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Practice Focus and Experience
Avi is a tax attorney practicing in the Business Law Group, the Public Finance Group, and the Trusts and Estates Group. He assists clients with tax planning and transactional analysis at the federal, state, and international levels, and represents taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service, Massachusetts Department of Revenue and other tax authorities.

Representative Matters
  • Secured large cash payouts for a group of executives when their employer-company was sold, by successfully avoiding a significant golden parachute excise.
  • Prosecuted $12 million abatement claim for a Massachusetts intellectual property holding company.
  • Facilitated several tax-free transactions, including arranging Section 1031 exchanges, allowing clients to sell gain property without current tax liability.
Professional
  • Admitted: Massachusetts; Oregon; United States Tax Court.
  • Member: American Bar Association; Boston Bar Association.
  • Authorized: Practice before the Internal Revenue Service.
Community Involvement
  • Instructor, State and Local Taxation/Tax Planning, Northeastern University (M.A. Taxation Program); Fall 2006, Fall 2005.
  • Tax Preparer / Supervisor, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) 2000–present; Recognized by IRS for Outstanding Public Service, April 2002.
  • Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Portland Community College 1996–1999.
  • Municipal Court Judge, City of Yachats, Oregon, 1997–1998.
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Avi M. Lev
Senior Tax Attorney
direct 617.589.3850
fax 617.305.3150
alev@davismalm.com
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Education
  • LL.M. (Valedictorian), Boston University School of Law, 2002.
  • J.D., University of Oregon Law School, 1980.
  • B.A. (magna cum laude), University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.