Closely Held Business Practice

Mark Coulson, Ray Parker, Tony Tedesco and Richard DiFrischia  lead the firm's regional and national business practice, which includes representation of closely held businesses, private equity firms, nonprofit organizations and other organizations involved in the acquisition and disposition of business entities, business assets and commercial real estate.  The firm is known for its tax, securities and business expertise in structuring such transactions, with deep insight into the impact of such structuring upon the individual participants involved in such transactions.  Although most large law firms offer routine corporate services, Williams Coulson is unique because all of its business attorneys possesses a sophisticated knowledge of tax law that enables them to seamlessly integrate tax planning into their business practice. Read More

Estate Planning & Trusts

The attorneys of Williams Coulson are highly renowned for their sophisticated estate planning and trust practice which focuses on the needs of high net worth clients and family-owed businesses.  Working closely with private wealth advisors and other professionals, providing comprehensive service to private clients is a priority for Williams Coulson.  Read More

Employee Benefits & Retirement

Michael E. Lloyd is one of the founding partners of Williams Coulson and the head of its Employee Benefits & Retirement Department which concentrates on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and retirement and tax planning for employers and individuals.  Mr. Lloyd is highly regarded as a national expert on retirement planning matters. Read More

Fiduciary Litigation

Dan Johnson, Mary Jo Corsetti, Mike Lloyd, Richard F. Rinaldo direct the firm’s Fiduciary Litigation Practice. The Fiduciary Litigation group helpstrustees, executors, guardians and beneficiaries resolve a broad range of estate and trust disputes, many of which involve complex and sophisticated legal and tax issues. Our practitioners also represent employers, investment managers and other fiduciaries with respect to their ERISA-based duties to plan beneficiaries. Read More

Tax Controversy

In each and every case, the goal of our Tax Controversy and Litigation Group is to resolve the client’s tax dispute as quickly and as advantageously as possible.  With that goal in mind, the members of the Williams Coulson Tax Controversy and Litigation Group deal regularly with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Treasury Department, the Department of Justice, and state and local taxing authorities in resolving tax disputes.  When necessary, our attorneys also litigate tax disputes in the U.S. Tax Court, the Court of Federal Claims, and federal district and appellate courts and their state counterparts. Read More

Civil Trial & Appellate Litigation

Richard F. Rinaldo serves as the firm’s Chair of Trial and Appellate Litigation.  Mr. Rinaldo’s practice is concentrated in a broad range of civil litigation, including both trial and appellate practice.  Mr. Rinaldo has thirty years of representing corporate, municipal and individual clients as both plaintiffs and defendants in major commercial, trade secret, class action, unfair competition, intellectual property and municipal authority litigation. Read More

State and Local Taxes

Jeff Kessel leads our state and local tax area.  Jeff has extensive experience in all aspects of state and local tax including income, franchise, sales and use taxes. Read More