Alee Soleimanpour
Overview
Alee Soleimanpour helps clients navigate complicated business and tax issues on the federal, state, and local level. A tactical thinker, Alee finds that the most complicated legal problems are often best resolved with a combination of understanding his client’s unique needs and his strategic tax planning experience.
Tax Controversy
As each client’s tax controversy needs are distinct and pressing, Alee is practiced at advising clients on many types of disputes. In federal matters, he represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), assisting with IRS examinations, appeals, ruling requests, and other administrative proceedings. Before the United States Tax Court, Alee represents clients in tax and related financial cases. In state matters, he assists clients with a wide variety of tax matters before administrative agencies in Oregon and Washington.
Transactional Matters
Alee’s business transactional experience includes mergers and acquisitions, choice entity, tax-exempt entity formation, real property development, qualification and operation. He also counsels on pass-through entities and corporate reorganizations.
Since the 2019 enactment of Oregon’s Corporate Activity Tax (CAT), Alee has advised clients on the implementation of this tax law and its effect on their businesses. He has authored a number of articles on Oregon Corporate Activity Tax (CAT) developments, both from the Oregon Department of Revenue and the Oregon Legislature. For more on the CAT, please refer to those articles here. To be added to our email list of CAT updates, please contact Alee at asoleimanpour@schwabe.com.
Prior to joining the firm, Alee served as a law clerk on the United States Tax Court in Washington, DC, for the Honorable Carolyn P. Chiechi and Joseph W. Nega.
Experience
Experience
- Advises and defends clients in tax-related disputes with the Washington Department of Revenue, Oregon Department of Revenue, and Internal Revenue Service.
- Advises clients regarding tax domicile and residency for income tax purposes.
- Researches legal and factual backgrounds for cases and drafts opening and answering briefs in United States Tax Court cases.
- Advises clients on how to navigate the Oregon Corporate Tax regime, enacted in 2019
Memberships & Awards
Memberships
- Multnomah Bar Association, Member (2018-present)
- American Bar Association – Tax, Member (2018-present)
- American Bar Association – Young Lawyers Division, Member (2018-present)
- Oregon State Bar - New Tax Lawyers Committee, Member (2018-present)
Awards
- Best Lawyers in AmericaAward: Ones to Watch, Tax Law (2021-2022)
- Computer-Assisted Learning Instruction Award (CALI) for Excellence, Appellate Legal Research & Writing III (2013)
- Computer-Assisted Learning Instruction (CALI) Award for Excellence, Transactional Skills Lab (2012)
Resources & Ideas
News
- Best LawyersAugust 19, 2021
- August 20, 2020
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
- Oregon State Bar: Cosponsored by the Taxation SectionOctober 21, 2021
- Cares Act, Federal Mandates, & Carbon CreditsTax Executives InstituteSeptember 29, 2021
- Zoom / Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, 1211 SW 5th Ave., Suite 1900 Portland, OR 97204, July 27, 2021
- November 12, 2020
- November 10, 2020
- Oregon Society of Certified Public AccountantsOctober 26, 2020
Publications
- After the Economic Aid Act: An Updated Guide to the PPP Loan Forgiveness Review and Appeals Process, Part 3February 24, 2022
- After the Economic Aid Act: An Updated Guide, Part 4February 24, 2022
- October 7, 2021
- April 28, 2021
- February 19, 2021
- February 10, 2021
- January 27, 2021
- After the Economic Aid Act: An Updated Guide to the PPP Loan Forgiveness Review and Appeals Process, Part 1January 26, 2021
- After the Economic Aid Act: An Updated Guide to the PPP Loan Forgiveness Review and Appeals Process, Part 2January 26, 2021
- January 7, 2021
- November 18, 2020
- November 13, 2020
- October 26, 2020
- October 15, 2020
- September 30, 2020
- September 24, 2020
- September 21, 2020
- August 31, 2020
- August 17, 2020
- June 25, 2020
- June 8, 2020
- June 1, 2020
- May 6, 2020
- May 5, 2020
- April 29, 2020
- April 27, 2020
- April 21, 2020
- April 14, 2020
- March 30, 2020
- March 30, 2020
- March 17, 2020
- March 9, 2020
- February 25, 2020
- February 12, 2020
- February 6, 2020
- January 30, 2020
- January 15, 2020
- The Transactional Lawyer: A Publication of the Commercial Law Center of Gonzaga UniversityApril 2015
Community Activities
Community Activities
- Gonzaga Journal of International Law, Member (2013-2015)
- Gonzaga Law Review, Member (2013-2015)
Services
Education
- New York University School of LawMaster of Laws, Taxation (2016)
- Gonzaga University School of LawJuris Doctor degree, magna cum laude (2015)
- Washington State UniversityBachelor of Arts degree, Finance; minor in Economics, cum laude (2012)
Admissions
Oregon State Court
United States Tax Court
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Washington State Court