William E. Halmkin

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Boston, MA 02109
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William E. Halmkin is a tax and litigation partner in our Boston office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Halmkin was a partner in the Private Client and Business Group at Peabody Arnold LLP. Mr. Halmkin specializes in state tax planning and has extensive experience representing clients before administrative courts, including state and federal tax appeals at all levels. With over 25 years of tax law experience, Mr. Halmkin is a former chief of the Massachusetts Estate Tax Bureau and Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. He is a former faculty member in the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law and member of the State Tax Committee of Associated Industries of Massachusetts (A.I.M.). 

Speaking Engagements

  • Massachusetts Society of CPAs
  • Numerous Bar Association Seminars
  • Numerous Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Seminars

Publications

  • Out-of-State Vendor Can’t be Taxed, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (August 31, 2009)
  • "Massachusetts Taxation & DOR Procedures" (co-author)
  • "Massachusetts Real Estate Lien" (co-author)
  • Numerous Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Publications

Professional & Civic Activities

  • American Bar Association
  • Massachusetts Bar Association
  • Boston Bar Association

News

Practices

Bar & Court Admissions

  • Massachusetts, 1974
  • U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • Supreme Court of the United States

Education

  • LL.M., Taxation, Boston University School of Law, 1983
  • M.S., Bentley College, 1976
  • J.D., Suffolk University School of Law, 1974
  • B.S., Boston University, 1971

Awards & Honors

  • Best Lawyers in America (2010-2013)
  • Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2005-2012)