Fred Brouner concentrates his practice on tax issues, business representation, and real estate development. Based in Wisconsin, he also is admitted to practice in Georgia. Due to his work, Mr. Brouner has been named a Top Lawyer by Madison Magazine and listed in the national publication The Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Brouner has represented clients in the following types of matters:

• Contested a Wisconsin income tax assessment for a Fortune 500 company involving an amount exceeding $1 million in tax.
   
• Represented a terminated wine and spirits distributorship that resulted in a $10.5-million-dollar judgment in favor of the distributor.
   
• The deferred exchange of numerous commercial real estate properties on a direct and delayed basis, including the delayed exchange of the sale of development rights for fee title to farmland.
   
• Tax planning for the receipt of government subsidiaries for real property development including Petroleum Environmental Cleanup Fund Award (PECFA) coverage and tax incremental financing grants.
   
• Tax and business planning for closely held corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies including asset and entity acquisitions and dispositions in taxable and tax-deferred transactions.