About Alvah Lavar
Alvah Lavar Taylor is an attorney specializing in tax law, with extensive experience in both civil and criminal tax controversies. He was admitted to the State Bar of California on July 9, 1987, and is currently a managing partner at Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP. His practice encompasses a variety of tax-related matters, including federal and state taxation, employment tax, tax litigation, and the tax aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency.
Taylor earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1978. He then attended Georgetown University Law Center, where he graduated magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree in 1981. His academic background has provided a strong foundation for his legal career.
Throughout his career, Taylor has focused on civil and criminal tax controversies, handling cases at various legal stages, including negotiations, litigation, trials, and appeals. He has been admitted to practice before multiple courts, including the California State Courts, several U.S. District Courts in California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Tax Court.
Taylor has held several notable positions, including serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Central District of California from 1987 to 1989 and as a Senior Trial Attorney for the Internal Revenue Service from 1984 to 1987. He has also been an adjunct professor of law at Chapman University School of Law since 2004, teaching Federal Tax Procedure, and was an inaugural member of the adjunct faculty in the Tax LLM Program at the University of California, Irvine.
In recognition of his contributions to the field, Taylor was included in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law and received the V. Judson Klein Award from the State Bar of California in 2004. He has been active in professional associations, serving as a past chair of the Taxation Section and participating in various committees within the State Bar of California, as well as being a member of the Orange County and American Bar Associations.
