The Miami Tax Lawyer

Where the firm puts its focus

Tax is the through line here. The firm works from Miami, Florida, and its clients include individuals and businesses in the state and across the country. Tax planning and strategy carry much of the daily work. The firm also handles IRS audits, appeals, and wider tax controversy.

The tax practice splits into several tracks. It covers domestic tax law and international tax matters. It takes on property tax assessment appeals, where an owner questions the value a taxing authority has placed on a property. State and local tax law is part of the work too, and so are tax debt resolution and compliance. That range lets one firm handle both the planning that prevents disputes and the response when a dispute arrives.

The attorney behind the practice

Adrian Lores De La Pena leads the firm and carries the title Tax Strategy and Asset Protection Attorney. He holds an LL.M., an advanced law degree, and his work centers on tax planning, IRS compliance and controversy, entity structuring, and asset protection. His clients include entrepreneurs, investors, and closely held businesses. He practices in English and Spanish.

His profile lists several recognitions by year. Lawyers of Distinction honored him in 2023 and 2024. Super Lawyers named him a Florida Rising Star in 2025 and 2026. During law school he completed more than 800 hours of community service, and he received Pro Bono Commendations in 2016 and 2017. Those dated entries give a reader something concrete to check rather than a general claim.

How tax disputes generally move

Tax controversy tends to follow a set path. An IRS audit usually opens with a notice and a request for records. The taxpayer, often through an attorney, gathers documents and responds to the examiner. The examiner then proposes a result.

A taxpayer who disagrees has a next step. The case can go to the IRS Office of Appeals, a separate function that reviews the examiner's position on its own. Property tax appeals run through a different channel at the county level, where an owner contests an assessed value before a local board. The audit, appeal, and property tax matters the firm names move through these same stages, so the planning side and the dispute side draw on the same knowledge of how the system works.

Business, estate, and asset services

The firm's work reaches past tax into business structure. It forms LLCs and other entities, and it handles corporate structuring for owners setting up or reorganizing a company. Contract law is part of the offering. The firm handles corporate and finance matters too.

Entity formation has a familiar shape. An owner picks a structure, an LLC, a corporation, or a partnership, and each one carries its own tax treatment. The owner files formation papers with the state, adopts an operating agreement or bylaws, and obtains a federal tax identification number. A firm rooted in tax connects naturally to this step, since the choice of entity drives how the business gets taxed for years afterward.

Estate planning and trust formation round out the offering. The firm provides asset protection as well, and it structures real estate holdings as part of estate and asset plans. In my opinion, this mix fits a practice organized around business owners and the way their personal and company finances overlap.

Reach, language, and how work begins

The firm serves clients nationwide from its Miami base. Adrian Lores De La Pena's fluency in English and Spanish widens who can work with him directly, which matters in a market where many owners and families speak Spanish at home. The office sees clients by appointment.

The firm publishes 2019 as its founding date. As a reviewer, I see a tax-centered firm with a defined leader, a stated set of practice areas, and credentials named by specific years. Its listed work covers tax planning, IRS audits and appeals, entity formation, contracts, estate planning, and asset protection, for clients in Florida and across the country.