Chamberlain Hrdlicka
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Firm Overview:
Chamberlain Hrdlicka was founded in 1965 by attorneys from the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice as a tax-focused firm specializing in tax planning, controversy and litigation. The firm has grown to about 150 attorneys servicing a wide variety of practice areas. Today, the firm’s tradition of personalized service continues to be valued by clients from the smallest start-up ventures to multinational companies.
Managing Shareholder: Larry A. Campagna
Number of shareholders: 72
Total number of attorneys: 151
Main Practice Areas:
Construction:
The firm’s representation of clients extends from the beginning of projects through their conclusion, from the negotiation of contracts and preparation of bids to the resolution of construction disputes. The firm assists clients in project administration, job close-outs and settlement, and ‘privatization’ matters, performs disaster and injury investigations, and provides a full range of services with respect to government (federal, state and local) contracts, including bid protests and board of contract appeals claims.
Corporate, Securities & Finance:
The firm represents a broad spectrum of public and private business entities involved in initial public offerings and secondary offerings of equity and debt securities; private placements; mergers and acquisitions; venture capital financing; international project finance; swaps and financial derivative transactions; corporate bonds and asset-backed securities; conventional loans; leveraged buy-outs; exchange offers; tender offers; roll-up consolidations, and other business combinations and reorganizations; technology licensing, equity incentive and compensation programs; supply chain management; and ongoing corporate and securities counseling of both public and private companies as well as their directors and executive officers.
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation:
The firm’s employee benefits section represents public companies, large and closely-held private companies, tax-exempt organizations, and the fiduciaries who oversee those entities’ employee benefit plans. From qualified retirement plans, to executive compensation, to fiduciary advice, to health and welfare programs, to mergers and acquisitions, to ERISA litigation.
Energy & Maritime:
The firm’s energy practice encompasses expertise in power development, project financing, industry mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, with emphasis on gas to power marketing and trading, asset development and financing, energy management agreements, gas supply agreements, power purchase and sale agreements, fuel transportation agreements, transmission queue position swaps, electrical and fuel interconnection agreements.
Estate Planning & Administration:
The firm’s estate planning and administration section provides legal counsel on wills, planning for incapacity, gifting strategies, life insurance planning, trust planning, charitable giving, succession planning, family limited partnerships, marital property agreements, estate administration and probate, preparation and filing of returns, representation in estate and gift tax audits.
Immigration:
The firm’s expertise includes outbound planning for US-based clients; inbound planning for foreign clients; cross-border business support and counsel; personal planning for ‘citizens of the world’; resolving tax controversies involving international issues; and obtaining appropriate US immigration status.
Intellectual Property:
Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s IP group provides comprehensive services in patent, trademark and copyright protection and dispute resolution. The firm prides itself on understanding clients’ IP needs and providing exceptional service in promoting, preserving, and protecting their IP rights. The firm’s team of attorneys can assist with the development of an IP approach, portfolio or licensing program, with the evaluation and development of an existing IP portfolio, or the enforcement of your IP rights.
International:
Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s diverse team of international practitioners works to minimize the risk and simplify the complexity of international activities for clients. From individuals and families, to public and private business, the firm serves a broad spectrum of clients based both in the US and abroad. Through collaborative work across practice areas, the firm’s international team takes a comprehensive approach to provide full legal support.
Labor & Employment:
The firm’s labor and employment attorneys specialize in protecting the interests of employers from executive stock and bonus plans, to hourly dispute resolution plans. The firm also has extensive experience in successfully resolving labor and employment litigation matters.
Litigation & Appellate:
The firm provides comprehensive litigation services in a wide variety of specialized areas, including antitrust, insurance, business fraud, consumer law, deceptive trade practices, contract disputes, environmental law, federal multi-district litigation, products liability, toxic torts, IP rights infringement, white collar crime and other areas.
Probate & Fiduciary Litigation:
Trust and estate litigation involves a wide array of composite issues such as fiduciary duties, tax and real estate issues, rights of creditors, family business and even bankruptcy. As a result, it is vitally important for clients to have a strong team of expert litigators dedicated to resolving complex trust and estate disputes with the best possible outcome. Knowing that every case comes with its own distinct and sometimes overwhelming issues, Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s trust and estate litigators approach each matter with genuine concern for clients, coupled with an extensive foundation of legal and procedural knowledge.
Real Estate:
The firm’s expertise includes development, financing, purchase and sale of a wide variety of real estate assets, including residential and commercial office and retail complexes, manufacturing facilitates, resort facilities and land development. The firm handles negotiation and drafting of real estate contracts and leases, title and survey review and curative actions, closing agreements and documentation, workouts and foreclosures, and eminent domain and condemnation proceedings.
Tax & Tax Controversy:
Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s nationally ranked tax section is a core strength of the firm’s diversified law practice. The firm’s tax section represents domestic and foreign multinational companies in cross-border financial transactions, international structuring, global tax minimization, including transfer pricing and contract manufacturing arrangements, foreign tax credit management and planning, section 199 deductions, accounting method issues, including inventory methods and capitalization issues, and advising on the application of FIN 48 to domestic and international tax issues. The firm also provides counsel on all phases of the tax controversy process, from the beginning of the tax audit, to the preparation of tax protests and negotiation with IRS Appeals, to litigation in the federal tax courts and representation on appeal. Similarly, at the state level, the firm represents taxpayers in all phases of the tax litigation process. Chamberlain Hrdlicka is also the sole United States law firm belonging to the International Tax Group (‘ITG’), an elite group of international tax lawyers from five continents.
Key Contacts
Larry Campagna, Chamberlain Hrdlicka Managing Shareholder
[email protected]
https://www.chamberlainlaw.com/people-larry_campagna.html
John Meredith, Chief Operating Officer
[email protected]
https://www.chamberlainlaw.com/people-john_meredith_chief_operating_officer.html
Firm Rankings
Immigration
Band 2
8.0
Private Wealth Law
Band 3
6.0
Tax
Band 1
9.0
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Press Releases
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that Philadelphia-based Shareholder and S.A.L.T. Practice Co-chair Jennifer Karpchuk was appointed to the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission to represent The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia . Philadelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson sponsored the reconvention of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission that involves 15 members and will inspect diverse taxes in […]
Michael Feibus, Kevin Navetta, Kelly Shields, Leo Unzeitig, and Brittney Williams named Texas Rising Stars Five Texas-based attorneys with Chamberlain Hrdlicka have been named to the 2024 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine, including Michael Feibus, Kevin Navetta, Kathryn “Kelly” Shields and Brittney Williams in Houston as well as Leo Unzeitig in San Antonio. Part of the national Super Lawyers rating service, Texas Rising Stars recognizes the best attorneys age 40 […]
Atlanta Business Chronicle 2023-2024 rankings lists Chamberlain Hrdlicka Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that the Atlanta Business Chronicle 2023-2024 rankings listed the firm tied for second in the “Fastest Growing Law Firms by Revenue” in Atlanta category. The full list can be found here. Each year, the Atlanta Business Chronicle compares information provided by the […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston-based team, led by Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, represented DermaTouch RN (“DermaTouch”), one of the nation’s leading medical aesthetic practices with its new partnership with Empower Aesthetics (“Empower”), a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners. DermaTouch is a state-of-the-art aesthetic and wellness practice that offers minimally invasive medical treatments in Houston and San Antonio, Texas. […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to welcome former IRS Commissioner Charles “Chuck” Rettig to the firm as a Shareholder. Rettig served as the Commissioner of the IRS from 2018 to 2022, where he oversaw the nation’s tax system and managed an agency of over 83,000 employees with an annual budget of $13.4 billion. He will join […]
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Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce the addition of Paul M. Budd and Brittany S. Kovalskaya to its Atlanta office. Budd joins as a senior associate and Kovalskaya joins as an associate in the Tax Controversy & Litigation practice group, where they will advise and represent taxpayers before federal, state and local taxing authorities and in all federal and state courts where tax disputes […]
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The M&A Advisor announced the winners of its 22nd Annual M&A Advisor Awards at a gala held at The New York Athletic Club in New York City on November 15th, 2023, including two winning transactions led by Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, chair of Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Tax Planning & Business Transactions practice. The acquisition of C&D Scrap Metal Recyclers Co., Inc. […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that Shareholder Erica Opitz is recognized in the 2023 edition of Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, an honor she also received in 2019 and 2022. The Legal Elite highlights the top attorneys in the state across 15 different practice areas based on peer nominations. This honor is for Georgia attorneys who were nominated by their […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Texas offices continue to grow, with the addition of Louis Castro, Will Cowan, Bennet Huddleston, Mariah Karigan, Tristan Montaque, and Imran Siddiqi in Houston, and Andres Berdugo and Zachary Milliken in San Antonio, who joined the firm in recent weeks as associates in the Commercial Litigation; Corporate, Securities & Finance; Employee Retention Tax […]
Georgia Trend’s 2023 Legal Elite Honor is awarded to Erica Opitz Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that Shareholder Erica Opitz is recognized in the 2023 edition of Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, an honor she also received in 2019 and 2022. The Legal Elite highlights the top attorneys in the state across 15 different practice areas based on peer nominations. […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce the addition of Associate Carol A. Conroy to its Atlanta office. Conroy joins the Commercial Litigation practice, where she will represent clients in state and federal court in complex commercial litigation, including construction, fraud, financial services, non-compete and class action matters and the Construction Law practice where she will join a team of attorneys that represent […]
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David Aughtry, Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, Phillip Karter and Juan F. Vasquez Jr. ranked in 2024 Edition of World Tax The 2024 edition of World Tax, the comprehensive guide to the world’s leading tax firms, has ranked Chamberlain Hrdlicka among the top tier of tax firms in Texas in the General Corporate Tax and Tax Controversy categories, with Tier […]
Habeeb “Hobbs” Gnaim led team Represented The Tarp Depot, Inc. in its Sale to Impact Environmental Group Chamberlain Hrdlicka‘s Tax Planning & Business Transitions Section, led by Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, represented The Tarp Depot, Inc. in its sale to Impact Environmental Group (IEG), a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners. Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim serves as the Practice Chair of the Firm’s Tax […]
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Team led by Habeeb (Hobbs) Gnaim represented Landmark Industries in its sale to Spring Partners Retail LLC Chamberlain Hrdlicka‘s Tax Planning & Business Transactions Group represented Landmark Industries (Landmark) in its sale of 64 fuel & convenience retail sites (operating as Timewise) to Spring Partners Retail LLC, a joint venture between ExxonMobil Corp. and Global Partners LP […]
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For the 17th consecutive year Chambers & Partners ranked Chamberlain Hrdlicka among the top ten tax law firms in the United States on both state and national levels. The firm made Band 1 in Tax Fraud nationwide, as one of only six law firms. And, its nationwide Tax Controversy was ranked in Band 2, placing Chamberlain Hrdlicka among the […]
Jarrod Martin, chair of Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors Rights Practice was recently named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy Lawyers for 2023. For its 2023 Guide, Lawdragon’s team researched veteran bankruptcy and financial restructuring lawyers throughout the U.S. as well as litigators who specialize in detangling financial failures. Those included typically have decades […]
The Houston Bar Association (HBA) welcomed Diana Gomez, shareholder in Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston office, as the 2023-2024 HBA President during the organization’s Annual Dinner held on May 11, 2023 at the River Oaks Country Club. Gomez is the first Latina president of the 153-year-old organization. Gomez’s priorities for the organization include fostering community service, increasing attorney engagement, and reinvigorating […]
Asher Fried, Jessica Lafferty, Ragan Robichaux, Nicole Shanklin, Marianne Xu Standley, and Tyler Williams recently joined Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston office, adding to the Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate, Securities & Finance; Estate Planning; Tax Controversy & Litigation, and Tax Planning & Business Transactions practices. With the recent arrivals, Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston office now has more than 85 […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston-based team, led by Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, Practice Chair of the Tax Planning & Business Transactions Group, won the Deal of the Year Award in the Industrial Services – Corporate Strategic Acquisition category for representing Merchants Metals Recycling II CD, LLC (“Company of Merchants”) in its acquisition of C&D Scrap Metal Recyclers Co., Inc. […]
Six Texas-based attorneys with Chamberlain Hrdlicka have been named to the 2023 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine, including Stuart Clements, Michael Feibus, Kathryn “Kelly” Shields and Brittney Williams in Houston as well as F. Matthew “Matt” Flores and Leo Unzeitig in San Antonio. Part of the national Super Lawyers rating service, Texas Rising Stars recognizes the best attorneys age 40 or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to welcome Tom Cullinan, who is leaving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to join the firm’s Atlanta Office. While at the IRS Cullinan served as part of Commissioner Charles Rettig’s leadership team, first as his counselor and then as the acting IRS chief of staff. He will join as an equity shareholder in […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka has for the second year in a row been ranked among Top Patent Firms by Juristat, in the Technology Center 2100 category, which encompasses patent applications relating to computer architecture and information security. The firm was among only eight firms to place among top ten in more than one criterion, having ranked first in […]
Larry Campagna, the managing shareholder for Chamberlain Hrdlicka, was recently elected to serve as the 2023/24 president of the American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC). Campagna was unanimously inducted as a Fellow in 1995 and most recently served as Vice President for ACTC. Election as a “Fellow” of the American College of Tax Counsel is limited […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that Stephanie Friese Aron, the Atlanta office co-managing shareholder, has earned recognition as a 2023 Georgia Titan 100, an honor that highlights Georgia’s top business leaders. Honorees will accept their awards during an April 27, 2023, event at Zoo Atlanta. The program will also debut the Titan 100 book, which will display […]
Team led by Habeeb (Hobbs) Gnaim represents Monarch Silica, LLC in its $175 Million Sale to ProFrac Holding Corp. Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston-based team, led by Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, Practice Chair of the Tax Planning & Business Transactions Group, represented Monarch Silica, LLC in its $175 million sale to ProFrac Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: ACDC). Michael Preng, Umair Karowadia, Matthew Stirneman, Jack Najarian, David Pierson and Christopher […]
Larry Campagna, the managing shareholder for Chamberlain Hrdlicka, was inducted into the 2023 class of the Lawdragon Hall of Fame. All 45 inductees from across the nation have devoted 40 or more years to the law, and represent attorneys across the spectrum of the profession, from public service to the plaintiff, corporate litigation, dealmaking, and academia. […]
Amy Moss, shareholder in Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Corporate, Securities & Finance practice in Houston has won the M&A Deal of The Year (Between $50M – $100M) Award for the Acquisition of Blue Chip Group, Inc. by 3 Rivers Capital LLC during the 21st Annual M&A Advisor Awards Gala, held at The New York Athletic Club on November 15th. […]
2023 Edition of World Tax includes Chamberlain Hrdlicka among Top Tax Firms, names David Aughtry EG Tax Leading Advisor, and Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, Philip Karter and Juan F. Vasquez Jr. as Highly Regarded Professionals The 2023 edition of World Tax, the comprehensive guide to the world’s leading tax firms, has ranked Chamberlain Hrdlicka among the top tier […]
Texas Lawyer article highlights the firm’s growth in San Antonio as Patrick Martin, Anuar Estefan and Luz Villegas-Bañuelos join Chamberlain Hrdlicka A Texas Lawyer article discusses Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s growth in San Antonio, as Patrick Martin joins as a shareholder, and Anuar Estefan and Luz Villegas-Bañuelos will join as associates, to expand the firm’s international tax and tax controversy services. They will assist domestic […]
Houston Business Journal (HBJ) includes Chamberlain Hrdlicka in 2022 Best Places to Work The Houston Business Journal (HBJ) recently selected Chamberlain Hrdlicka for the 2022 Best Places to Work in the large companies category for the second year in a row. HBJ will celebrate all recipients during an awards luncheon at the Marriott Marquis on October 28, 2022. Earlier […]
San Antonio, Texas – (September 1, 2022) – Chamberlain Hrdlicka today announced the addition of three attorneys to the firm’s office in San Antonio. Patrick Martin joins as a shareholder, and Anuar Estefan and Luz Villegas-Bañuelos as associates, to expand the firm’s international tax and tax controversy services. They will assist domestic and foreign businesses, […]
Diana Gomez, shareholder in Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston office, has been named the 2022-2023 President-Elect by the Houston Bar Association (HBA). In 2023, Diana will be the first Latina to assume the HBA presidency. Diana and her husband, Judge Michael Gomez, were also recently recognized in the HBA’s Houston Lawyer Magazine’s Profile in Professionalism: Law in the Family series for their […]
Hobbs Gnaim led the Chamberlain Hrdlicka Team that represented Landmark Industries Chamberlain Hrdlicka‘s Tax Planning & Business Transactions Group, led by Habeeb ‘Hobbs’ Gnaim, represented Landmark Industries (Landmark) in completing its sale of certain fuel & convenience retail sites (operating as Timewise) to Shell Retail & Convenience Operations LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Products US (Shell). […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to welcome Associates John Bartel and Victor Fox to the firm’s Atlanta office. These additions expand the firm’s nationally recognized Tax Controversy & Litigation practice, composed of attorneys experienced in advising and representing taxpayers before federal, state and local taxing authorities and in all federal and state courts where tax disputes are litigated. These attorneys are the latest […]
For the 16th consecutive year Chambers & Partners ranked Chamberlain Hrdlicka among the top ten tax law firms in the United States on both state and national levels. Individual Chamberlain Hrdlicka attorneys continue to annually achieve state and national rankings in the areas of high net worth, immigration, tax, tax controversy, tax litigation, and tax fraud. The firm made […]
Christine Borrett, John Fields, Christopher Hydrick, Karl Jackson, Jr., Tara LeDay, Michael Preng, Calla Sprague and Renu Tandale join Chamberlain Hrdlicka Houston Office Christine Borrett, John Fields, Christopher Hydrick, Karl Jackson, Jr., Tara LeDay, Michael Preng, Calla Sprague and Renu Tandale recently joined Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s Houston office, adding to the Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditor Rights; Commercial Litigation; Corporate, Securities and Finance; Labor & Employment; Tax Controversy; Tax Planning […]
On March 1, 2022, Larry Campagna, Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s managing partner, assumed his role as the Vice President of the American College of Tax Counsel (the College). He was unanimously inducted as a Fellow in 1995 and most recently served as Secretary-Treasurer for the College. Elected by the College’s Board of Regents earlier this year, new officers […]
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that seven of its Atlanta attorneys have been named to the 2022 Super Lawyers list for Georgia. Shareholders David D. Aughtry, Stephanie Friese Aron, Seth R. Price and Hale E. Sheppard were selected as “Georgia Super Lawyers.” In addition, Shareholder Erica L. Opitz, Senior Counsel John Kirbo and Associates John C. Guin and Barclay R. Taylor were selected as “Georgia Rising Stars” by the […]
Seven Texas-based attorneys with Chamberlain Hrdlicka have been named to the 2022 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine, including Stuart Clements, Reagan “Tres” Gibbs, III, Jarrod B. Martin, Michael Overstreet, Kathryn “Kelly” Shields and in Houston as well as F. Matthew “Matt” Flores and Leo Unzeitig in San Antonio. Part of the national Super Lawyers rating service, Texas Rising Stars recognizes the best attorneys age 40 or younger, or who have been practicing […]