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2333 Ponce de Leon suite 314, Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA

Alexandra A. Garvin is a civil tax defense attorney in Coral Gables, Florida, where she heads that practice at David M. Garvin, P.A. Her office is in Suite 314 of the Colonnade Hotel on Ponce de Leon Boulevard. David M. Garvin heads the firm’s criminal defense practice. On the civil side, the firm describes work in several settings: the United States Tax Court, federal district court and the IRS Independent Office of Appeals. Its district court work includes litigation over temporary and permanent injunctions. The firm also lists civil tax investigations, collection matters, offers in compromise and Voluntary Disclosure Program matters among its services. Garvin earned two undergraduate degrees at the University of Miami, one in science and one in business, graduating magna cum laude. Her legal education was at Miami as well. She graduated from its law school in 2021; her firm biography notes magna cum laude honors and Dean’s List recognition in every year of law school. She also received a Dean’s Merit Scholarship. Admitted to the Florida Bar on April 20, 2022, Garvin is listed under her full name, Alexandra Arlene Garvin, with bar number 1035590. Her Bar profile identifies her as eligible to practice and in good standing. It lists English and Spanish as her languages, along with Tax and Young Lawyers section memberships.

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Gerald Donnini

Gerald Donnini

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Tax Law

100 W Cypress Creek Rd., 930, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

Gerald "Jerry" Donnini II is a partner of the Law Offices of Moffa, Sutton, & Donnini, P.A. Mr. Donnini concentrates in the area of Florida and Federal tax matters, with a heavy emphasis on the tobacco, convenience store and petroleum industries . He also handles a myriad of multi-state state and local tax issues. Mr. Donnini is a co-author for CCH’s Expert Treatise Library: State Sales and Us Tax and writes extensively on multi-state tax issues for SalesTaxSupport.com. Mr. Donnini also regularly represents cigarette, beverage, and tobacco distributors against the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco in connection with refund claims and audit defense. While at Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, Mr. Donnini was the Notes and Comments Editor of Nova Law Review and Vice President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Prior to attending law school at Nova in 2008, Jerry was an accountant for National Retail Properties, Inc.

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James H. Sutton, Jr.

James H. Sutton, Jr.

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Tax Law

8875 Hidden River Pkwy suite 110, Tampa, FL 33637, USA

James H. Sutton, Jr is both an attorney and CPA and a Shareholder of the firm. James concentrates in the area of Florida tax matters, with an almost exclusive focus on Florida Sales and Use Tax. He joined the firm in 2011 and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1994 and a licensed member of the Florida Bar since 1998. Mr. Sutton has 30+ years of experience working in Federal tax as well as State and Local Tax ("SALT"), including Arthur Andersen and a tax consulting firm handling a wide variety of state tax planning and consulting work for Fortune 1,000 companies. Since 2002, Mr. Sutton has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law teaching State and Local Tax, Accounting for Lawyers, and Federal Income Tax I and also at Boston University College of Law's LLM of Taxation program teaching Sales and Use Tax. Mr. Sutton ventured into the realm of construction as part owner, CFO, and in-house counsel for two construction companies, one residential and one commercial, giving him the opportunity to experience the "big picture" with all aspects of business and an improved ability to see things from a business owner's perspective. Mr. Sutton is also the State and Local Tax Chairman of the American Academy of Attorney - Certified Public Accounts and now dedicates his time defending companies and individuals against the aggressive tactics of the Florida Department of Revenue. Mr. Sutton has been quoted in the news by Fox News Tampa Bay, Daily Business Review, Law360, Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report, State Tax Notes, & Tampa Bay Business Journal.

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Ronald Marini

Tax Law

8950 SW. 74th Court, 1811, Miami, FL 33156

Ronald A. Marini practices tax law in Miami, where he is managing partner of Marini & Associates, P.A. He represents taxpayers in IRS audits, appeals and collection matters, as well as before the U.S. Tax Court. Both domestic and international tax matters are part of his practice. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies, non-U.S. businesses and high-net-worth individuals. Before establishing Marini & Associates, Marini worked in Arthur Andersen & Co.’s Miami office; the accounting firm's worldwide directory identified him as an international tax specialist. His education began with an accounting degree from Villanova University in 1979, followed by a law degree there in 1982. In 1985, he completed an LL.M. in taxation at the University of Miami School of Law. Cross-border investment advice is another part of Marini's work, covering real estate and business activities for foreign and domestic clients. He forms and oversees international corporate and trust structures and implements international reorganizations. Offshore trust drafting, U.S. fiscal information reporting, voluntary disclosures and withholding tax also fall within his practice. Outside those matters, his writing and lecturing have included articles and books, among them “U.S. Portfolio Investments” in CCH International Tax Commentaries. He can transact business in English and Italian. Marini's Florida Bar profile lists him as eligible to practice and in good standing. It also lists admissions to the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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