Steven Dixon

Partner at STEPTOE

Speaker

Steve Dixon has been litigating federal tax cases for corporate and individual taxpayers for over 17 years. He has represented Fortune 500 taxpayers in high-profile trials before the Tax Court (including a multi-billion-dollar transfer-pricing case in that venue), the Court of Federal Claims, and in federal district court. Steve has been recognized as a Tax Controversy Leader by International Tax Review as well as in Legal 500 United States for tax controversy. The subject areas of Steve's tax cases have been diverse and have included transfer pricing as well as intangible-asset valuation, statutory interpretation, tax accounting, excise taxes, statutes of limitation, debt-equity determinations, and loss deductions. He has represented taxpayers in the energy, technology, defense, real estate development, health care, transportation, and banking industries. Steve has extensive experience with trial presentation, handling everything from opening statement and direct examination to the cross-examination of expert witnesses. And Steve has written prolifically in tax litigation, authoring scores of motions and briefs. In addition to litigating cases, Steve represents taxpayers in controversies before IRS Appeals and at Exam. He advises clients on other strategic tax issues, excise taxes, privilege and work product issues, and litigation strategy.