About Us

- Helping taxpayers who are being hunted by the IRS get out of trouble

- Defending and asserting the rights of people and businesses in a variety of situations

Allan R. Pearlman brings to bear 16 years of experience that spans working for both federal and state court judges and working in private practice litigating to protect and assert the rights people and businesses to now help taxpayers who have been targeted and are hunted by the IRS.

He is a former staff attorney for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and former Senior Court Attorney for the New York State Supreme Court.

In addition to his tax practice, he writes and argues civil and criminal appeals and major motions at the trial level.
He also handles more general trial-level civil litigation. His practice encompasses working as a “lawyer’s lawyer” on behalf of other attorneys and for the general public as well.

He has successfully argued or briefed or both a number of cases which have resulted in published decisions, including: Wong v. Tang, 2 A.D.3d 840, 769 N.Y.S.2d 381 (2d Dept 2003); Aon Corporation Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plan v. Hohlweck, 223 F. Supp. 2d 510 (S.D.N.Y. 2002); Sadkin v. Raskin & Rappoport, P.C., 271 A.D.2d 272, 707 N.Y.S.2d 400 (1st Dept 2000) (for co-defendant McGrath).

In addition, he litigated a First Amendment free speech and due process of law issue in a criminal case. He wrote the argument that succeeded in persuading a federal judge to strike down a special condition of probation as being an unconstitutional infringement of the First Amendment and a violation of due process of law. United States v. Sagginario, E.D.N.Y. 00 CR 806 [no published decision]. Read more about it in "Protecting our constitutional rights," at In the News page of this web site.

Allan is a member of the Appellate Courts Committee and the Executive Committee of the Cyberspace Law Committee, both of the New York County Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

In 1996, the Criminal Justice Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association awarded him their Public Service Award for writing an essay on the criminal justice system.

He has organized and moderated three panel discussions at the New York County Lawyers Association, the most recent of which was entitled: “Do the ‘Ayes’ have It?: Vote Counting Technology, Election Integrity and Democracy,” September, 2004, and a follow up panel entitled, “Do the Ayes Have It? II” in February, 2008.
Prior panels were: “Intellectual Property: Rights and Competition in the Digital Age,” December, 2003; and “ICANN: Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policies and Procedures,” March 2001.

Allan attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he received a Bachelor of Arts in American Culture. While attending University of Michigan, he was awarded two Hopwood Writing Awards.

He received his Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School, where he was a staff member and then Lead Articles Editor of Rutgers Law Journal. While a law student he published two articles in Rutgers Law Journal. He also was awarded two American Jurisprudence Awards for excellence in Moot Court and in Jurisprudence.

He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the courts of the State of New York.