Matthew Finberg

Professional Experience

Matthew Finberg holds his J.D. from George Washington University, as well as M.S. and B.S.E. degrees from The Wharton School. His previous experience includes Hogan & Hartson, and he has been published in The Tax Advisor, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, and Commercial Investment. Mr. Finberg is a Certified Public Accountant.

Matt Finberg practiced law for over 20 years, first in Washington, DC and then in Boulder, Colorado where he managed The Finberg Law Firm, P.C. In his practice, he has represented real estate investors, developers, brokers, and syndicators as well as a wide variety of commercial enterprises. His expertise covers all types of contractual relationships and entities as well as acquisitions, dispositions, and financings in the real estate and commercial transactions fields. In area of estate planning, he has counseled clients and developed sophisticated structures which minimize taxes and preserve wealth running the gamut from wills, living trusts, and advance directives to complex offshore trusts. He has represented non-profit corporations before the IRS for almost 3 decades, forming entities and obtaining favorable determination letters for them regarding tax-exempt and public charity status. Mr. Finberg also is a CPA, but has focused entirely on law since graduating from law school in 1986.

Matt Finberg now makes his home in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife Shelly.

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Bar and Courts

• Certified Public Accountant, Colorado (1980); inactive (1992)
• State of Maryland Bar (1986)
• District of Columbia Bar (1987)
• United States Tax Court (1987)
• State of Colorado Bar (1992)

Education

• The National Law Center, George Washington University (J.D. with High Honors, Order of the Coif, 1986)
• The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (M.S., Accounting, 1980)
• The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., Accounting, cum laude, 1979)