Best Tax Lawyer in Arkansas
CLINTON DEWITT
Tax Audit Lawyer
Clinton DeWitt specializes in federal and state criminal defense and litigation. Clinton has extensive experience in the courtroom and has served as lead counsel in many jury and bench trials. Clinton serves his clients by developing each case with great care and detail to best prepare for trial. Effective trial preparation results in the best resolution for every case, whether that be a negotiated deal or submission of the case to a jury or judge.
Clinton has represented numerous clients in criminal and civil litigation, including IRS tax investigations, arbitration, medical board complaints, and white collar criminal investigations. Clinton offers clients years of experience in the defense of complex litigation. He routinely represents clients in disputes with government, businesses, and regulatory entities. Clinton also serves as special conflict counsel for the Arkansas Public Defender Commission. Clinton is a member of the Arkansas Associate of Criminal Defense Attorneys and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
A native of Arkadelphia, Clinton now lives in Little Rock with his wife and four children. He attended Ouachita Baptist University, where he played football and was a ROTC cadet. Clinton earned his law degree with high honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
JOSEPH D. REECE
Tax Audit Lawyer
Joseph D. Reece is a highly experienced attorney and a founding member of RMP Law, with over 22 years of experience in practicing law. A native of Northwest Arkansas, he graduated from the University of the Ozarks with a degree in Accounting. He later obtained his law degree from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and a Master of Laws degree in Estate Planning and Taxation from the University of Miami.
Joseph focuses his practice on representing businesses and families in Northwest Arkansas in estate planning, tax planning, and business matters. He is a past member of the University of the Ozarks Board of Trustees and has been recognized for his outstanding legal expertise, receiving the Lawyer of the Year award in the Tax Law section of the Best Lawyers in America in 2020, and the Trust and Estates section of the Best Lawyers in America from 2018-2022. Joseph has also been included in the Estate Planning and Probate section of Mid-South Super Lawyers from 2019-2022.
Joseph’s wealth of legal knowledge and experience, combined with his dedication to his clients, have earned him a reputation as one of the top attorneys in his field. He is committed to providing his clients with the highest level of legal representation, ensuring their legal needs are met with the utmost care and attention.
Carrie Russom Quraishi
Tax Audit Lawyer
Carrie Russom Quraishi, JD, CAPP is the principal of Quraishi Law Firm & Wealth Management located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and serving clients nationwide. Her practice is focused on guiding clients through the complicated and often confusing maze of balancing family protection, wealth building, and preservation of cherished family values in the planning process.
Carrie is dedicated to using her wealth of experience, mastery of the law, and commitment to a client-first approach to help successful families and small business owners create an integrated financial, legal, and life plan to protect what matters most. She believes that proper estate and wealth planning can bring wisdom and insight to the planning process that can fundamentally change the trajectory of families for generations to come.
Carrie’s areas of practice include proactive tax planning, financial/investment planning, estate planning, elder law, probate and trust administration, estate and trust taxation, charitable and not-for-profit planning, business succession, wealth preservation planning, and special needs planning.
Stephen W. Butler
Tax Audit Lawyer
Stephen (“Steve”) W. Butler is currently senior partner in the transactional sections for Miller, Butler, Schneider, Pawlik & Rozzell, PLLC. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He primarily concentrates his practice on Business and Commercial Law, Tax Law, and Estate Planning.
Steve’s office is located in our downtown Roger’s location. He has represented cases in The United States Tax Court, and The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Steve is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association Probate and Trust Section, the Arkansas Bar Association Taxation Section, and the American Association of Attorney- Certified Public Accountants.
Steve has experience in small business transactions, including governance, business acquisitions and selling opportunities, succession planning, as well as estate and gift planning, taxation law, tax planning, tax preparation, and tax litigation.
As a long-standing citizen of Arkansas and graduate of the University of Arkansas, Steve enjoys cheering on the Razorbacks. He is a member of Cross Church and loves to spend his free time traveling and attending sporting events with his family.
NEIL DEININGER
Tax Audit Lawyer
Neil Deininger began representing clients before the IRS in 1979 as a Certified Public Accountant. Neil has been practicing tax law in Central Arkansas since his graduation from the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law in 1983.
In 1987, Neil started a solo practice emphasizing tax disputes and collection matters. Neil has handled IRS problems for nearly forty years.
Neil has taught numerous courses on tax collection matters to attorneys, accountants, law students, realtors, title companies, and other professionals who benefit from his areas of expertise both in Arkansas and nationally. In addition, Neil has authored numerous articles in his areas of expertise, including the preeminent authority on IRS Collection Due Process rights.
*Named among the 2020 Legal Elite by Arkansas Money and Politics
Education
UALR William H. Bowen School of Law
J.D., with an Emphasis in Taxation, 1983
University of Delaware
B.S., Accounting, 1978
Cumberland County College
A.A., Business Administration, 1976
