3 new tax partners announced at Dorseys

Global law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP has announced that 17 attorneys have been named new partners in the firm, effective January 1, 2007.

Sonny Miller, based in the Minneapolis office, is to become a partbner in the Tax, Trust and Estates group. Here is his bio:

Sonny F. Miller is a senior associate in the Tax, Trusts and Estates Group and is also a member of the Trusts and Estates Litigation Group. His practice is focused on serving high net-worth individuals and families, closely-held business owners and executives, corporate fiduciaries, and charitable organizations, in the areas of sophisticated estate and income tax planning, trust and estate administration, trust and estate litigation, and creditor protection. With respect to tax controversies, Sonny represents taxpayers in front of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with estate and gift tax valuations and audits. Sonny also has significant experience in assisting clients with charitable and international estate planning issues.

In London office two tax litigators have also been made up:

Liesl Fichardt is a tax litigator and corporate tax advisor. She is a former judge of the High Court of South Africa and former chair of the South African Tax Board. She has been actively involved in Dorsey’s GLO litigation against the Inland Revenue pending before the English courts and the European Court of Justice.

Mitchell Moss is a tax litigator, with special expertise and experience in VAT litigation. He represents Dorsey clients, particularly from the financial services and automotive industries, in disputes with HM Revenue & Customs at all levels of the judicial system.