Gordon Law Group, Ltd.

Focus and practice areas

Tax law is the main line of work at this Illinois firm. It keeps offices in downtown Chicago and in suburban Skokie. The firm says it represents clients across the United States and in other countries. That reach counts for a tax practice, since federal tax rules apply the same way whether a client sits in Chicago or lives abroad.

On the federal and Illinois side, Gordon Law Group handles tax debt, collections, liens and levies. It also takes on audits, appeals, investigations and unfiled returns. Tax preparation is part of the service list, which ties the compliance side to the dispute side. In my opinion that pairing helps, because the return that starts a problem is often the return a client needs help filing again.

The firm lists more technical tax work too. This covers FBAR filings, offshore disclosures and voluntary disclosure. It also covers installment agreements, offers in compromise, penalty abatement and innocent spouse relief. Tax litigation and tax crimes round out the range the site names.

Who the services suit

The named work reaches both individual taxpayers and businesses. Innocent spouse relief and FBAR filings point to personal returns and household finances. Business formation, corporate law and corporate litigation point to companies. Tax debt, audits and appeals can touch either group, which is why the firm keeps a broad service list under one focus.

How the team is built

Andrew B. Gordon is both a CPA and an attorney. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from the University of Illinois. His law degree comes from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Before the firm, he worked in tax at a Big Four public accounting firm, and he clerked at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel while in law school.

That background has weight in tax practice. A lawyer who trained as an accountant can read a return and a statute in the same sitting. The IRS clerkship adds a close view of how the agency's own lawyers approach a file. Gordon's stated work covers tax controversies and compliance, corporate litigation, and FTC litigation and compliance.

The firm names three more people on the tax team. Michael Brandwein is a partner and the manager of tax compliance. Daniel Urban is the manager of tax resolution. Ryan Stegenga is an associate attorney. Those titles sketch a split between compliance work and resolution work. The firm's site does not state a founding year.

Where the firm represents clients

The firm appears before three bodies its site names. These are the IRS, the United States Tax Court and the Illinois Department of Revenue. Each has its own process, and one firm that knows all three can follow a single matter across each stage.

State tax runs on a separate track from federal tax. The Illinois Department of Revenue handles its own audits, notices and collection actions. A taxpayer can face a state question and a federal question from the same return, and each can move on its own timeline. A firm that works both forums can line up a single, coordinated response.

Tax disputes tend to move through set stages. An audit opens with a notice and a request for records. If the numbers stay in dispute, the case can move to an appeal inside the IRS. A matter that is still unresolved can reach the United States Tax Court, where a judge hears it. The firm's named services map onto that path: audits, then appeals, then litigation.

Resolving tax debt

Debt cases follow a different track. A taxpayer who owes more than they can pay may ask for an installment agreement, which spreads the balance over months. An offer in compromise asks the IRS to accept less than the full amount. Penalty abatement seeks to drop added charges. Innocent spouse relief can separate one spouse from a joint tax bill. The firm names all of these, so a client can see which route fits early on.

Cross-border and disclosure work

Reporting foreign accounts is its own corner of tax law. The firm handles FBAR filings, which cover money held in accounts outside the United States. It also handles offshore disclosures and voluntary disclosure, the routes a taxpayer uses to fix past reporting before the IRS acts. Timing drives these cases, since coming forward before an investigation begins changes what options stay open. These matters carry strict deadlines and set forms, and small mistakes can cost real money. As a reviewer, I read the firm's attention here as a fit with clients who live in more than one country.

Business and corporate services

Beyond tax, the firm identifies business formation and corporate law among its work. It also names corporate litigation and tax matters tied to bankruptcy. Corporate litigation covers disputes a company brings or defends once it is running. These sit close to the tax practice, since a new company faces tax choices from its first day. A firm that forms the entity and then handles its filings can keep both under one roof.

Gordon's own practice includes corporate litigation and FTC litigation and compliance, which points to work with companies that deal with federal regulators. For a business sorting out its structure and its tax position at the same time, that mix of skills has a plain use. The site names tax law as the firm's main focus, with business and corporate services listed alongside it.

Tax planning in the practice mix

The directory gives tax planning its own practice label. That adds a prospective category to the firm's stated tax work. It also gives readers a clear entry point when their concern involves future tax choices. Compliance work addresses current filing duties, while planning concerns decisions made before a filing position is fixed. The separate classification tells a prospective client that the firm accepts inquiries at that earlier stage.

Tax planning also has a direct connection to the firm's business formation category. Entity choice can carry tax consequences from the outset, so clients considering a new company may need legal and tax advice during the same period. The record places both subjects within the firm's practice mix. I would ask how the firm divides that work between the attorney handling the entity documents and the tax professional reviewing the proposed structure.

Office and listing details

The directory identifies Gordon Law Group as the firm's public name and Gordon Law Group, Ltd. as its legal name. That distinction helps clients match the directory entry with formal correspondence or an engagement agreement. It also avoids confusion when the shorter name appears on the website while the legal name appears on documents.

The Skokie address is 4709 Golf Road. This gives prospective clients a precise suburban contact point instead of a general regional reference. The listed telephone number is 847-580-1279. A caller can use that number to ask where a meeting will take place and which team member handles the type of matter involved.

The website address is chicagotaxlawyerfirm.com. Its wording puts the tax practice directly in the firm's online identity and ties that identity to the Chicago area. For directory users, the domain makes the subject of the practice easy to recognize before they open the site. The Skokie street address then supplies the specific local location attached to this listing.

Questions about assignment

The role labels support useful questions at the start of an engagement. A client seeking advance tax advice can ask whether the matter falls under tax compliance or another attorney's work. Someone whose issue has already become a dispute can ask when the tax resolution manager enters the case. Business clients can also ask whether formation advice and tax planning are handled together. These questions follow from the practice labels and management titles in the record, and they help clarify responsibility before substantive work begins.