Robert Pluth, Jr. is the Leader of Schiff Hardin’s Tax Practice. Bob represents taxpayers and personal, corporate, and family offices in connection with various federal and state income tax planning and tax controversy matters, including those involving complex tax accounting matters and transactional disputes.
Bob also implements customized tax, succession and estate planning strategies to enable business owners and other wealthy individuals to better achieve their long-term goals.
Bob thrives on the challenge of making complex tax laws understandable for those planning complicated, tax-sensitive business transactions or having to defend tax positions already taken. He is able to blend big picture strategic thinking without sacrificing the attention to detail critical to achieve results. Both skills are critical to effective tax planning and tax mitigation.
More than three decades of experience enables Bob to provide a diverse group of clients with definitive, seasoned judgment.
In addition to being a tax attorney, Bob is a Certified Public Accountant, giving him additional insights that have proved invaluable to his clients over the years. As a formerly practicing CPA, he bridges the gap that often exists between the legal and accounting worlds and values the opportunity to team up with his client’s accounting professionals— and also with local counsel who may not have in-house tax capabilities.
He has successfully resolved scores of federal and state tax controversies. Most often, he has done so while avoiding the cost and delay of protracted litigation. A seasoned negotiator, Bob commands respect of opposing transactional counsel as well as government counsel and representatives of the IRS and other taxing authorities. Whether advising Fortune 100 companies, families or individual entrepreneurs and their businesses, Bob prides himself on the timely delivery of tax counsel.
