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Louis B. Schatz
Partner

Hartford
(860) 251-5838 (tel)
(860) 251-5314 (fax)


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Louis Schatz is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. He is the immediate past Chair of the Tax Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He also is the immediate past chair of the firm's Tax Practice Group. He practices in the areas of federal and State of Connecticut tax matters with attention to the representation of closely held businesses organized as limited liability companies, partnerships and S corporations; real estate joint ventures; and the representation of taxpayers involved in Connecticut tax controversies (at the audit, appellate and court levels). He is a frequent lecturer on federal and State of Connecticut tax, partnership and limited liability company issues. For many years he has been providing annual updates on Connecticut tax developments to out-of-state accountants. His recent lectures include presentations to the Connecticut Bar Association, the Connecticut Society of CPA's, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, the Long Island Tax Practitioner Symposium, the National Business Institute, the University of Connecticut Income Tax School, and the Foundation for Accounting Education in New York City. Louis is widely published, including his co-authorship of "Connecticut Limited Liability Act: Forms and Practice Manual," the leading treatise in Connecticut on limited liability companies.
Louis Schatz is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. He is the immediate past Chair of the Tax Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. He also is the immediate past chair of the firm's Tax Practice Group. He practices in the areas of federal and State of Connecticut tax matters with attention to the representation of closely held businesses organized as limited liability companies, partnerships and S corporations; real estate joint ventures; and the representation of taxpayers involved in Connecticut tax controversies (at the audit, appellate and court levels). He is a frequent lecturer on federal and State of Connecticut tax, partnership and limited liability company issues. For many years he has been providing annual updates on Connecticut tax developments to out-of-state accountants. His recent lectures include presentations to the Connecticut Bar Association, the Connecticut Society of CPA's, the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, the Long Island Tax Practitioner Symposium, the National Business Institute, the University of Connecticut Income Tax School, and the Foundation for Accounting Education in New York City. Louis is widely published, including his co-authorship of "Connecticut Limited Liability Act: Forms and Practice Manual," the leading treatise in Connecticut on limited liability companies.

EDUCATION

Cornell Law School, J.D., 1979
New York University School of Law, LL.M. (in Taxation), 1980
Cornell University, B.A., 1976

Bar Admissions

Connecticut
New York

Court Admissions

United States Tax Court

Distinctions

  • Special Master, Connecticut Tax Court
  • Member of Special Committee appointed by Connecticut Law Revision Commission to consider changes to the application of Connecticut's LLC law to professionals (2002)
  • AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer®: Tax; 2006-2010  
  • Connecticut Bar Foundation: James W. Cooper Fellow 2008

Teaching Positions

  • University of Connecticut: Income Tax School
  • Guest Lecturer, University of Hartford: Barney School of Business

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association: Taxation Section
  • Connecticut Bar Association: Immediate Past Chair of Tax Section; Limited Liability Company Sub-committee (former Chair); Property and Conveyance Tax Sub-Committee (former Chair) 
  • New York Bar Association
  • ISA (Independent State and Local Tax Alliance)
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Practice Areas

Tax
State and Local Tax
Business and Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Private Investment Funds

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