Mark H. Westlake
Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC
Recognized since 2011
Nashville, Tennessee
Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Tax Law
Mark Westlake works with entrepreneurs, individuals and businesses to minimize their state and federal tax liabilities. In the area of business tax counseling, Mark advises clients to effectively organize and establish entities where tax burdens are a principal concern. He also represents these clients in structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing transactions that are sensitive to tax ramifications.
Mark is regularly called upon to resolve tax controversies of all sizes and levels of complexity. His experience in defending clients against the Internal Revenue Service ranges from audit defense and tax and refund litigation, to the navigation of complex tax challenges pertaining to bankruptcy. Mark is involved in tax collection defense, and has negotiated and documented Offers in Compromise to settle tax liabilities, provided bankruptcy consultations to discharge tax obligations, as well as negotiated both full and partial payment installment agreements to avoid levies or other enforced collection actions.
Mark has resolved tax disputes before state and federal courts and before the United States Tax Court. He consistently fosters and maintains contacts with government officials, and is active in the Tax Sections of the American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations.
- E-mail: mwestlake@gsrm.com
- Direct Phone Number: 615-244-4994
- Phone Number: 615-244-4994
- Lawyer Page: https://www.gsrm.com/attorney/mark-h-westlake/
- 150 Third Avenue South, Suite 1700
Nashville, TN 37201
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., graduated 1977
- Wittenberg University, B.A., graduated 1973
- Tennessee, 1978
- American Bar Association - Tax Section, Court Procedure and Teaching Tax Committees
- Martha O’Bryan Foundation - Founding Trustee
- Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia - Past Member, Board of Trustees
- Nashville Bar Association - Past Chair, Tax Committee; Past Treasurer; Past Chair, Pro Bono Program; Past Chair, Pro Bono Program; Founding Board Member, Lawyer Health and Wellness Committee
- Nashville School of Law - Taxation Instructor
- Tennessee Bar Association - Past Treasurer; Past Special Tax Counsel
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Federal District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- United States Tax Court
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- Circuit and Chancery Courts for Davidson County, Tennessee
16 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
8 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Nashville (2017)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
- Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated
- Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers in Estate Planning & Probate
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