San Francisco
Parisa M. Griess focuses her practice on representing taxpayers in complex tax disputes against US and foreign tax authorities. Her diverse experience includes audit defense, administrative appeals, tax litigation, competent authority matters, and criminal tax investigations primarily for technology, media, and manufacturing companies, as well as high-net-worth individuals. She also frequently advises clients on audit risk and audit readiness. Parisa’s technical expertise includes transfer pricing, Subpart F, section 956, permanent establishments and other treaty matters, business deductions, executive compensation and employee benefits, withholding taxes, information reporting, summons enforcement, and penalties.
- Settled a multibillion-dollar platform contribution transaction audit with the IRS examination team for a multinational technology company*
- Achieved a full concession at the IRS administrative level on a trust fund recovery penalty assessed on an individual *
- Successfully defended a transfer pricing audit involving a China Business Trust structure at the IRS examination level with no proposed adjustment*
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Tax Law, 2022–2026
- American Bar Association, Tax Section, member
- George Washington Law Alumni Association, Board of Directors (former)
- George Washington University Law School, JD, with honors
- George Washington University, MPP, with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa
- University of California, Davis, BA
- California
- District of Columbia
- US Tax Court
- US District Court for the District of Columbia
- US Court of Federal Claims
- US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- English
- Persian
- French
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