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Michael W. Barill

Education

  • LL.M. Emory University
    J.D. West Virginia University
    B.S. West Virginia University

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia


Michael W. Barill
Member

Michael W. Barill
Member

Mike Barill focuses his practice in taxation, and trust and estate administration. He has significant experience in estate planning, estate administration, fiduciary litigation, taxpayer representation before the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Tax Court, corporate and partnership taxation, retirement planning, and structuring mergers and reorganizations. He has served as the leader of the firm’s Tax Practice Group and Estate and Trust Team from 2007 to the present.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Represented multimillion dollar trust in defending the trustee against claims by beneficiaries of breach of fiduciary duties and excessive compensation
  • Represented large corporations in both stock and asset sales and both tax-free and taxable mergers and acquisitions
  • Assisted multi-tier corporate conglomeration in converting into S corporation with numerous subchapter S subsidies
  • Served as counsel to client on tax penalty abatement case before the Internal Revenue Service
  • Represented executor/beneficiary in defending against a breach of fiduciary duty and will contest action

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1996
    Steptoe & Johnson

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • The Best Lawyers in America® 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Super Lawyers® 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Tax and Estate Sections, American Bar Association
  • Probate Committee, American Bar Association
  • Tax Law Section, Pennsylvania State Bar
  • Probate Committee, West Virginia State Bar
  • ALI-ABA Estate Planning Advisory Board
  • Former President, North Central Estate Planning Council, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Mr. Barill has been a featured speaker at West Virginia and Pennsylvania CLE and CPE seminars, as well as numerous civic organizations on taxation, fiduciary litigation, special needs trusts, elder law, and estate planning issues.
  • Mr. Barill is an Adjunct Lecturer and is a Supervising Attorney at the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic of the West Virginia University College of Law.