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Steven M. Carr
Steven M. Carr is an associate at Pabian & Russell, LLC, concentrating in the areas of estate planning,
income tax planning and tax controversies. Prior to joining Pabian & Russell, Steve was an associate at
Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer, LLP where he specialized in estate planning, income tax planning and tax controversies.
Previously, Steve was a Senior Attorney with the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel.
While at the IRS, he litigated numerous United States Tax Court cases, including several trials,
of which Mourad v. Commissioner, 121 T.C. No. 1 (July 2003) and Simanonok v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2002-66 (March 2002)
resulted in published opinions.
He served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, representing the IRS in matters before the United States Bankruptcy Court.
Steve also advised and trained Revenue Agents and Revenue Officers with respect to issues of tax law and IRS procedure.
Prior to his service at the Internal Revenue Service, Steve was a Senior Tax Consultant in the Boston office of Deloitte & Touche,
where he advised clients with regard to issues of income and estate taxation.
He also co-authored "The Federal Tax Implications of Choice of Entity",
a chapter in the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education publication entitled Starting Up and Advising and Emerging Massachusetts Business.
Steve is a 1992 graduate of Union College and received his Juris Doctor in 1996, cum laude,
from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law in 2001.
Steve is admitted to practice before the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United States Federal District Court of Massachusetts and the United States Tax Court.
He also is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Estate Planning Council.