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Mr. Pitzner has a broad base of experience from more than 35 years in the practice of business and tax law. His expertise includes business planning and negotiation of commercial transactions; mergers, acquisitions and purchase or sale of business, including business pricing and valuation; ownership succession planning for closely held businesses and business reorganization. He was ranked as one of the top corporate counsel, tax and trust/estate planning lawyers in Dane County in a poll of lawyers published by Madison Magazine in January 2003.
In addition, he has advised clients in the areas of income, estate and gift taxation; estate planning, trusts and probate; tax audits and tax litigation; and marital property agreements.
Mr. Pitzner has substantial teaching and speaking credits and also acts as an expert witness in professional malpractice cases involving Wisconsin lawyers and Wisconsin CPAs.
His professional and personal strengths include strong commitment to the highest quality client service and solving client problems on a creative and timely basis. - Certified Public Accountant, Wisconsin 1976
- Wisconsin, 1972
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI ,
1972
J.D.
Honors: Order of the Coif
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,
1969
M.B.A.
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin,
1968
B.B.A.
- Lecturer: Federal Income Tax, University of Wisconsin School of Business,
1976
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1978
- Lecturer: Tax, State and Financial Planning Seminar, University of Wisconsin Extension,
1972
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1979
- Lecturer, State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Tax School
- Lecturer: CPA Review, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- Lecturer: CPA Course, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee,
1973
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1975
- Lecturer: Valuation of Closely Held Business, University of Wisconsin Management Institute
- Lecturer: Corporate Liquidations Under 1986 Tax Reform Act, Wisconsin Institute of CPAs
- Ranked as One of the Top Corporate Counsel, Tax and Trust/Estate Planning Lawyers, Dane County, Madison Magazine,
2003
- Recognized, The Best Lawyers in America
- Recognized, Who's Who in American Law
- Elijah Watt Sells Gold Medal, CPA Exam,
1969
- America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals
- Wisconsin Super Lawyer
- American Bar Association
- Member
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- Member
- Dane County Bar Association
- Member
- U.S. Treasury Bar
- Member
- U.S. Tax Court Bar
- Member
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member
- Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member
- National Association of Accountants
- Member
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