Justin Axelrod Joins Broad and Cassel’s Orlando Office

Justin Axelrod

ORLANDO, Fla.; February 6, 2012 — The Florida-based law firm Broad and Cassel is pleased to announce the addition of Associate Justin M. Axelrod, who joins the Corporate and Securities Practice Group in the Orlando office.

Axelrod joins the firm from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), where he served as a tax consultant advising on federal taxation and the application of federal tax law, and identifying significant compliance issues. He also worked for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel as a tax attorney. In 2008, he was appointed to the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, a Federal Advisory Committee by the U.S. Secretary of Treasury. He has also provided pro bono tax services for the low-income at Three Rivers Legal Services.

Axelrod is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, cum laude, where he also received a Master of Science in Taxation. He received his juris doctor, cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He is admitted to practice in the State of Florida and United States Tax Court.

Broad and Cassel established its Orlando office in 1975, and it has become the largest office in the firm. The firm’s Orlando attorneys focus their practices primarily in the following areas of law: Affordable Housing and Tax Credit, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Securities, Eminent Domain, Estate Planning, Government Relations, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law, Land Use and Environmental Law, Real Estate and Public Finance and Capital Projects. Broad and Cassel, founded on January 1, 1946, has more than 170 lawyers and 200 support personnel located in eight offices throughout the State of Florida. The firm has extensive experience in a wide variety of corporate practice areas and industries. For more information, please visit us online at www.broadandcassel.com