William F. Russo
Practice Areas
 Estate and Wealth Planning
General Business and Tax Matters
Health Care
Tax Matters
Practice Description
Bill's practice is concentrated in business and succession planning for family business enterprises with an emphasis upon the proper use of the latest tools and techniques to shift wealth to succeeding generations at the lowest possible transfer tax cost. Bill handles a variety of matters relating to family business enterprises, including formational, organizational structure, buy/sell issues and he addresses these issues from both a business and family context. In addition, Bill represents individual and corporate taxpayers before the IRS, state Tax Commissioners, and various courts, and has prevailed in a number of litigated tax controversies.
Bill represents a number of limited liability companies treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes and has extensive experience with the intricate special allocations that are frequently employed in the operating agreements of such entities. For a number of years Bill has served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Cincinnati College of Law teaching a course entitled "The Federal Income Taxation of Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies."
Bill has also served as the Chairperson of both the Taxation Committee and the Estate Planning and Probate Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association. Bill lectures extensively to various local, regional and national audiences on topics relating to the income and estate taxation of family business enterprises.
Awards and Honors
For over ten years, Bill has been honored with a listing in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White and in 2005 was recognized as one of Ohio's Top 100 Super Lawyers by Law & Politics Media.
Bar Admissions
1979, Ohio; 1980, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2005, Florida
Certificates & Professional Affiliations
Certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a Specialist in Federal Taxation Law through December 31, 2011.
Education
University of Cincinnati (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979), Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif, Editorial Board, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1978-1979
Community Involvement
Bill is very active in a number of community organizations. He has served for many years on the Board of Trustees for St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio and on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio River Valley Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation.
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wrusso@katzteller.com
255 E. 5th Street, Suite 2400 Cincinnati, OH 45202-4724
Phone: (513) 977-3479
Fax: (513) 762-0079
William F. Russo's Administrative Assistant is Tyler Cook, who can be reached at (513) 977-3489 or tcook@katzteller.com
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