Kenneth J. Vacovec, the founding partner of the firm, practices in all areas of tax law including tax planning for businesses and individuals, estate planning, representation before Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities, international tax planning for individuals and businesses, international estate planning, and tax compliance.

Ken, who is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, has extensive experience in advising clients on the tax aspects and planning opportunities for structuring domestic and cross border transactions and business relationships involving U.S. and foreign individuals and businesses. He graduated from Tufts University (BA 1969), Suffolk University Law School (JD, cum laude, 1975) and the Boston University Law School (LL.M in Taxation, 1976).

Ken is a member of the bars of Massachusetts and the United States Federal District Court of Massachusetts and the United States Tax Court. He has been an active participant in the Massachusetts Bar Association, most recently as President (1996-97). He is currently a Trustee and President of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and a Trustee and executive Vice President of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. He is also a member of the Boston Bar and American Bar Associations where he was a Massachusetts Delegate to the ABA house of Delegates 1996-2001 and is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association and member of the United States Branch Council.

He is the National Reporter for the IFA world congress Oslo Norway 2002 Reporting on U.S. Tax Residency.

Ken speaks regularly on tax topics before both business and professional groups. He was one of the original seminar presenters for Massachusetts Partners for Trade.

Publications

Co-author of U.S. Foreign Tax Credit for Corporate Tax payers IBFD Bulletin special Issue IFA 55 Congress San Francisco, CA. USA.

Co-author, “Taxation in the United States,” International Taxation of Employment Manual, F.T. Law and Tax (U.K.), 1995;