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Debra Estrem

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Managing Director, Private Wealth Controversy at Deloitte
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Debra Estrem is a Managing Director at Deloitte leading the Private Wealth Tax Controversy practice. She draws on 30 years of experience, including 15 as a Special Trial Attorney for the IRS, to advise high-net-worth clients on complex tax disputes. She earned her JD from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco.

She has litigated and resolved many of the biggest-dollar and highest-profile cases for the IRS.

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Experience
40 Years
Current Role
Managing Director, Private Wealth Controversy
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Tax Controversy
Her entire career, both at the IRS and Deloitte, has focused on managing and litigating complex tax controversy matters for corporations and high-net-worth individuals.
IRS Penalty Abatement
She frequently speaks and is quoted on the nuances of IRS penalties, including failure-to-file, accuracy-related costs, and strategies for successful penalty abatement.
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Career

Work history

9-2008
Managing Director, Private Wealth Controversy
Deloitte
10-2000 - 9-2008
Senior Manager
Deloitte
9-1985 - 9-2000
Special Trial Attorney
Internal Revenue Service
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Education
1982 - 1985
JD
University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)
1979 - 1982
BA
University of Washington
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