Wayne D. Roberts
Recognized since 2013
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Tax Law
Wayne Roberts is the co-chair of Bodman’s Business Tax Group. His practice is focused on corporate, business and individual tax planning and federal, state and local tax controversies.
He has been a recognized state and local tax (SALT) lawyer for more than 20 years. He has been involved in a majority of the significant legislative, administrative and case law developments that have taken place in Michigan taxation.His broad tax practice includes all aspects of federal and state tax planning, structuring, and tax litigation. He has represented both closely-held and publicly traded companies in transactional tax matters, including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and dispositions. He has also represented numerous businesses and individuals in tax disputes with the IRS, the Michigan Department of Treasury and revenue departments in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, New York, California and several other state and local taxing jurisdictions.
His broad tax practice includes all aspects of federal and state tax planning, structuring, and tax litigation. He has represented both closely-held and publicly traded companies in transactional tax matters, including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and dispositions. He has also represented numerous businesses and individuals in tax disputes with the IRS, the Michigan Department of Treasury and revenue departments in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, New York, California and several other state and local taxing jurisdictions.
Wayne was a founding member of the task force that created the Michigan Tax Conference, an annual event that is the largest tax conference in the state of Michigan for local state and national tax professionals. Before becoming an attorney, He worked as a CPA with international public accounting firms, focusing on federal, state, local, and international tax.
- E-mail: wroberts@bodmanlaw.com
- Direct Phone Number: 616-205-1872
- Lawyer Page: https://www.bodmanlaw.com/attorneys/wayne-d-roberts
- 99 Monroe Avenue, NW, Suite 300
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 - 201 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 500
Troy, MI 48084
- The Ohio State University, J.D., graduated 2001
- Grand Valley State University, M.S.
- Western Michigan University, B.B.A.
- Michigan, The Supreme Court
- Ohio, The Supreme Court
- United States, Tax Court
- Michigan, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
72 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
21 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Grand Rapids (2025)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Grand Rapids (2023)
- Tax Law, Grand Rapids (2023)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Grand Rapids (2022)
- Tax Law, Grand Rapids (2021)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Grand Rapids (2017)
- Tax Law, Grand Rapids (2017)
- Tax Law, Grand Rapids (2014)
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Tax Law
- State Bar of Michigan Taxation Section L. Hart Wright Service Award Recipient, 2015
- Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers, 2014
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, Litigation & Controversy ? Tax and Tax Law, since 2013
- Michigan State Bar Foundation, Fellow, admitted 2012
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