McCarter & English Welcomes Eminent Boston Tax Lawyer as Partner

Eminent state and local tax attorney Philip S. Olsen has joined the Boston office of McCarter & English LLP as a partner.

Mr. Olsen is past chair of both the Massachusetts Bar Association’s State and Local Tax Committee and the Boston Bar Association’s Tax Controversies Committee. Formerly a senior counsel in the Boston office of Holland & Knight LLP, he has represented clients in major tax controversies in numerous state administrative boards and superior courts, as well as state appeals and supreme courts.

Mr. Olsen served as law clerk for the Judicial Council of Massachusetts from 1983 to 1990 and was a Senior Trial Counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue from 1992 to 1998, where he litigated major tax cases before the Appellate Tax Board, Superior Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

McCarter & English, established more than 160 years ago, represents Fortune 500 and mid-cap companies in their national, regional and local litigation and on important transactions. Besides Boston, its 400 attorneys are based in offices in Baltimore; Boston; Hartford; New York; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia; Stamford, CT; and Wilmington, DE.