With over 25 years of federal income tax experience, Mr. Maxfield assists his clients in the tax aspects of structuring the formation, acquisition, disposition, spin-off, operation, recapitalizations, and liquidation of businesses and corporate joint ventures that range in size from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. He has extensive experience working with companies in the telecommunications, V.C. fund formation, manufacturing, health care, retail, advanced technology, oil and gas, mining, agricultural, banking, and real estate industries. Mr. Maxfield represents taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service at both the audit and appellate levels and his recent tax experience with MLPs includes an IPO and a restructuring of a public corporation and MLP. In addition, Mr. Maxfield has experience working on complicated tax issues related to employee stock ownership plans. His most recent ESOP experience includes Trustee representation in both buy-side and sell-side transactions and company representation in establishment of 100% S Corporation-ESOP for a large retail business.

Mr. Maxfield was previously the Chair of the firm’s Tax Practice Group and is currently the Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. He frequently writes and speaks both nationally and locally on a variety of tax-related topics, including LLCs, partnerships, tax-free exchanges, choice of entity and natural resources taxation.

HONORS

Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel

Listed in Best Lawyers in America

Listed in Super Lawyers

Finalist, Denver Business Journal’s 2004 “Best of the Best” in Tax Law

Member, The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation

Past Chair, LLC Subcommittee of the Partnership Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section

Past Chair, Colorado Bar Association Tax Section

Co-Author, Colorado Limited Liability Act

“Economic Substance Doctrine,” and “Uncertain Tax Positions and Other Recent Developments,” 1st Annual Tax Conference and Legal Lunch, Salt Lake City, May 2010.

“Codification of Economic-Substance Doctrine,” Co-Author with Peter Perla, Holland & Hart News Update, April 2010.

“Limited Liability Entities 2010: New Developments in Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships”, ALI-ABA Webinar, March 2010.

“ESOP – Is it right for your business?,” Co author with Chris Groll and Beth Nedrow, ColoradoBiz, December 2009.

“Debt Workouts and Cancellation of Indebtedness Income Update” Co-presenter with Peter Perla, Holland & Hart Annual Tax Conference, November 2009.

“Selected Hot Topics in 1031 Exchanges,” Co-presenter with Katie Crenshaw, Holland & Hart Annual Tax Conference, November 2009.

“Prop. Reqs on Partnership Equity for Services: The Collision of Section 83 and Subchapter K,” Co-author with Sheldon Banoff and Paul Carman, Journal of Taxation, August 2005.

“Partnership Options: The Regulations at Last,” Co-author with Kevin Thomason, NYU 62nd Institute on Federal Taxation, 2004.