Michael T. McCormick, Managing Partner McCormick Braun Friman, LLC in Chicago.
He concentrates his practice in areas of corporate law, tax and estate planning and tax litigation. Michael has been practicing law for 20 years and has tried cases in state and federal courts as well as the United States Tax Court and has argued before both state and federal appellate courts. Michael’s extensive professional career ranges from preparing estate plans for families seeking to protect their assets for the next generation to tax planning for corporate mergers and acquisitions. He has represented many emerging growth companies as well as venture capital groups and creative equity platforms.In addition to representing taxpayers in controversies before the Internal Revenue Service and the United State’s Tax Court, he has counseled both families and corporations on tax matters, and has published a number of articles on tax law. He has extensive trial experience, both on behalf of individuals and corporations, and he has litigated cases at both the trial level and in the appellate court.Michael graduated with a double major in accounting and finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and attended law school at Valparaiso University in Indiana, where he graduated in the top of his class. He also received a Concannon Certificate in International Law from Notre Dame University in London, England, and then went on to receive a master’s degree in taxation from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, graduating with honors. Michael has published numerous articles and was quoted in the Wall Street Journal.