Brian D. Plaut
Attorney
Location: San Diego, California; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Las Vegas, Nevada
Brian D. Plaut is a tax attorney at Silver Law, representing clients in California, Arizona, and Nevada in federal tax litigation, IRS audits, and Tax Court proceedings. He previously served as an IRS attorney in San Diego and worked in Washington, D.C. as Director of Operations in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brian earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School and his B.S. from NYU. He is active in the ABA, where he has held national leadership roles on the Board of Governors and Strategic Planning Committee.
Areas of Practice
- Federal tax litigation in the United States Tax Court
- Administrative tax practice before the IRS
- Representation in conjunction with federal audits and collections
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of California, 2024
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 2025
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2025
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2025
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2025
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2025
- U.S. Tax Court, 2024
Education
- LMU Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, J.D. – May 2024
- New York University, Bachelor of Science – May 2014
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association (Tax Section)
- ABA Board of Governors, 2023 – 2024
- ABA Strategic Planning Committee 2023 – 2024
- California Lawyers Association
Past Employment Positions
- General Attorney (Tax), IRS Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, General Attorney (Tax), San Diego, California, 2024 – 2025
- Judicial Extern, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Kimberly McLane Wardlaw, Pasadena, California, August – November 2023
- Multistate Tax Intern, Deloitte, Los Angeles, California, June – August 2023
- Law Clerk, United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California Civil Division, San Diego, California, May – July 2022
- Director of Operations, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 2018 – 2021
Videos
- Oral Argument before 3-judge panel of CA OTA
