WILLIAM BRICKER PLLC
About Us
William Bricker PLLC is a boutique law firm providing the highest level of service to a diverse clientele of high net worth individuals, business enterprises and charities. The firm is headed by William L. Bricker Jr., Managing Partner, who has practiced, lectured and taught tax law and previously was a partner in a major international New York City law firm for more than thirty years. He specializes in the U.S., international and state taxation of both individuals and businesses, including planning and negotiating cross-border investments and acquisitions, advising clients in structuring their income and estate tax plans, and representing clients in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.
Mr. Bricker is joined by outstanding, experienced tax lawyers, including a tenured tax law school professor who is counsel to the firm and with whom he has practiced for almost twenty years. Together, the two continue a tax controversy practice that has been one of their unique specialties.
William L. Bricker, Jr.
Managing Partner
William L. Bricker, Jr., Managing Partner, specializes in the fields of federal, state and international taxation, and international investments and acquisitions. Mr. Bricker has extensive experience in both domestic and international tax matters. For more than thirty years, he was a tax partner in a major New York-based international law firm. Mr. Bricker has been a frequent speaker at international tax programs throughout the United States and Europe. He has authored numerous tax articles and has served as a director or executive committee member of numerous professional organizations.
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American Bar Association
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New York State Bar Association
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International Fiscal Association
Linda Galler
Of Counsel
Linda Galler is a Distinguished Professor of Law at a New York area law school, teaching courses in individual income taxation, corporate taxation, international taxation, tax policy and ethics in federal tax practice. She founded and directs a low income taxpayer clinic in which law students represent low income taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authority. Ms. Galler has over thirty years of experience practicing law and counseling law firms in New York City in the areas of international taxation, corporate taxation, administrative practice, and court procedure. She is a frequent speaker on tax ethics and is the lead author of Regulation of Tax Practice, published by Carolina Academic Press. Ms. Galler has chaired the Standards of the Tax Practice Committee and the Teaching Taxation Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation.
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American Bar Association
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American Tax Policy Institute
John F. Bricker
Of Counsel
John F. Bricker specializes in corporate and finance transactions including the origination, modification and restructuring of balance sheet and securitized commercial debt, both senior and mezzanine loans. He has represented borrowers and lenders in both private and capital markets transactions. John has more than thirty years of private practice experience in addition to in-house experience with a major New York-based international investment banking firm.
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New York State Bar Association
Daniel J. King
Director of Operations, Senior Paralegal
Daniel J. King is a Senior Paralegal at William Bricker PLLC. Daniel provides legal and administrative support on a variety of different matters with focuses on corporate compliance, estate planning, cross-border transactions, tax controversy and real estate. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, Daniel has a strong connection to his Appalachian roots. Outside of the office, Daniel is a Professional Opera singer (tenor) specializing in Baroque and Classical Repertoire, German Lieder and Art Song.
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M.M., Carnegie Mellon University
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B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music