Paul Topolka Joins Nexsen Pruet; Expands Tax Practice Group

Paul G. Topolka has joined the Greensboro office of Nexsen Pruet as Special Counsel and will work in the tax practice group.

Topolka has extensive tax controversy experience, and has litigated numerous cases before the United States Tax Court.  He also specializes in IRS procedural and dispute resolution.

Previously, he worked as a senior manager in KPMG’s Tax Controversy Services practice.  Prior to that, he was the District Counsel for the North-South Carolina District of the Internal Revenue Service.  While with the IRS, he served as Chief Legal Advisor for the District Director and the Chiefs of Appeals, Criminal Investigation, Collection, and Examination divisions.

“Paul combines broad tax skills with a deep background in an area that is extremely important to our clients,” said board member David Senter of Nexsen Pruet’s Greensboro office. “His tax controversy experience broadens our platform to better serve our client base in the Triad and throughout the Southeast.”

Topolka has lectured on a wide variety of subjects before the Tax Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Association of CPAs and other professional groups. He has also been part of the instructor cadre for Chief Counsel’s Trial Attorney Program and Brief Writing Program.

Topolka earned his undergraduate degree from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and his law degree from Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana. He is a member of the Tax Sections of the North Carolina Bar Association and the American Bar Association and serves on the North Carolina Bar Association’s Tax Council .

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C. Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.  For further information, see www.nexsenpruet.com.

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