Miriam L. Fisher J.D.
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Ms. Fisher has an active tax litigation practice in federal and state trial and appellate courts, where she successfully represents US and foreign businesses, non-profits and individuals in disputes involving a wide variety of complex tax matters. At the examination and appeals stages of tax controversies, Ms. Fisher achieves client goals through good communication, strong substantive and procedural expertise, innovative, resolution-oriented strategies and litigation preparedness.
Ms. Fisher also handles sensitive tax matters involving allegations of fraud and potential criminal tax charges. She has helped clients avoid severe civil penalties and criminal prosecution, and she regularly advises on voluntary disclosure of domestic and offshore filing errors, assisting taxpayers to return to full compliance.
Ms. Fisher has served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General of the US Dept of Justice Tax Division, as Chair of the DC Bar Tax Section, as a Council Director and Committee Chair of the ABA Section of Taxation, and as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Tax program at Georgtown University School of Law. Chambers ranks her in Band 1 Nationwide for both Tax Controversy and Tax Fraud, and she was recently named Best in Tax Dispute Resolution at EuroMoney Legal Media's Americas Women in Business Law Awards.
Ms. Fisher also handles sensitive tax matters involving allegations of fraud and potential criminal tax charges. She has helped clients avoid severe civil penalties and criminal prosecution, and she regularly advises on voluntary disclosure of domestic and offshore filing errors, assisting taxpayers to return to full compliance.
Ms. Fisher has served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General of the US Dept of Justice Tax Division, as Chair of the DC Bar Tax Section, as a Council Director and Committee Chair of the ABA Section of Taxation, and as an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Tax program at Georgtown University School of Law. Chambers ranks her in Band 1 Nationwide for both Tax Controversy and Tax Fraud, and she was recently named Best in Tax Dispute Resolution at EuroMoney Legal Media's Americas Women in Business Law Awards.