William E. Halmkin

Partner

William E. Halmkin is a tax and litigation partner in our Boston office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Halmkin was a partner in the Private Client and Business Group at Peabody Arnold LLP. Mr. Halmkin specializes in state tax planning and has extensive experience representing clients before administrative courts, including state and federal tax appeals at all levels. With over 25 years of tax law experience, Mr. Halmkin is a former chief of the Massachusetts Estate Tax Bureau and Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. He is a former faculty member in the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law and member of the State Tax Committee of Associated Industries of Massachusetts (A.I.M.).

Bar & Court Admissions

Massachusetts, 1974
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
Supreme Court of the United States

Publications

Out-of-State Vendor Can’t be Taxed, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Quoted (August 31, 2009)
"Massachusetts Taxation & DOR Procedures" (co-author)
"Massachusetts Real Estate Lien" (co-author)
Numerous Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Publications

Speaking Engagements

Massachusetts Society of CPAs
Numerous Bar Association Seminars
Numerous Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminars

Awards & Honors

Best Lawyers in America (2010-2013)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2005-2012)

Professional & Civic Activities

American Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Boston Bar Association

Education

LL.M., Taxation, Boston University School of Law, 1983
M.S., Bentley College, 1976
J.D., Suffolk University School of Law, 1974
B.S., Boston University, 1971

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