Robert E. Meldman is Of Counsel in the firm's Tax, Business Law and International Practices. Bob is respected by his peers and opponents alike as the "dean of tax law." He has built a reputation as a superb litigating tax attorney, comfortable both in the courtroom and across the negotiating table. He is also one of the very few tax attorneys to have argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

He is an experienced teacher, having served as an adjunct professor of law at Marquette University Law School and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. For more than 30 years, he also served as an adjunct professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Master of Taxation program and was named an executive in residence to the Deloitte & Touche Center for multistate taxation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Many tax professionals in the state have benefited from taking Bob's courses. He has also been a mentor to young professionals who have practiced with him, encouraging them to aspire to excellence in the practice of law. 

Representative Matters and Experience

• Presenting both nationally and internationally to professional and business audiences on a range of topical tax issues
• Counseling on the tax aspects of general, domestic and international business transactions and tax controversies
• Serving as counsel to tax professionals, including accountants and attorneys, on civil and criminal tax litigation

Accolades

• Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers
• Best Lawyers in America, America's Leading Business Lawyers (Tax Law)
• Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the World (for the past 25 years)
• Recipient of the 1992 Outstanding Tax Professional Award presented by Corporate Report Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tax Association

 Affiliations/Memberships

• State Bar of Wisconsin (former chair of the Taxation Section)
• State Bar of Florida
• State Bar of Colorado
• Milwaukee Bar Association (former chair of the Taxation Section)
• The International Bar Association
• The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (deputy chair of the Business Law Section; chair of the Business Law Section Standing Committee on Taxation)
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Low Income Taxpayer clinic (LITC), a program offering low income taxpayers free representation in tax controversies with the Internal Revenue Service (Executive Director)
• Federal Defenders Program for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (emeritus panel)

Education

• J.D., Marquette University Law School
• LL.M., New York University (Taxation)
• B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison