Tax Litigation               

Attorney Scott P. Lopez in Boston, Massachusetts provides skilled and aggressive tax litigation services to clients throughout metropolitan Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Trial lawyer Scott P. Lopez has 20 years of litigation experience in Massachusetts that can prove invaluable to clients' tax litigation matters involving collections, foreclosure, and criminal tax charges.

Act quickly if your property is in jeopardy or if you are facing criminal tax charges. Contact Attorney Scott P. Lopez in Boston to talk with an experienced tax litigation attorney about your situation.

• Are you facing foreclosure on your home?
• Is your business being harassed by collections agents?
• Do you need aggressive defense in a collections action?
• Are you facing criminal charges related to tax evasion or tax fraud?

Mr. Lopez has litigation experience, knowledge of applicable tax law, and a valuable understanding of the collections procedures that apply in these cases. He strives to negotiate a favorable outcome, but if litigation is necessary, he can defend cases before federal and state courts.

Attorney Scott P. Lopez represents individuals, corporations, accountants, and other professionals who are involved in civil or criminal tax litigation matters. His federal and state tax litigation services help clients resolve matters involving:

Criminal tax investigations and litigation: Criminal tax litigation can involve both criminal charges and civil penalties. These crimes include tax fraud, tax evasion, failure to file, and other white collar crimes that are investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). These are serious charges, and you need an attorney who has the experience and skill to aggressively defend your rights in court.

If you believe you are under investigation by the CID for tax evasion or tax fraud, or if you have been charged with a tax-related crime, contact Attorney Scott P. Lopez.

Grand jury subpoena: Mr. Lopez also represents accountants and other business professionals whose clients are being investigated for tax fraud and other tax crimes. He can make sure your rights are protected if you have received a grand jury subpoena or summons to appear to testify.

Collection actions: Attorney Lopez assists individuals and companies against whom the federal government has filed a case to collect a debt or reduce it to a judgement. He thoroughly reviews all the facts of each case to determine the best defense against collections. He investigates whether the tax assessment was completed properly, whether the statute of limitations was missed, whether the tax lien was perfected, and many other defenses to collection actions.

Foreclosure actions: Attorney Scott P. Lopez assists individuals and corporations who face losing valuable properties in foreclosures. If the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice of foreclosure on your real estate property to enforce a tax lien, contact an attorney who understands the foreclosure process and ways to protect your property.

For more information about the tax litigation practice, call Attorney Scott P. Lopez at (617) 439-4990.

Scott P. Lopez, Esq.
Lawson & Weitzen, LLP
88 Black Falcon Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2414
Telephone (617) 439-4990
Telecopier (617) 439-3987
E-mail

Attorney Scott P. Lopez offers white collar criminal defense and complex business litigation services to clients in metropolitan Boston and throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including Barnstable County, Bristol County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Suffolk County, and Worcester County. 

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Practice Areas

• White Collar Criminal Defense, such as embezzlement, fraud, tax evasion, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) violation defense.
  
  Attorney Scott P. Lopez's white collar criminal defense practice includes representation of targets, subjects, and witnesses in governmental or grand jury investigations by state and federal authorities, as well as individuals under investigation and charged with health care fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, bankruptcy fraud, and other white collar crimes.
  
  
• Complex Business Litigation, such as breach of contract claims, director and officer liability and SEC enforcement litigation.
  
  Attorney Lopez is located in the heart of Boston and in close proximity to state and federal courthouses. He represents small businesses, corporations, and individuals in all types of complex business litigation, both civil and criminal, such as contract disputes, corporate securities litigation, corporate liability, insurance coverage disputes, partnership disputes, premises liability, and unfair trade practices claims.
  
  
• Tax Litigation, including representation for collection, foreclosure, and criminal defense for tax evasion, failure to file, and other tax fraud.
  
  The federal and state tax litigation services assist individuals, businesses and corporations, accountants, and other professionals facing a collection action, foreclosure for enforcement of tax liens, criminal charges for tax fraud and tax evasion, and other tax litigation matters.
  
  
• Federal Litigation, including class actions, diversity cases, shareholder disputes, multi-state litigation, and governmental investigations.
  
  Attorney Scott P. Lopez also handles a full range of federal civil litigation services, including securities litigation, government administrative investigations, multi-state transactions, class actions, joint ventures, violations of federal regulations - all types of complex civil litigation in federal court.
  
  
• Government Litigation, involving defense of municipalities and governmental and quasi-governmental entities, as well as representation of individuals and businesses facing litigation against a governmental agency.
  
  Mr. Lopez has 20 years of litigation experience and offers legal services for clients involved in litigation with a municipality, governmental agency, or quasi governmental entity, such as disputes related to public contracting, breach of contract, personal injury defense, and other matters.