Paul M. Spizzirri - Atlanta, GA
Attorney at Spizzirri Law LLC
Business and Corporate Lawyers in Atlanta, GA
3379 Peachtree Rd. NE Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30326
Atlanta Business and Corporate Lawyer
Updated: 09/14/2026
Areas of Practice
- Business and Corporate
- International
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax
Attorney Information
Overview
CEO and Managing Partner Paul Michael Spizzirri has a multifaceted background in private practice, business consulting, government, and academia. He has more than 20 years of experience as outside general counsel representing Fortune 500 and international companies in multibillion-dollar business transactions and tax/wealth management issues. Substantial portions of his practice concern tax, business, commercial, and securities litigation and transactions throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe
Mr. Spizzirri is skilled in handling mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and post-acquisition integration processes for corporations, partnerships, and LLCs. He is experienced in major federal, state, and local tax planning for partnerships, S corporations and C corporations, including consolidated returns; basis studies, 382 studies, tax attribute strategies, defense of tax audits, and tax opinions. He has handled and supervised the preparation of thousands of commercial tax returns (Forms 1120, 1120S, 1065, 1040, and 1041), typically within the context of a federal or multistate examination.
His experience also includes drafting and reviewing transaction agreements; corporate records maintenance; employment and labor matters; health law; contracts; landlord-tenant matters; real and personal property transactions; shareholder relations; ownership changes; structured finance; Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) consulting; and banking law guidance to financial institutions.
For more than 10 years, he has served as a senior faculty member for the Keller Graduate School of Management and taught more than 100 post-graduate business courses in advanced accounting, taxation, and business law. Previously, he worked at several top consulting firms and as a state government attorney drafting tax legislation and litigating tax and bankruptcy matters. He also was a property tax administrative law judge and a registered lobbyist.
Mr. Spizzirri earned his J.D. from the University of South Dakota School of Law and his LL.M. from DePaul University College of Law. He holds an M.A.F.M. from Keller Graduate School of Management, an M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business, and a B.B.A. from the University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business.
Awards and Honors
Awards
Honors
- Marquis Who's Who in American Law
- Platinum Who's Who
- International Who's Who of Professionals
- Cambridge Who's Who
- Strathmore's Who's Who
Education
Legal Education
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University of South Dakota School of Law,
Vermillion,
South Dakota, 1992
J.D. -
DePaul University College of Law,
Chicago,
Illinois, 1997
LL.M.
Non Legal Education
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University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business,
Iowa ,
Iowa, 1988
B.A.
Major: Business Administration -
University of South Dakota School of Business, Vermillion Law School,
Vermillion,
South Dakota, 1989
M.B.A.
Major: Business Administration -
Keller Graduate School of Business,
Atlanta,
Georgia, 2006
M.A.F.M.
Major: Accounting and Financial Management
Current Employment Position(s)
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CEO and Managing Partner
Past Positions
- Kabeiseman, Hosmer and Kettering, Associate
- State Department of Revenue - South Dakota, Attorney
- Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Supervising Senior Consultant
- Arthur Andersen, LLP, Senior Manager
- Duane Morris, LLP, Partner
- Spizzirri & Associates, LLC, Founder
- Keller Graduate School of Management, Senior Faculty Member
- Hall Booth Smith, Partner
- Gordon Rees, Partner
Ancillary Businesses
www.spizzirri.law
Bar Admissions
- South Dakota, 1992
- U.S. District Court District of South Dakota, 1993
- Georgia, 2003
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member - Sections of Taxation and Business Law)
- American Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Georgia Bar Association (Member)
- South Dakota Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- South Dakota Jaycees (Member)
- Chamber of Commerce (Member)
- Rotary International (Member)
- GSBA (Member)
Fraternities and Sororities
- Delta Sigma Pi
- Theta Xi
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Contact
3379 Peachtree Rd. NE
Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30326
Phone Number: (404) 999-2161
Fax Number: (404) 999-2161
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.spizzirri.law
Hours: 9-5
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