Howard L. Richshafer |

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Howard L. Richshafer, Esq. /CPA

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Wood & Lamping, LLP
600 Vine Street, 25th Floor,

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

(513)-852-6000

Email: hlrichshafer@woodlamping.com

Howard is partner in charge of the Tax Controversy Group at the Cincinnati law firm Wood & Lamping, LLP. He has practiced law for over 39 years. He is a licensed Ohio CPA. He has a BBA degree in accounting from the University of Cincinnati, and, received his Juris Doctorate (law) degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He is licensed to practice law in all Ohio courts, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, the 6TH Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Howard’s practice concentrates in civil and criminal tax problems, estate planning and probate, tax court trial work, and general corporate business matters.

From 1968 to 1978, he was a federal agent with the U.S. Treasury Department/IRS. While there, he served in several technical and management positions.

For approximately 39 years, he has taught in the graduate Tax program at the University of Cincinnati. He taught federal Corporate Tax I, II, and III, Federal Estate and Gift Tax, Fiduciary Tax, Consolidated Tax, and IRS Practice and Procedure. Mr. Richshafer currently teaches “Taxation of Business Entities” in the graduate accounting program at UC.

From 1998-2002, the Ohio Supreme Court appointed him the inaugural Chair of the Federal Tax Specialization Board. This Board, comprised of tax lawyers considered experts, certified Ohio lawyers as Federal Tax Specialists.

He served on the Cincinnati Bar Association’s Federal Tax Committee from 1997 to 2002; and served as Committee Chair from 2001 to 2002.

For more than 20 consecutive years, Mr. Richshafer has been included in Woodward & White’s The Best Lawyers in America® under federal taxation, litigation and tax controversies. Woodward & White’s “Best Lawyers in the United States®” named Mr. Richshafer “2013 Cincinnati Litigation & Controversy Tax Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers in America® named Mr. Richshafer the 2014 and 2017 Cincinnati Tax Law “Lawyer of the Year.” The “Tax Lawyer of the Year” honor is made to only a single lawyer in each community’s practice area.

Both Law & Politics Magazine and Cincinnati Magazine selected him an “Ohio Super Lawyer” for the past 15 years. The Cincinnati Business Courier identified him as one of the top lawyers in Southwest Ohio. He’s also included in “Who’s Who in American Law.”

Martindale-Hubbell continuously rates Mr. Richshafer “AV Preeminent,” the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. That rating is the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenuous process managed and monitored by the world’s most trusted legal resource.

He has authored over 100 tax articles including a manual on "Ohio Limited Liability Companies," which he co-authored. His articles have been published in the Journal of Taxation, Ohio Lawyer, and Corporate Controller.

Mr. Richshafer authored a chapter titled “Deductions for Profit-Motivated Activities,” which is part of Lexis-Nexis® online Federal Tax Research Library.

In May 2017, the Dean of the Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati awarded the “2017 Outstanding Professor in Accounting and Tax” award to Mr. Richshafer for more than 35 years as an adjunct professor in the graduate tax programs.

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