by the Taxation Section’s Executive Committee and may work in private practice, academia, or government service within California.

Vesely’s award-winning practice focuses on state and local tax matters, including income, franchise, sales and use, gross receipts and other taxes. His practice consists of administrative and judicial tax litigation, state and local tax planning and transactional work, and he has been named “Lawyer of the Year” four times by Best Lawyers in America. 

Prior to joining the firm in 1985, Jeff was a tax attorney with Getty Oil Co., the California Department of Justice Tax Division and the California Franchise Tax Board. He has litigated state and local tax matters throughout the United States, in administrative tribunals, state and federal trial courts, courts of appeal, state supreme courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.