Scott Siekierski
Associate

Contact

(T) +1.214.969.2958
(F) +1.214.969.5100

Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin (J.D. with honors 2005); The University of Texas at Dallas (M.A. in Arts & Humanities with distinction 2002; B.A. in Political Science summa cum laude 1997)

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Scott Siekierski concentrates his practice on state tax controversy matters and the state tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring transactions. His litigation experience focuses on issues related to the unitary business principle and state income tax apportionment, franchise/capital-based taxes, hotel occupancy taxes, and use taxes. He has extensive experience in municipal administrative procedure and state-level administrative proceedings and has participated in state and federal court trials and appeals of tax matters. Scott has transactional experience in assessing potential acquisition-related tax exposure and ensuring proper state tax registration/compliance in connection with newly acquired business operations.

His experience includes several dozen pending audits and cases involving online travel companies, representing a health care company in state-level administrative tax proceedings in Massachusetts, defending a refining company disputing its state income tax obligations in Alaska, and assisting an energy company to reverse a $56.7 million municipal use tax assessment in a writ of mandate trial in California.


Scott Siekierski