Profile: Thomas J Stalzer

Aviation

Biography: Aviation

Mr Thomas J Stalzer is a partner in the corporate and tax sections of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Mr Stalzer has represented persons engaged in corporate and commercial aviation since 1983. Mr Stalzer specialises in handling all legal aspects associated with corporate aviation, including contract preparation and negotiations, FAA regulatory advice and compliance, and federal, state and local tax advice and compliance. He represents sellers, purchasers, financing sources and others in connection with the sale, purchase, exchange, lease and financing of jet and turboprop aircraft. His work includes forward and reverse exchange transactions, synthetic lease and other financing structures, and fractional interest transactions with all of the major programme managers.

Mr Stalzer is a former lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service. Mr Stalzer's represents taxpayers in tax controversy matters before the IRS and the US Tax Court. He is a member of the US NBAA federal and state tax committees.

Mr Stalzer is a 1977 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. In addition, he holds a master's degree in Taxation from Emory University (1986), and an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Akron (1974).