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Harry S. Miller

Harry S. Miller

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3236
Location: Boston, MA
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Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Experience:

Mr. Miller focuses his practice on tax matters, including corporate and partnership tax matters, international taxation, nonprofit organizations, estate planning, and also stockbroker/customer disputes, investment fraud, securities arbitration and litigation. Prior to joining Burns & Levinson LLP in January 2006, Mr. Miller was a partner with the firm Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP.

Mr. Miller’s extensive tax experience includes international tax, trusts and estates, tax planning for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and nonprofit organizations, tax planning for mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, hedge funds, joint ventures, tax planning for real estate development, estate planning and tax-oriented investment strategies. He also teaches Gift and Estate Taxation and International Estate Planning in the LL.M Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law.

Mr. Miller also represents investors and individuals nation-wide who believe they have been defrauded by their stockbroker or investment advisor. Mr. Miller is the author of www.securitieslaw.com, a web site designed to address issues related to securities fraud and investor protection.

A frequent writer and speaker, Mr. Miller has written many articles on innovative tax and estate planning techniques, including Internationally Defective Irrevocable Trusts, and Keep the Cash - Save the Tax: New Estate Planning Strategy for Installment Sales to "Defective" Trusts. He has also authored many publications and articles on matters pertaining to securities fraud and investor/broker disputes and arbitration including: Elements of a Claim Involving Misrepresentation; Punitive Damages in Securities Arbitration After Mastrobuono; The New NASD Discovery Guide: You Better Get Your Mucklucks Out of the Cornstarch; Beware: Bear Options Bite and the chapter on discovery published in the PLI book Securities Arbitration. He has participated as an instructor for the National Association of Securities Dealers regional and national arbitrator training programs, and has also been a frequent speaker and panelist at various securities, tax and estate planning programs.

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Quotes:

  • 8/26/2011, Bankrate.com - Foreign tax amnesty ends Aug. 31
    Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Kay Bell.
  • 6/2/2011, GigaOM and The New York Times - Web Workers Abroad: Now’s the Time to Disclose Tax Naughtiness
    Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Jessica Stillman.
  • 3/24/2011, Christian Science Monitor - Swiss bank account? Better report it now.
    Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Mary Helen Miller.
  • 3/20/2009, WBZ News Radio 1030 - Interview - WBZ News Radio
    Harry Miller was interviewed by reporter, Mary Blake, about legal issues surrounding taxing AIG bonuses.
    Listen to Interview

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Speaking Engagements:

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Webcast, 1.24.2013
Role: Speaker
Topic: LLCs, Nominee Trusts & Other Real Estate Holding Entities

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American Bar Association's 10th Annual Mediation and Advocacy Skills Institute, 11.15.2012
Location: Hilton Boston Back Bay
Role: Panelist
Topic: Preparing For Mediation

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Burns & Levinson Tax Seminar, 6.6.2012
Location: Burns & Levinson LLP, 125 Summer Street, Boston MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Protecting Foreign Accounts and Assets: What you Need to Know

Financial & Tax Seminar, 3.16.2011
Location: Burns & Levinson LLP, 125 Summer Street, Boston, MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Investment, Tax, and Estate Planning Strategies in a Changing Landscape