Steven L. Walker
Steven L. Walker
Attorney
(408) 828-9989
Practice Areas
- Tax Controversy and Litigation
- Bankruptcy
- Trusts and Estates
Bar Admissions
- California
- Washington
Government & Prior Experience
- Former IRS Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel
- California Franchise Tax Board
- Former Associate General Counsel, Silicon Valley Company
- Former Partner, international law firm, Palo Alto, California
Education
- LL.M. (Taxation), University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1993
- J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1992
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of California-Davis, 1989
Overview
Steven L. Walker is a former IRS Trial Attorney at the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, where he furnished legal advice and representation to the IRS on all matters relating to the administration and enforcement of the Internal Revenue laws, including audits, administrative appeals, collections and federal and state litigation. Mr. Walker also worked at the California Franchise Tax Board. He is admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court, has 18 civil tax trials and 13 published United States Tax Court cases, and is a recipient of the IRS Special Act Award.
Mr. Walker is actively involved in the legal community. He is the Chair of the Taxation Section, Santa Clara County Bar Association, and the Past Chair of the Corporate and Pass-through Committee of the Taxation Section, State Bar of California.
Mr. Walker was invited to Washington D.C. in 2010 by the Taxation Section, State Bar of California, to present a position paper regarding a significant tax issue facing businesses in California. The paper proposed needed relief for California businesses and was presented to the Internal Revenue Service, United States Treasury Department, U.S. Tax Court, and Congressional personnel.
On June 1, 2010, The Board of Governors of the State Bar of California appointed Mr. Walker to the State Bar’s Taxation Section Executive Committee. The term of the appointement is effective September 26, 2010, and expires at the close of the 2013 State Bar Annual Meeting.
Mr. Walker is a former partner of a major international law firm in Palo Alto, California, and former Associate General Counsel of a publicly-traded Silicon Valley company.
Cases
Mr. Walker has substantial tax litigation experience. See list of published United States Tax Court cases here.
Courts
- United States Tax Court
- Supreme Court of the State of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
Memberships
- State Bar of California
- Taxation Section, State Bar of California
- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- San Francisco Bar Association
- San Francisco Tax Litigation Club