Our Head Attorney and Founder

Alvaro A. Acevedo Jr. ESQ, C.P.A., LLM

Alvaro Acevedo is the only attorney in the United States to be a Fellow of the National Tax Practice Institute while holding all three licenses to represent before the IRS simultaneously: Attorney at Law, Certified Public Accountant, and Enrolled Agent. Al has represented and advised over 500 clients in both civil and criminal tax matters. He is a Board Certified member of the Florida Bar in Tax Law.

Al is also the founder of International CPAs of Miami (ICM), the sister firm to Brickell Law Group. He is the president of San Sebastian’s Children Foundation, a not-for-profit entity focused on providing legal and financial assistance to the parents of children with life-threatening diseases.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Al is Native in Spanish, English, and Fluent in Portuguese.

EDUCATION

  • Georgetown University Law Center

    • LLM (Masters of Laws) in Tax Law with Executive Certificate in International Taxation

  • Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education (Cambridge, MA)

    • Executive Certificate in Economic Development: Comparative Tax Policy and Administration, Mastering Trade Policy, and Mastering Negotiation.

  • National Tax Practice Institute (Las Vegas, NV)

    • Fellowship in Federal Tax Representation

  • NSU Shepard Broad Law Center (Davie, FL)

    • Juris Doctor (Doctor of Law)

  • Florida International University School of Accounting (Miami, FL)

    • Bachelor of Accounting

LICENSES

  • Attorney at Law - Florida

  • Certified Public Accountant – Florida, Massachusetts and Delaware

  • Enrolled Agent – United States- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Florida Bar Sections of:

    • Tax Law

    • International Law

  • Member of the Certification Committee International Law Florida Bar

  • Harvard & MIT Alumni Club of Colombia


COURT ADMISSIONS:

  • United States Tax Court

  • US Court of International Trade

  • US Court of Federal Claims

  • United States Immigration Court (EOIR)

  • Florida Supreme Court

  • US District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Florida

  • US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

  • US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

  • 2021 Probono Leader Award - Legal Services of Greater Miami

  • 2019 - 2020 Superlawyers Rising Star

  • 2017 Corporate Vision Magazine: Attorney of the Year

  • 2016 Negocios (Business) Magazine: Most Recognized Attorney in South Florida

  • 2015 International Judicial Centre: Attorney of the Year

LANGUAGES

  • English

  • Spanish

  • Portuguese