Professionals Directory Michael Duke Savage

Introduction

Michael Savage is of counsel in the Corporate and Securities Department.

Experience

Mr. Savage provides tax planning and acquisitions advice to U.S. taxpayers investing abroad and to foreign companies investing in the U.S.  He also works with our Corporate and Securities Department in analyzing the tax consequences of corporate reorganizations and in advising companies on complying with tax disclosure requirements in SEC registration statements. Additionally, he represents companies and individuals before the Internal Revenue Service in complex audits. Mr. Savage also advises foreign financial institutions on complying with U.S. securities laws governing foreign investment advisers.

Until 2012, Mr. Savage was a senior partner in the New York firm of Gersten Savage, LLP. He has been admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth and Ninth Circuits.

Mr. Savage is the author of “Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Taxes But Didn’t Know How To Ask” (Dial Press), “Good News/Bad News — A Tax Reform Guide” (Workman Press), and “Don’t Let the IRS Destroy Your Small Business” (Addison Wesley Longman). He is also the author of several professional articles on taxation. Mr. Savage was the publisher and editor of “Taxes Interpreted”, a biweekly newsletter for tax lawyers and accountants.

Mr. Savage is a graduate of Yale College and Georgetown University Law Center.

Publications

Tax Court: Foreign investors not taxable on sales/liquidations, of U.S. partnership interests

Under new tax law, sales by foreign partners of U.S. partnership interests are once again taxable.

The new deduction for qualified businesses: gobbledygook on steroids

Education

Mr. Savage is a graduate of Yale College and Georgetown University Law Center.

Bar Admissions

• New York
• Washington D.C.
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Tax Court
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth and Ninth Circuits