Our Firm

The Hoard Law Firm represents taxpayers in civil tax litigation matters and criminal tax investigations.

Combining litigation skills and tax knowledge, The Hoard Law Firm helps taxpayers effectively advocate and resolve their civil and criminal tax controversies.

The Hoard Law Firm approaches any civil or criminal tax matter by analyzing all possible defenses and assembling a team with both the tax and litigation skills needed to achieve the best results for the client.  As our record attests, the government is willing to listen to sound legal arguments grounded in facts.  Generally, the earlier a taxpayer begins effectively negotiating with the IRS, the less expensive the tax controversy will be.

Vivian Hoard and The Hoard Law Firm have garnered an impressive record over the years:

• Successfully advocated and settled dozens of civil tax cases.
• Successfully resolved possible criminal prosecution at Justice Department Conference for numerous clients.
• Successfully tried tax cases the IRS refused to settle resulting in reported Tax Court opinions.
• Served as a member of Governor Roy Barnes’ Georgia Legal Loan Forgiveness Tax Force to study the issue of a loan forgiveness program for qualified lawyers entering public service.
• Published three articles in law journals covering IRS audit initiatives.
• Frequent speaker on Civil and Criminal Tax Controversy Issues.
• Chairs the Atlanta Bar Association Tax Section.
• Member of the American Bar Association Tax Section.
• Member State Bar of Georgia.

About Vivian Hoard

Vivian Hoard graduated with honors from the University Of Georgia School Of Law in 1985 and received her masters of laws in taxation from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1990.  She served as a felony prosecutor in Atlanta, Georgia for five years where she tried cases and argued appeals in both the Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.  She has over forty reported appellate opinions in Georgia Courts.  In addition, she has successfully prepared and settled dozens of Tax Court cases for both corporate and individual clients.  In 1999 she won the landmark leasing case of Peaden v. Commissioner.

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