First Admitted: 2019, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://www.cfoattorney.com

Bar/Professional Activity:

Captain, Texas State Guard, on active duty for Operation Lone Star as one of three (3) Trial Defense Services Officers serving the Texas Military Department as Defense Counsel for National Guard, Air National Guard, and State Guard personnel activated by the State of Texas., 2025
Captain, Texas State Guard, on active duty for Operation Lone Star as one of three (3) Trial Defense Services Officers serving the Texas Military Department as Defense Counsel for National Guard, Air National Guard, and State Guard personnel activated by the State of Texas., 2024
Captain, Texas State Guard, on active duty for Operation Lone Star as one of three (3) Trial Defense Services Officers serving the Texas Military Department as Defense Counsel for National Guard, Air National Guard, and State Guard personnel activated by the State of Texas., 2023
Ellis County Bail Bond Board, 2023
Captain, Texas State Guard, on active duty for Operation Lone Star as one of three (3) Trial Defense Services Officers serving the Texas Military Department as Defense Counsel for National Guard, Air National Guard, and State Guard personnel activated by the State of Texas., 2022
Ellis County Bail Bond Board, 2022
Ellis County Bail Bond Board, 2021
Captain, Texas State Guard, on active duty for Operation Lone Star as one of three (3) Trial Defense Services Officers serving the Texas Military Department as Defense Counsel for National Guard, Air National Guard, and State Guard personnel activated by the State of Texas., 2021
Texas State Guard Judge Advocate assigned to Trial Defense Services at Headquarters, Camp Mabry, Texas (1LT)., 2020

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Taxpayer was billed $2.6 million by the IRS as a result of an audit. Prior to our involvement, things had progressed to the stage where the IRS subpoenaed the bank records for the Client and their family. We re-audited the bank statements and discovered information leading to a $1.4 million REDUCTION in tax liability and penalties., 2025
Real property tax appraisal lowered from $9.2 million to $5.2 million for a commercial tax client., 2024
Real property tax appraisal lowered from $8.1 million to $4.9 million for a commercial tax client., 2023
Real property tax appraisal lowered from $10.4 million to $3.0 million for a commercial tax client., 2022
Real property tax appraisal lowered from $3.6 million to $1.96 million for a commercial tax client., 2021

Representative Clients:

Taxpayer was billed $2.6 million by the IRS as a result of an audit. Prior to our involvement, things had progressed to the stage where the IRS subpoenaed the bank records for the Client and their family. We re-audited the bank statements and discovered information leading to a $1.4 million REDUCTION in tax liability and penalties., 2025
Represented a chain of restaurants in a alcoholic beverage tax audit combined with a sales tax audit for a three year period., 2024
Represented $22.4 million of appraised real property before Appraisal Districts and Appraisal Review Boards with an average 22.9% reduction in assessed value., 2024
Represented $52.7 million of appraised real property before Appraisal Districts and Appraisal Review Boards with an average 20.7% reduction in assessed value., 2023
Represented $32.2 million of appraised real property before Appraisal Districts and Appraisal Review Boards with an average 30.1% reduction in assessed value., 2022
Represented $23.4 million of appraised real property before Appraisal Districts and Appraisal Review Boards with an average 14.09% reduction in assessed value., 2021

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2025
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2024
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2023
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2022
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2021
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2020
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2019
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2018
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2017
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2016
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2015
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2014
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2013
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2012
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2011
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2010
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2009
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2008
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2007
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2006
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2005
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2004
Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 2003

Educational Background:

Adjunct Professor teaching Business Law and Advanced Business Law., 2025
Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2024
Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2022
Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2021
Texas A&M University School of Law, 2018
University of Texas at San Antonio, BBA Accounting, 1995

Industry Groups:

Corporations
Logistics
Small Business
Wineries

Paul L. Manigrasso

Paul L. Manigrasso

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