Income Tax Planning Benefits Planning Tax Controversy & Advocacy
Professional Summary
Mr. Stechel represents corporate, partnership and individual clients in the areas of income tax and benefits planning as well as all aspects of tax controversies and advocacy. He is a member of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association and the Tax Section of the New York State Bar Association and serves on a number of committees within those sections. Mr. Stechel is an Advisory Board member of BNA Tax Management, Inc. and is the author of Entertainment, Meals, Gifts and Lodging-Deduction and Recordkeeping Requirements and Travel and Transportation Expenses-Deduction and Recordkeeping Requirements, both of which are portfolios within the Tax Management US. Income Tax series. In addition, Mr. Stechel has contributed numerous articles to the Journal of Taxation, the Tax Management Real Estate Journal and other leading professional publications, and is a frequent lecturer on tax-related topics. Mr. Stechel also serves as a member of the liaison committee with private tax practitioners established by the Commissioner of Revenue Services of the State of Connecticut. Mr. Stechel has been selected annually as a New York Super Lawyer since 2006*.
* Only five percent of attorneys in the New York area are accorded this honor each year by New York Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication. See Super Lawyers website for additional detail on their attorney selection criteria.
Education
LL.M. (Taxation), New York University Graduate School of Law J.D. Cornell Law School B.A. City College of New York, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
New York Connecticut United States Tax Court United States Court of Claims United States District Court, Southern District of New York United States District Court, Eastern District of New York United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit United States Supreme Court
Memberships
American Bar Association, Section of Taxation New York State Bar Association, Tax Section BNA Tax Management, Inc. - Advisory Board