Steven M. Burke
Director
Also a certified public accountant, Steve has over twenty-five years experience working with and representing companies and individuals in Business Matters, Transactions, Estate Planning, ERISA and Executive Compensation. He has represented businesses and individuals before the Internal Revenue Service and the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. Steve has also served as counsel for companies, fiduciaries and sellers in over thirty ESOP transactions.
Department
Areas of Practice
- Tax Controversies and Planning
- Estate Planning
- Business Transactions
- Executive Compensation
- Employee Benefits/ESOPs/ERISA
Admissions
New Hampshire Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, United States Tax Court. Certified Public Accountant, New Hampshire
Professional & Association Memberships
New Hampshire Bar Association (Past President Taxation Section); Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel; American Bar Association (Member Taxation Section); New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants (Past President and Trustee); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member of Governing Council); New Hampshire Employee Benefits Council (Past Chair)
Recognition
- Woodward's Best Lawyers in America - Taxation
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers - Business
Community Involvement
Vice-Chair Board of Trustees, The Derryfield School
Career
- L.L.M. - Taxation - Boston University School of Law, 1990
- J.D. - Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1987
- M.B.A. - University of Massachusetts, Lowell, 1984
- B.A. - Bates College, 1981
- Adjunct Faculty Member - Franklin Pierce Law Center
- Formerly CPA at Price Waterhouse in Boston, Massachusetts
Recent Publications and Lectures