About Neil Andrew
Neil Andrew Stein built a foundation in numbers before he ever set foot in a courtroom. He earned a B.B.A. in accounting and economics from Temple University in 1980, and then stayed in Philadelphia to study law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1983. He later returned to Beasley School of Law for an LL.M. in taxation, completing that advanced study in 1988. The combination of accounting and tax law shaped his early professional interests.
He moved into public service immediately after law school, clerking in 1983 for the president judge of the Tax Court of New Jersey. That experience put him inside the tax adjudication process and exposed him to the practical mechanics of tax litigation and procedure. He spent the following year as an associate at Garfinkel & Volpicelli, where he handled client work that drew on both his accounting background and his emerging legal training.
In 1985 he helped found Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, PC. He has been a shareholder there since the firm’s earliest days. Over decades at the firm he has handled matters that intersect business and taxation—advising companies, representing taxpayers in disputes, and working on transactional questions where tax consequences matter. His practice has involved counsel before state and federal tax authorities as well as in court when disputes reach litigation.
Colleagues describe Stein as methodical and detail oriented. He applies accounting principles to legal problems rather than treating them as separate disciplines. That approach dates back to his undergraduate study and surfaces in his handling of complex tax computations, corporate-level planning, and estate-related tax issues. He is admitted to practice in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania and has developed a client base that spans the two states.
After more than four decades in practice, Stein continues to work at the firm he co-founded. He divides his time among advisory work, dispute resolution, and transactional matters where tax consequences are a central concern. He is currently a shareholder at Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, PC, and maintains a practice concentrating on tax law and business-related tax issues.
