Elizabeth E. Prehn

Elizabeth E. Prehn is an attorney serving clients in the Bay Area of California and throughout the world. She strategically represents individuals’ and businesses’ tax matters in the Bay Area, successfully tailored to their specific needs. Her focus is on the following legal areas:

• Estate administration
• Criminal tax investigations and defense
• Business tax and reorganization
• Tax disputes and tax controversy
• Tax law

Ms. Prehn is admitted to practice before several state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court of California; the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit; the United States Court of Federal Claims; the United States Tax Court; and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California.

Representative cases include: 

• Criminal tax investigations involving tax evasion, tax perjury, nonfilers, conservation easements, cryptocurrency and witness representation 
• Tax controversy disputes involving hobby loss, 280E, real estate professional, substantiation cases 
• Tax debt negotiations

With over two decades of experience, Ms. Prehn focuses on tax controversy and litigation, bankruptcy tax matters, estate and probate administration, pro bono (low-income tax clinic),  business entity revivors and compliance matters.

An active member of the legal community, Ms. Prehn holds memberships in several professional organizations. These include The Bar Association of San Francisco, the American Bar Association’s Section of Tax and the Criminal Tax Penalties Committee,  and the Tax Section of The State Bar of California.

Elizabeth E. Prehn is a debt relief agent. She helps people file for bankruptcy relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.