More than "just" a lawyer

I handle construction and partnership litigation, and I advise small and middle-market companies on tax-sensitive transactions that often sit underneath those fights.

A large part of my practice is still the courtroom work: construction disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, and commercial litigation for operating companies. I have been lead counsel on Seventh Circuit appeals and federal litigation matters, more than 1,000 state-court cases, and 2,000-plus administrative hearings nationwide. I also serve as a chief arbitrator in the Cook County and Lake County mandatory arbitration programs.

My tax work includes sales and use tax projects, Section 48 solar investment tax credit matters, and Employee Retention Credit litigation for small businesses. I use that tax background in partnership buyouts, construction and project-company deals, credit documentation, and the disputes that follow when the economics and the tax allocation no longer match.

I am Co-Managing Partner of Rifkind Patrick LLC, which I co-founded in 2015. Clients use me as trial counsel, transactional counsel, and outside general counsel for companies in Chicago, New York, and internationally.

I work well with CPAs and national firms that need counsel on construction and partnership disputes, and on the state tax, energy-credit, and pass-through issues that come with those matters.