Stephen B. Kass

225 Broadway
Ste. 711
New York, NY 10007
Tel: (212) 843-0050
Fax: (212) 571-0640
Efax: (212) 202-7681

111 Livingston St.
Suite 1110
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: (718) 302-4000

Stephen B. Kass, Esq., CPA
Alina Solodchikova, Esq., LLM

Formerly employed by the international tax consulting firm of Deloitte & Touch, LLP., Mr. Kass has provided reliable counseling regarding sophisticated matters for years. He is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and New Jersey as well as the Federal Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

He is a member of the New York County Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, and serves on the bankruptcy committees of these associations. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants.
He also has completed a Masters of Laws in Taxation at New York University School of Law. Currently, he serves on the Consumer Bankruptcy Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association and has given numerous lectures on the complexities of the interplay between the Internal Revenue and Bankruptcy Codes.
Mr. Kass advises clients in New York with respect to Bankruptcy problems, Tax problems, debt restructuring, corporate reorganizations, Tax Planning and deal structuring in New York, among his other services.

Mr. Kass is admitted to the following Courts:
Federal Courts:
1. United States Supreme court;
2. United States court of Appeals for the armed forces;
3. Eastern District New York;
4. Southern District New York;
5. New Jersey District Court.

State Courts:
1. New York State Court;
2. New Jersey State Court;

Mr. Kass is a member of the following professional organizations:
1. American Bankruptcy Institute;
2. New York County Lawyers Association;
3. Nassau Lawyers Association;
4. American Association of Attorneys-CPA’s;
5. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;

Mr. Kass is an active member of the following committee’s:
1. Tax and Bankruptcy committee within NY County Lawyers Association ;
2. Tax and Bankruptcy committee within Nassau County Bar Association.

Alina Solodchikova, Esq., LLM

Ms. Solodchikova has a dual law degree. She has received a Master of Law Degree from Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York, where she graduated with Honors and she is also admitted to practice in Russia, graduating from the Far - Eastern National University (one of the top five Universities in Russia), Vladivostok, Russia, with Honors.

Her bilingual skills allow her to work with both American clientele as well as Russian clientele.

Ms. Solodchikova currently advises individual and corporate clients in New York with respect to bankruptcy problems, tax problems, debt negotiations, installment agreements and offers in compromise with the Internal Revenue Service and New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. Ms. Solodchikova represents individual, as well as corporate clients in the arrears of bankruptcy and tax law.

Ms. Solodchikova past legal experience includes working with an International Adoption Agency as a legal adviser and interpreter in the international adoption process.

Education:

J.D., with honors, International Law Department, Far – Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, 2001

LL.M in International law with honors, Hofstra University School of Law, New York, USA, 2003

Ms. Solodchikova is admitted to the following courts:
Federal Courts:
Year admitted: 2005
1. Eastern District New York;
2. Southern District New York;
3. United States Tax Court.
State Courts:
1. New York State Court;

Ms. Solodchikova is a member of the following professional organizations:
1. American Bankruptcy Institute;
2. New York County Lawyers Association;
3. American Translator’s Association.