Dawn Delia: Tax Attorney and Tax Controversy Attorney

Dawn Delia is the founder of Delia Law P.C. and a tax attorney and tax controversy attorney whose practice focuses on complex federal and state tax matters. She represents individuals and businesses in disputes with the IRS and state taxing authorities, including tax collections, audits and examinations, liens and levies, payroll and employment tax liabilities, penalties, unfiled tax returns, appeals and other enforcement matters.

Ms. Delia founded Delia Law in 2011 after beginning her legal career in complex commercial litigation and financial matters. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and her Juris Doctor from American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Delia began her legal career as a commercial litigator and later practiced in New York City at the global law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Her work included sophisticated financial and commercial matters involving multinational corporations, as well as financial audits, tax analysis, litigation and investigations involving financial reporting and accounting practices.

Among these matters, Ms. Delia worked on a major internal investigation involving one of the largest accounting firms of its era during a period of significant change in financial reporting and corporate accountability. Her work required analyzing accounting policies and procedures, conducting detailed legal and financial research, evaluating regulatory and compliance issues and helping develop strategies to address complex financial problems.

These experiences provided the foundation for the work she does today. Tax controversies frequently involve much more than determining how much tax is owed. Financial circumstances, business operations, prior tax filings, collection statutes, available assets, enforcement activity and procedural rights can all affect the appropriate strategy.

At Delia Law, Ms. Delia works directly with clients to understand the complete circumstances of a tax problem, explain the available options and develop a practical strategy for resolving the matter. Her practice includes IRS and state tax collections, installment agreements, Offers in Compromise, Currently Not Collectible status, Collection Due Process matters and appeals, tax liens and levies, wage garnishments, audits and examinations, penalty relief, unfiled tax returns, payroll and employment tax liabilities, Trust Fund Recovery Penalties, innocent spouse relief, U.S. Tax Court matters and other complex tax controversies.

Ms. Delia is admitted to practice law in California, New York and Maryland and before the United States Tax Court. As an attorney, she is authorized to represent taxpayers before the IRS nationwide. She represents clients in federal tax matters throughout the United States and handles state tax matters in jurisdictions where she is authorized to practice.

Delia Law represents both individuals and businesses, including taxpayers facing substantial liabilities, complicated collection matters, business tax problems and disputes requiring careful analysis of multiple resolution options. Attorney-client privilege also provides important confidentiality protections when clients need to discuss sensitive financial, business or tax matters with legal counsel.

Delia Law serves clients through offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City and Bethesda, representing taxpayers in complex federal and state tax controversies.