Most people facing the IRS have never hired a lawyer for anything, and the tax relief industry exploits that inexperience ruthlessly - sales floors dressed as law firms, upfront fees for undefined journeys, programs marketed with expiration dates that do not exist. The cheapest defense against all of it is understanding how representation actually works before you buy any.
So these briefs explain the machinery plainly: what a power of attorney does, what privilege protects, how negotiations with the IRS really operate, what each hearing looks like, how long things take, and - first on the list - the honest test for whether you need a lawyer at all. Read them and you become a hard person to mislead, whoever you ultimately hire.
The credentials behind the writing: licensed in Florida, Colorado, and Texas, admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court, principal office in Tampa, Florida. The IRS is a federal agency, so representation works in all 50 states - the same forms, the same procedures, the same phone calls, wherever you live.