ABOUT KATHRYN MEYER
Kathryn is passionate about helping people and sharing her knowledge and experience after 26 years with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel.
She served as an attorney, litigating cases in Tax Court, Bankruptcy Court, and District Court, personally handling approximately 700 cases.
She then moved into management where she trained other attorneys to be litigators and advisors to the IRS auditors and collection employees. As a manager, Kathryn oversaw more than an estimated 3,500 cases.
Kathryn then took on a senior position overseeing over 80 attorneys and paralegals with an estimated 30,000 cases under her responsibility. She was also the national coordinator for litigation involving the Research Credit.
Kathryn then turned her passion to become the attorney to the National Taxpayer Advocate. She retired from the IRS serving the Taxpayer Advocate, helping to identify and resolve taxpayer issues within the IRS.
Along the way, Kathryn was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California, and at Golden Gate University teaching accounting students in both Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Tax Court Opinions recognized as Respondent’s (IRS’s) Counsel:
138 T.C. 8, (2012), Sophy v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 2017-74, Cooke v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 2014-167, Brown v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 2013-212, Sampson v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 2013-181, Rayhill v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 2013-82, Niv v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 2012-278, Sarkissian v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 2011-154, Gleason v. Commissioner
T.C. Summary Opinion 2008-110, Reiter v. Commissioner
Kathryn in the Media:
Owner of NBA’s ‘Hick From French Lick’ Home is Liable for Tax (5/2/2017)
IRS Spells Out How to Make a Valid Research Credit Refund Claim (10/18/2021)
IRS Answers Insurance Company in Deficiency Case (10/4/2022)
IRS Answers Defunct Corporation’s Collection Review Petition (1/13/2023)
IRS Claims Excusable Neglect in Conservation Easement Case (7/31/23)
IRS Argues Against Sanctions in Easement Deduction Dispute (8/18/2023)
IRS Answers Architectural Design Company’s Tax Court Petition (11/10/23)
IRS Seeks Favorable Ruling on Partnership Issues in Couple’s Case (4/4/2024)
IRS Answers Hilton Estate’s Tax Court Petition (4/4/2024)
IRS Urges Tax Court to Sustain Deficiencies Against Couple (8/15/2024)
Speaker:
2025 CLA Annual Meeting, Tax Court Litigation Bootcamp (with Hon. Jennifer E. Siegel, Sebastian Voth, and Kevin Oveisi).
2024 CLA How to Get a Government Job (with Lorraine Yu, Mina Mohaddess, Myriam Bouaziz, Jaclyn Zumaeta, and Josh Ricafort).
34th Annual RPTE National CLE Conference (2022), Estate Planning in an Era of Heightened Tax Enforcement (with Benjamin A. Cohen-Kuzrock and Andrew R. Comiter).
2019 CLA Annual Meeting, Tax Court Litigation Bootcamp (with Hon. Mary Ann Cohen, Hon. L. Paige Marvel, Hon. Daniel A. Guy, Jr, and Carolyn Lee).
2018 CLA Annual Meeting, Solving Problems Through Effective Use of Stipulations (with Hon. L. Paige Marvel and Steven L. Walker).
2012 ABA Taxation Section Mid-Year Meeting, Tax Court or Bankruptcy Court – What, Where, How, and Why? (with Hon. Mark Wallace, Hon. Peter J. Panuthos, Bob Pope, Frances Sheehy, Ellen Friberg, and Mitchell Horowitz).
In the Community:
Susan G. Koman 3-day walk
ABA Pro Bono Program
Fuller Center: Madagascar Build Team
