Richard A. Sporn

Of Counsel

Richard Sporn is a highly experienced tax attorney. Richard assists clients with complex income and estate tax planning, tax audits and other tax proceedings. He has been rated as “AV-Preeminent” by Martindale Hubbell, and was named as one of Avenue magazine’s “Legal Elite” in Tax Law and Trust and Estates Law. Richard joined the Firm as Counsel after serving as Of Counsel to Gerald & Lawrence Blumberg LLP since 1979.

Education

New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation)
Temple University School of Law (J.D.)
University of Southern California (B.A., magna cum laude)

Admissions

New York
Pennsylvania
Florida
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
U.S. Tax Court

Memberships

Corporate Angel Network, Inc. (Former Director)

Speaking Engagements & Publications

How to Avoid Usury Problems in Sales of Business Purpose Goods, The Practical Lawyer, 1979.

Reported Cases

Greene v. U.S., 806 F. Supp. 1165, 93-1 USTC 50,033 (S.D.N.Y. 1993) affirmed Greene v. U.S., 13 F.3d 577 (2^nd Cir. 1994).