Specialties
The Intelligent Law Firm specializes in all things Tax (Tax Preparation, Audits, Tax Court, Appeals, Liens, Levies, Offers in Compromise, Tax Planning and Reduction, FBAR and Criminal Tax Investigations), Bankruptcy (Chapters 7 & 13), Corporate Formation (S & C Corps, LLCs). The Firm is owned by Attorney Eric Nixdorf, who has over 29 years of experience helping Clients solve their tax and other financial problems, lower their taxes, set up companies, and help with real estate planning and problem solving. Eric holds an LL.M. in Tax, is certified as a Bankruptcy Specialist by the State Bar of California, Board of Specialization, is a licensed CA real estate broker, trained at Harvard Business School and is a member of Mensa.
History
Established in 2005.
The Intelligent Law Firm was founded by the Law Firm's Principal, Eric Nixdorf, in 2005. Eric has over twenty-nine years of experience as an attorney, real estate investor, and small businessman. Eric previously was the managing partner, bankruptcy department head, and primary litigator of a statewide law firm headquartered in San Francisco. Eric trained at Harvard Business School, is Member of MENSA and was the CEO of a successful Bay Area real estate investment company.
Eric designed our law Firm to allow him to provide partner level expertise and experience with responsive service to his clients at a much more efficient and affordable cost compared to most law firms. The Firm uses a flat fee, success driven billing system for most of our legal services which Eric developed. This system is designed to align the interests of our Firm to those of our Clients.
Meet the Business Owner: Eric N.
Eric Nixdorf has over twenty-nine years of experience as an attorney, real estate investor and small businessman. He previously was the managing partner, bankruptcy department head, and primary litigator for a statewide California tax law firm as well as the CEO of a successful real estate investment company based in San Francisco.
Eric was the principal attorney for a number of prominent tax, bankruptcy and real estate litigation cases, including Tull v. U.S., 69 F. 3d 394 (9th Cir. 1995) which defined "voluntary" payments to the IRS, restricting the IRS's ability to re-designate payments made by taxpayers.
Eric is a member of MENSA and is one of the few tax attorneys in the country who is also a licensed real estate broker, certified bankruptcy specialist with training at Harvard Business School and over twenty-nine years of litigation experience in Federal and State Courts.