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Harry S. Miller

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3236
Location: Boston, MA
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Practice:

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Experience:

Mr. Miller focuses his practice on tax matters, including corporate and partnership tax matters, international taxation, nonprofit organizations, estate planning, and also stockbroker/customer disputes, investment fraud, securities arbitration and litigation. Prior to joining Burns & Levinson LLP in January 2006, Mr. Miller was a partner with the firm Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP.

Mr. Miller’s extensive tax experience includes international tax, trusts and estates, tax planning for corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and nonprofit organizations, tax planning for mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, hedge funds, joint ventures, tax planning for real estate development, estate planning and tax-oriented investment strategies. He also teaches Gift and Estate Taxation and International Estate Planning in the LL.M Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law.

Mr. Miller also represents investors and individuals nation-wide who believe they have been defrauded by their stockbroker or investment advisor. Mr. Miller is the author of www.securitieslaw.com, a web site designed to address issues related to securities fraud and investor protection.

A frequent writer and speaker, Mr. Miller has written many articles on innovative tax and estate planning techniques, including Internationally Defective Irrevocable Trusts, and Keep the Cash - Save the Tax: New Estate Planning Strategy for Installment Sales to "Defective" Trusts. He has also authored many publications and articles on matters pertaining to securities fraud and investor/broker disputes and arbitration including: Elements of a Claim Involving Misrepresentation; Punitive Damages in Securities Arbitration After Mastrobuono; The New NASD Discovery Guide: You Better Get Your Mucklucks Out of the Cornstarch; Beware: Bear Options Bite and the chapter on discovery published in the PLI book Securities Arbitration. He has participated as an instructor for the National Association of Securities Dealers regional and national arbitrator training programs, and has also been a frequent speaker and panelist at various securities, tax and estate planning programs.

Memberships:

American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association, previously served on the Executive Council, Probate Section
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association

Additional Information:

Mr. Miller teaches an International Estate Planning course for the LL.M Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law.
Mr. Miller is the former chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Brookline, Massachusetts, on which he served for over ten years, and is active in many charitable and community organizations.
While earning his degree at Boston University School of Law, Mr. Miller was the recipient of the American Bar Association Award for Estate Planning.

Education:

J.D., Boston University Law School
Masters of Laws in Taxation, Graduate Tax Program, Boston University Law School
Undergraduate, The Johns Hopkins University

Quotes:

8/26/2011, Bankrate.com - Foreign tax amnesty ends Aug. 31
Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Kay Bell.
6/2/2011, GigaOM and The New York Times - Web Workers Abroad: Now’s the Time to Disclose Tax Naughtiness
Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Jessica Stillman.
3/24/2011, Christian Science Monitor - Swiss bank account? Better report it now.
Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Mary Helen Miller.
3/20/2009, WBZ News Radio 1030 - Interview - WBZ News Radio
Harry Miller was interviewed by reporter, Mary Blake, about legal issues surrounding taxing AIG bonuses.
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3/12/2009, Smart Money Magazine - Is Your Broker Cheating You?
Harry Miller was interviewed in this article.
8/9/2008, Boston Globe - UBS balked at initial amount of fines
Harry Miller was quoted in this article.
7/23/2008, National Public Radio - Interview - NPR Market Place
Harry Miller was interviewed on auction rate securities, MA regulatory action against UBS, the reported imminent action by the NY AG against UBS, and the impact on investors who hold auction rate securities. Read or Listen to Interview
7/17/2008, Boston Globe - Galvin says UBS buyback offer doesn't solve problem
Harry Miller was quoted in this article.
7/3/2008, Boston Globe - State was warned on securities
Harry Miller was mentioned in the article.
7/3/2008, ignites.com - Mass. Warned Before Auction Rate Collapse
Harry Miller was mentioned in this article.
7/1/2007, Chicago Tribune - Enron waves fade, but effects remain
Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Andrew Leckey. The article was also picked up and published by numerous publications and papers around the U.S. such as, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Advocate (Stamford, CT), Greenwich Time, and the Hartford Courant, among others.
4/26/2007, Long Island Business News - Experts: CA will settle Wang dispute
Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Ross Daly.
2/1/2007, On Wall Street Magazine - Spitzer Sues UBS Over Fee-Based Accounts
Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Tony Chapelle.
7/12/2006, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Lawsuit over pension fund settled: Former Harnischfeger employees to split $10.8 million
Harry Miller was quoted in this article by Rick Barrett.
6/29/2006, www.boston.com - Fidelity, others agree to pay $10.8 million to steelworkers union
Harry Miller was mentioned in the article by Ross Kerber.
8/18/2004, Boston Globe - Lawsuits challenge unequal fund fees
Harry Miller was quoted in this article.
8/4/2004, Boston Globe - Fidelity brokerage arm fined $2m
Harry Miller was quoted in this article.
10/17/2003, Boston Globe - Regulator in Mass. Subpoenas Fidelity
Harry Miller was quoted in this article.
4/30/2003, Boston Globe - Pact Fails to Settle Investor Wariness
Harry Miller was quoted in this article.
4/29/2003, Boston Globe - $1.4b Wall St. Settlement Finalized
Harry Miller was quoted in this article.

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Recent Articles and Publications:

New Reporting Obligations If You Have Foreign Financial Assets
Tax Update, March 2012

Special Tax Benefit for Investors in Small Business Stock this Year
Tax Update, September 2011

Hurricane Irene Tax Impact: IRS Extends Partial Amnesty Deadline on Foreign Accounts
Tax Update, August 2011

Undisclosed Foreign Accounts: A Second Chance
Tax Update, February 2011

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Speaking Engagements:

Financial & Tax Seminar, 3.16.2011
Location: Burns & Levinson LLP, 125 Summer Street, Boston, MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Investment, Tax, and Estate Planning Strategies in a Changing Landscape

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Program, 2.12.2009
Role: Panelist
Topic: LLC's, Nominee Trusts & Other Real Estate Holding Entities

Success in Mediation, 4.12.2006
Harry Miller spoke on "Success in Mediation: Timing Strategies and Other Insights" on April 11, 2006. The program was sponsored by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.

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