Background
Chamberlain, Steven M. was born on May 25, 1948 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
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Steven M. Chamberlain
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science in Economics, 1970). University of Florida (Juris Doctor, 1977. Master of Laws in Taxation, 1978).
Career
Rogers v. United States 52 TCM 951 (1986) and 53 TOM 1473 (1987).Worked at Scruggs & Carmichael, P.A. (Gainesville, Florida) specializing in Real Property Law, Probate Law, Trusts, Wills, Estate Planning, State and Federal Taxation, Civil and Criminal Trial Practice in all Courts. Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Corporation and Business Law, Family Law, Adoption Law, Litigation, Bankruptcy Law, Administrative Law, Landlord and Tenant Law, Mortgage Law, Contract Law. Timber Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1978, Florida.
1979, United States.
Tax Court. United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Author: "Income Tax Considerations," Advanced Will Drafting, Continuing legal education 1979.
"Bankruptcy Taxation - An Overview," Florida Bar Journal, June 1981.
Author and Lecturer: "NOL"s and Capital Transactions," Year-End Tax Planning for the General Practitioner, Continuing legal education, 1982. "The Impact of the Bankruptcy Option on Dealing with Internal Revenue Service Collections," Tax Procedure and Controversies Continuing legal education 1990.
"Tax Collections: The Bankruptcy Option," Florida Bar Journal, July, 1991 - October, 1991 (2 parts). Author and Lecturer: "Bankruptcy - A Tax Attorney"s View," Jacksonville Bar Continuing legal education, August 1993.
Author and presenter of videotape: "Disarm the Internal Revenue Service: All You Need to Know About Tax Collections and Discharging Taxes in Bankruptcy," 1992.
Annual Lecturer, Estate Planning Council, Gainesville, Florida. Director, Estate Planning Council of Gainesville, Florida, 1993. Member: Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association.
The Florida Bar (Member: Tax Section, Executive Committee, 1980-1982, 1989.
Chairman: Income Taxation of Individuals Committee, 1980-1985. Bankruptcy Tax Committee, 1989-1992.
Specialties Division, 1992). Estate Planning Council of Gainesville, Florida (President, 1995-1996).
Established in 1944 Scruggs & Carmichael, P.A. is one of the oldest and largest law firms in Gainesville, Florida.
The Scruggs & Carmichael Building in downtown Gainesville is across the street from the Alachua County Courthouse and one block from the Federal Courthouse. The firm has no associates and conducts a varied practice for a broad range of clientele with each attorney emphasizing those areas in which he or she is especially interested and has expertise. The firm has represented clients for over 50 years by having different attorneys in the firm serve varying client needs.
Scruggs & Carmichael, P.A. represents commercial banks, municipalities, hospitals, real estate developers, professionals, and provides local representation for publicly traded companies.
The firm has had a broad range of representation for individual, commercial and governmental clients in general and specialized areas of the law for over 50 years.
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Membership
Member: Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association. The Florida Bar (Member: Tax Section, Executive Committee, 1980-1982, 1989.
