Firm: Pullman & Comley LLC
Location: Bridgeport - CT
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850 Main Street
Bridgeport, CT 06601-7006
USA
- Tel : 203.330.2000
- Fax : 203.576.8888
- Email : rmorris@pullcom.com
D. Robert Morris leads the Tax Section of the firm’s Business Organizations and Finance Department. Rob was the chairman of the firm for 20 years, and he uses the business management and leadership skills that he learned in those roles to assist and advise his clients in business and personal planning. Rob has extensive experience in federal and state tax planning and disputes, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate, partnership and limited liability issues, private securities offerings and estate planning. His clients include a wide variety of closely held business entities, as well as individuals, trusts and estates.
Honors & Recognitions
- Named Exclusive Featured Attorney Representing Bridgeport CT, Premier Tax Lawyers 2023
- Named a Moffly Media Top Lawyer in Fairfield County, 2021 – Tax Law
- Received the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV)
- Selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the area of tax
Bar and Court Admissions
- Connecticut
- New York
- Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association – Tax Section
- Connecticut Bar Association – Executive Committee, Tax Section
- Greater Bridgeport Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association – Tax Section
Community Involvement
- Business Council of Fairfield County – Fairfield Information Exchange, board of directors
- CBIA – member, board of directors
- Fairfield County Community Foundation – professional advisor council
- Lifebridge Community Services – former member, corporate governance board
- Junior Achievement of Western Connecticut – member, board of directors
Pullman & Comley LLC
For more than 100 years, Pullman & Comley has earned a reputation as a leading provider of legal services, serving clients throughout Connecticut, the Northeast, and internationally.
We are close and trusted partners to our clients, committed to providing the highest levels of service and value through hard work, innovative thinking and delivering real results. We believe that when our clients are successful, we are successful.
The attorneys in our Tax practice regularly advise businesses, executives, individuals, tax-exempt entities, and governmental agencies and subdivisions on all aspects of federal, state, local and international tax matters. The Tax practice is actively involved in structuring transactions and tax planning, as well as in tax controversy work.
We regularly provide tax advice for:
- Business acquisitions and dispositions, including tax-free reorganizations, leveraged buy-outs, spin-offs and other divisive reorganizations, and transactions between corporations and their shareholders
- Venture capital and investment-related transactions, including partnerships or funds formed for investment transactions
- The organization of new business ventures, for emerging companies and non-public companies, including limited liability companies
- Charitable and other tax-exempt organizations
- Tax-exempt financings
- Controversies before state tax authorities and the Internal Revenue Service, including litigation arising from those disputes
- Residency and domicile issues
- Income tax and estate tax issues before state tax and its departments
- Obtaining advance rulings from the IRS and state tax authorities
- Estate planning and business succession planning
Members of the Tax practice provide advice to business clients in many sectors and to individuals with a view to minimizing taxation through properly structured transactions, tax-advantaged business operations and proper personal tax and investment planning. Members of the Tax practice also represent our clients at every stage of the IRS and state of Connecticut audit process, including in litigation.