James R. Malone, Jr. is a Principal in the Firm’s Tax Controversy Practice, representing clients in disputes with federal, state, and local tax authorities in both administrative proceedings and in court. His clients include businesses, non-profits, individual taxpayers, accountants, and tax preparers. In federal tax matters, Mr. Malone represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service and in the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, or U.S. District Courts. For state and local tax matters, Mr. Malone represents clients before the Department of Revenue, before local administrative agencies and in the Pennsylvania courts. The Best Lawyers in America, a peer-reviewed publication, selected him for inclusion in its most recent 2021 Edition in the categories of Litigation and Controversy - Tax and Commercial Litigation. In 2019, he was honored as a member of the Irish Legal 100. Mr. Malone is a member of the Tax Council of the Philadelphia Bar Association and of the State and Local Tax Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Tax Section. He is also active in the Tax Section of the American Bar Association, where he has contributed to policy comment projects as a member of the Administrative Practice Committee.