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Larry V. Bishins

Larry Bishins

Larry V. Bishins, P.A.
4548 N Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Fort Lauderdale

Florida (FL)

T: 954-772-7900
F: 954-772-7924

Practice Areas

Tax

Selected To

• Florida Super Lawyers 2011
• Florida Super Lawyers 2006

Profile

Larry V. Bishins is board certified by the Florida Bar as a tax lawyer. Based in Fort Lauderdale, he focuses his practice on handling IRS tax issues, estate planning matters, probate litigation and business litigation.

In 1967, Mr. Bishins received a Bachelor of Science in public accounting from Syracuse University in New York. Three years later he graduated with his Juris Doctor from the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston in 1970. In 1971, he earned a Master of Law degree in taxation from Boston University.

Mr. Bishins has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s highest attorney rating: AV Preeminent*. He is also a member of the Florida Bar Association’s Tax Section, the Palm Beach County Bar Association and the International Bar Association’s Business Law Section and Tax Committee.

In addition to being a Beta Alpha Psi National Accounting Honorary, Mr. Bishins is a member of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Tax Council, the Estate Planning Council of Broward County, the South Florida Tax Litigation Association, the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers and the International Fiscal Association.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

Certifications and Credentials

About Larry Bishins

Law School: Suffolk University Law School

Admitted: 1974, Florida

Honors and Awards:

  • Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
  • Martindale-Hubbell rating a v (highest rating)
  • Beta Alpha Psi, The National Accounting Honorary, 1966

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Florida Bar Board Certified Tax Lawyer, 1983

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • American Society of Tax Problem Solvers
  • International Fiscal Association
  • South Florida Tax Litigation Association
  • Estate Planning Council of Broward County, Inc.
  • The Greater Fort Lauderdale Tax Council, Inc.
  • International Bar Association - Business Law Section - Tax Committee
  • Palm Beach County Bar Association
  • Broward County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association Tax Section-Employment Tax Committee
  • Florida Bar Association, Tax Section
  • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1970
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1970
  • United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1971
  • United States Court of Federal Claims, 1972
  • United States Tax Court, 1972
  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1972
  • United States Supreme Court, 1974
  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1974
  • United States District Court, So. District of Florida, 1974
  • Supreme Court of Florida, 1974
  • Florida, 1974
  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1981
  • United States District Court, So. District of Florida Trial Bar, 1987
  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1992
  • Uni ted States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2002

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Member of Palm Beach County Housing Finance Authority, February, 1986-2002
  • Vice-Chairman, Palm Beach County Housing Finance Authority, 1995-1999
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Tropic Isles Civic Association, 1999 - 2000
  • Chairman, Palm Beach County Housing Finance Authority, 2000-2002
  • Chairman, Florida Bar 15th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee C., 2002-2003
  • Member of the Florida Bar 15th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee C , 2000-2003
  • Board of Directors, The One Hundred Club of Broward County, Inc., - 1996-1998
  • Member of The One Hundred Club of Broward County, Inc., 1974 to Present
  • Palm Beach County Artificial Reef Committee December, 1987 to 1991
  • Member, Executive Committee, National Advisory Board-Adam Walsh Children's Fund a Division of the National Center for Missing Exploited Children March, 1990 to 2001
  • Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce-Winterfest Ball Committee, 1996

Educational Background:

  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, B.S. in Public Accounting (June), 1967
  • Boston University, Master of Laws in Taxation , June, 1971
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