12 Feb 2026
Douglas Charnas joins Fox Rothschild in Washington, DC as senior counsel in Taxation & Wealth Planning
"Douglas Charnas joins Fox Rothschild in Washington, DC as senior counsel in the Taxation & Wealth Planning Department, focusing on tax-efficient transactional work and state and federal tax controversies."
Charnas counsels clients on transactional and corporate issues with a focus on finding tax-efficient solutions and handles tax controversies that arise from state and federal investigations. He advises companies and nonprofit organizations in industries including health care, professional services, restaurants, motor fuels, cannabis and retail, and works on matters involving formation and operations, service and lease agreements, international and domestic operations, succession planning, and corporate structure, formation, governance and reorganization.
When tax controversies arise, Charnas draws on his experience working in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service; his understanding of IRS procedures and personnel helps him contact the right people and present arguments effectively to obtain answers for his clients. He is an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and serves as Secretary and Treasurer of the J. Edgar Murdock Inn of Court.
Charnas earned an LL.M. in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and an A.B. from Ohio University.
Prior to joining Fox Rothschild, Charnas was a partner at McGlinchey Stafford.