Flaster Greenberg PC, a full-service commercial business law firm, is pleased to announce the election of Matthew J. Meltzer to shareholder effective January 1, 2024.
Matt Meltzer is a tax attorney who joined Flaster Greenberg’s Business & Corporate Department and Taxation Practice Group in October of 2022.
Meltzer advises clients in transactional tax matters, including like kind exchanges of real estate under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, mergers and acquisitions, business reorganizations, offerings of qualified small business stock under Section 1202 of the Code, and joint ventures.
He also represents clients in tax controversy matters before state agencies and courts, assists in negotiating voluntary disclosure arrangements with state revenue authorities, and regularly offers direction on routine tax information reporting and compliance matters.
Flaster Greenberg Co-Managing Shareholder Steven Poulathas said, "Matt is an energetic, bright and compassionate attorney, who welcomes the challenges and creativity needed for sophisticated tax planning. He exhumes confidence and respect for colleagues, clients, and adversaries, and worthily gets it back. He is certainly a future leader of our firm, and the shareholder body has conveyed that strongly with his recent elevation to shareholder."
In addition, Meltzer advises clients on the income tax treatment of structured litigation settlements, qualified settlement funds, and attorney fee arrangements.
He is a frequent speaker and is tapped for speaking engagements all over the country including continuing education programs on a multitude of tax topics including Section 1031 exchanges, the tax treatment of litigation settlements, and attorney fee structures. He has also spoken extensively on the IRS's 2022 Generic Legal Advice Memorandum (GLAM) addressing fee structures. He was also recently added as a co-author of the leading legal treatise on the tax treatment of litigation settlements.
Licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania, Meltzer received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and a B.A. in economics and political science from Swarthmore College.
