Megan L. Brackney is a partner at Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP in New York City.  Ms. Brackney’s practice is primarily focused on tax controversy, including civil and criminal issues on both the federal and state and local levels.  Ms. Brackney represents clients in audits and investigations, as well as litigation in the Tax Court and state and federal courts. Ms. Brackney received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law and her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University.  Ms. Brackney teaches Tax Procedure as an adjunct professor at New York University.  

Ms. Brackney is the Vice Chair of Committee Operations for the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, a member of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section’s Executive Committee, and a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.  Ms. Brackney frequently speaks and writes on tax controversy topics. Ms. Brackney annually contributes to the ABA publication, Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS, is a regular columnist for the “Tax Controversy Corner” of The Journal of Passthrough Entities, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Taxation and The Tax Lawyer.  Ms. Brackney has been recognized by New York Super Lawyers since 2012.