Michael A. Lampert

Michael A. Lampert is a Florida Bar Board Certified tax lawyer in private practice in West Palm Beach, Florida where he concentrates his practice in the areas of taxation and business and estate planning and administration, with an emphasis on tax controversy matters.

Mr. Lampert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Miami (A.B., cum laude, 1979); Tel Aviv Faculty of Law, Joint program with Temple University School of Law, Ramat Aviv, Israel, 1981; Duke University, (J.D., 1983); New York University, (LL.M. in Taxation, 1984). He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1983, the Bars of Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Tax Court in 1984, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in
1995 and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2000. Mr. Lampert is a member of the South Florida Tax Litigation Association and was elected to membership in the Gulf Coast Tax Exempt/Government Entities Council. He is a past Chair of the Florida Bar Tax Section, has served as a Director of its Education, Administration and Long Range Planning Divisions and is the 2020-2021 recipient of the Gerald T. Hart Outstanding Tax Attorney of the  Year Award. He received the 1993 Tax Law Award from The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County and The Palm Beach County Bar Association and the 2023 Equal Justice Pro Bono Tax Clinic Award from Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. He is selected as a Super Lawyer in Florida Super Lawyers. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a past Chair of the Tax Law Certification Committee of the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. He was named as an Accredited Estate Planner in 2024 by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.

Mr. Lampert frequently lectures before both professional and community organizations, including such organizations as The Florida Bar, the Palm Beach County Tax Institute (past President), various Chapters of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Palm Beach-Martin County Estate Planning Council, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Hunter College, the University of Florida School of Law Graduate Program in Taxation, the University of Miami School
of Law Graduate Program in Taxation and the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. He also served for many years as an Instructor in the Continuing Education Division of Florida Atlantic University and on the editorial board of the CCH Publication Sales and Use Tax Alert. He is also past Chairman of the Palm Beaches - Treasure Coast Region, Palm Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross and a current Board member. He has served twice as President of the Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Palm Beach County and the Jewish Residential & Family Service.

For a partial list of presentations and publications see https://taxandelderlaw.com/