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Micah Fogarty

Micah Fogarty has spent over fifteen years advocating for small and large business clients, and individual clients. She focuses her practice in the areas of federal, state, and local tax; entity formation, operation, and termination; tax-exempt organizations; premarital agreements; and estate planning. Micah also has experience in the area of civil tax controversies (administrative and litigation) with the Internal Revenue Service, the Florida Department of Revenue, and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Micah received her LL.M. in Taxation and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Florida College of Law where she served as a member of the Florida Law Review. Micah is active in the Tax Section of the Florida Bar and is currently serving as Secretary.

Micah has been involved with the Tampa Museum of Art for over 10 years and is currently serving on the Foundation Board.

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Micah Fogarty

Micah Fogarty

Practice Areas

  • Business Law
  • Tax Law
  • Tax Litigation & Controversy
  • Trusts & Estates

Education

  • University of Florida Levin College of Law, LL.M. in Taxation
  • University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., cum laude
  •      Florida Law Review
  •      Book Awards: White Collar Crime; Land Finance
  • University of Florida, B.A., with honors

Admissions

  • The Florida Bar
  • District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Distinctions

  • Listed, Florida’s Legal Elite, “Up & Comers” category – 2017 Florida Trend Magazine
  • Listed as Top Lawyer in the areas of Tax Law (voted #1 by peers) and Tax Controversy & Litigation (voted #1 by peers), Tampa Bay Magazine, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2011-2013, 2015, 2019
  • Chair’s Special Merit Award, Tax Section of the Florida Bar, 2012 & 2015

Professional Associations

  • The Florida Bar (Tax Section)
    • Secretary (2019 - current)
    • Executive Council Member (2009-Present)
    • Education Division Director (2016-2017)
    • Federal Tax Division Assistant Director (2012-2014)
    • Federal Tax Division Director (2014-2016)
    • New Tax Lawyers Director (2009, 2012)
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association (Tax Section)

Publications & Presentations

  • “Tax Procedure Review for the Board Certification Exam,” Speaker, Florida Bar Tax Section, February 2018 & March, 2019
  • “Introduction to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” Speaker, Florida Bar Tax Section, January 2018
  • “Tax Procedure Review for the Board Certification Exam,” Speaker, Florida Bar Tax Section, February 2017
  • “Navigating IRS Challenges to Conservation Easements,” Author, The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 90, No. 7 (July/August 2016)
  • “Corporate Tax Update,” Speaker, Ullman Year in Review, July 2013
  • “Home Concrete: Supreme Court Makes an Ambiguous Statute Unambiguous,” Author, The Florida Bar Tax Section Bulletin, Spring/Summer 2012
  • “Statute of Limitations and Overstated Basis,” Speaker, Ullman Year in Review, July 2011
  • “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation,” Speaker, Ullman Year in Review, July 2010
  • “Preserving Jury Determination in an Eighth Amendment Analysis,” Author, 55 University of Florida Law Review, 743 (2003)

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