- Represented a Fortune 50 multinational corporation in negotiating a creative filing agreement with a state revenue department, resulting in tax savings in excess of $100 million.
- Represented a Fortune 50 retailer in structuring a private REIT in order to achieve multistate tax savings in excess of $100 million.
- Represented a multinational auto manufacturer in connection with the constitutionality of a dividends-received deduction. The Maryland Department of Revenue conceded after the filing of initial pleadings.
Michael T. Petrik
Retired Partner,
- Phone: +1 404 881 7479
- Email: mike.petrik@alston.com
Mike Petrik concentrated his practice on sophisticated, multistate tax planning and disputes for businesses, including income tax, franchise tax, sales/use tax and other state and local taxes. He maintained a national administrative tax dispute and negotiation practice, including audit appeals, the negotiation of special filing or apportionment methods and voluntary disclosure “amnesty” applications. Mike also has extensive experience in developing and implementing new corporate structures designed to achieve multistate tax efficiencies.
Mike was a frequent lecturer before professional groups and has authored or contributed articles appearing in various national tax journals. He was a member of the editorial advisory boards of several tax publications and has also been the Georgia correspondent for State Tax Notes. Clients valued Mike because he is a highly regarded industry teacher and thought leader. He has extensive experience developing and implementing new corporate structures designed to achieve multistate tax efficiencies. He is a past chair of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s Tax & Finance Policy Committee. Mike was listed in Georgia Trend’s "Legal Elite," The Best Lawyers in America©, Super Lawyers magazine, and has been listed as a Senior Statesman in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
Education
- Duke University (J.D., 1983)
- Eastern Illinois University (B.S., 1979)
- Eastern Illinois University (B.A., 1979)
Memberships
- Member of the Taxation Sections of the State Bar of Georgia and Atlanta Bar Association.
- Currently serves as a director on the following boards: Vasser Woolley Foundation (chair), St. Pius X Catholic High School (chair), Georgia Chamber of Commerce (Tax and Finance Policy chair), United Way of Greater Atlanta (chair), Salvation Army (Development chair), Mercy Care Foundation, Delta Sigma Phi Foundation, Catholic Foundation of North Georgia and Brother Rice Catholic High School (Chicago).
- Past chair of Leadership Atlanta.