Paul H. Frankel has represented taxpayers in major tax controversies in nearly all of the fifty states. He has negotiated settlements in hundreds of cases and won significant state Supreme Court cases in Kansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Maryland. At lower levels he has won dozens of cases, including public record victories with important issues. He has continually fought for due process for industry, particularly for the replacement of internal hearing officer systems with independent, prepayment state tax courts.

He has served as National Chairman of TEI's State and Local Steering Committee, Chairman of the COST Lawyer's Coordinating Subcommittee and Chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council's Worldwide Unitary Task Force. He is currently Chairman of Tax Management Inc.'s State Tax Advisory Board; a member of the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal Advisory Committee, the CCH State Tax Advisory Board and the NYU Institute's S&L Advisory Board; and Co-Chair of the NYU State Tax Forum.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster he was Senior Tax Counsel, W.R. Grace & Co and a Senior Trial Attorney for the IRS Regional Counsel's Office.