Areas of Practice
- CORPORATE
- General
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Tax
- INTERNATIONAL LAW
- TAX
- Income, Estate and Sales Tax
- State, Federal and International Tax
- Tax Litigation and Administration
- TRUSTS & ESTATES
- Planning
Industries
Education
- J.D., University of Detroit, 1979
- L.LM., in Taxation, University of Miami, 1983
- M.B.A., Michigan State University, 1977
- B.S., Drake University, 1975
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Easter District of Michigan
Memberships
- Tax Section of the American Bar Association
- Tax Section of the Federal Bar Association
- Tax Section of the Florida Bar Section
- Tax Section of the Michigan Bar Association
P.O. Box 1900
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
TEL: 954-761-2907
FAX: 954-333-4107
Mr. Stankee concentrates his practice in international and domestic tax planning and litigation. He designs investment and operating vehicles for both inbound and outbound transactions and business activities to minimize his clients' world-wide income and estate tax exposure. He prepares all of the documents necessary to implement the plan, including purchase and sales agreements, technology licenses, loan and security instruments, distribution agreements, contract manufacturing agreements, and joint venture agreements. He plans, negotiates, and documents complex corporate transactions of all types, including international and domestic mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Stankee is particularly experienced in dealing with the Finance, Real Estate Development, Manufacturing, Sales Distribution, Maritime, Aviation and Technology Industries.
As a tax litigator, Mr. Stankee represents taxpayers in tax cases through trial and appeal. Many of his cases involve highly technical international tax issues. He has extensive trial experience in the U.S. Tax Court and appellate experience in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He also represents taxpayers in litigation with State and local tax authorities.
Mr. Stankee is a Certified Public Accountant (Florida, 1984), and is Board Certified in Taxation by the Florida Bar Board of Certification (1986).
Mr. Stankee is recognized in Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2008 and is AV® rated by Martindale Hubble.
Publications
- IRS CONCEDES THAT CONCESSIONAIRE PROFITS WERE NOT SUBPART F INCOME, The Journal of International Taxation, (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, RIA Group, March, 2000);
- PROPOSED REGS. TOUGHEN REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING EXEMPTION, The Journal of International Taxation, (Matthew Bender & Co., 1987-1992)
- 367 REGS. EASE SOME RESTRICTIONS OF STOCK TRANSFERS TO FOREIGN CORPS., The Journal of International Taxation, June 1996
- CHAPTER 17, RESIDENTS' PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, Real Estate Transactions: Tax Appeals, (Matthew Bender & Co., 1987-1992)
- CHAPTER P:15, DEFICIENCIES AND ASSESSMENTS, CCH Federal Tax Service, (Commerce Clearing House, 1993-; Matthew Bender & Co., 1989-1993)
- IRS OVERLOADS SPACE OR OCEAN ACTIVITIES BASKET, The Journal of International Taxation (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, January, 1994)
- IRS RULING TAXES ALL INCOME FROM 'CRUISES TO NOWHERE, The Journal of International Taxation, (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, November, 1994)
- PLANNING AROUND AND WITHIN SUBPART F, Tax Planning International Review, (Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., May, 1995)
- RESIDENTS' PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS: A MODERN ANALYSIS UNDER THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES CLAUSE, Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 4 (1984)
- SECTION 367(A) FINAL REGS. TOUGHEN THE “ACTIVE TRADE OR BUSINESS” TEST, The Journal of International Taxation, (Warren, Gorham & Lamont, RIA Group, June, 1997)