Matthew D. Lee is a partner at the law firm of Fox Rothschild LLP in Philadelphia.  He is co-chair of the firm's White-Collar Criminal Defense & Regulatory Compliance practice group and maintains an extensive tax controversy practice.  Mr. Lee regularly represents individuals and businesses in criminal and civil tax matters, including criminal tax investigations, prosecutions, and proceedings before the Internal Revenue Service, such as audits, appeals, and collection matters.

Meeren is experienced at helping clients navigate federal examinations, as well as IRS tax appeals, including matters involving captive insurance, partnership taxation issues, changes in accounting methods, tax equity transactions, foreign information reporting and penalties, renewable energy credits, reasonable compensation, hobby loss, real estate transactions, research and development credits, exempt organization issues and promoter investigations.

Brian is a seasoned trial attorney who is skilled at both defending clients in federal tax controversies and arguing precedent-setting appeals in the state courts of North Carolina.

A former trial attorney with the Internal Revenue Service, Brian has represented clients on tax matters before the IRS, the Department of Justice Tax Division, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and multiple U.S. District Courts. He has deep knowledge of the rules, policies, and procedures necessary to handle federal tax disputes and is well-versed in the Internal Revenue Code. This potent combination puts him in an excellent position to successfully resolve a broad range of federal tax disputes for his clients, including matters such as audit examinations, administrative appeals, tax shelter transactions, conservation easement investigations, foreign bank account and asset disclosures, trust fund investigations, and penalty assessments.

Kristy has a diverse practice in which she provides strategic advice to individuals and businesses on corporate, tax and real estate matters. 

She has significant experience in structuring and assessing the tax benefits and risks of real estate and other investment transactions, advising on corporate governance and organizational matters, and representing individuals and entities in state and federal tax examination and litigation proceedings. Kristy is particularly well-versed in tax credits and charitable land donations.