Donovan Legal PLLC is a tax-first real estate firm. The practice is organized into three areas. Tax moves through a discipline — planning, compliance, controversy. Real Estate moves through a lifecycle — acquisition, ownership, disposition. And Special Counsel is a distinct engagement model: subject-matter expertise delivered to another attorney already leading a matter. The same practitioner carries an engagement across all of it.
Designing the structure and transaction for the after-tax outcome.
Reporting the position correctly — returns and the information-reporting regime.
Defending the position from first notice through Appeals, collection, and court.
Entity, contract, financing, and depreciation posture established before closing.
Governance, leasing, and the operating decisions that drive the after-tax return.
The exit, structured for the net result with deferral planning set in advance.
Tax, valuation, and real estate analysis in high-net-worth divorce — between the forensic accountant and the litigator.
Valuation and tax expertise in will and trust contests and fiduciary litigation.
The after-tax economics of partnership and shareholder disputes.
Taxability and allocation of recoveries — the part that sets the client’s net.
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