Atty. Forrest David Milder
Forrest Milder is one of our lead tax partners when it comes to tax credits and other tax-advantaged investments. He has a national practice that emphasizes the development of renewables, affordable housing, historic and new markets tax credit projects as well as resolving disputes with the IRS.
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Forrest David Milder is a real estate and tax attorney based in Boston, Massachusetts, practicing at Nixon Peabody LLP. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar Association. Educated at Harvard University (J.D., 1977) and Boston University (LL.M). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Real Estate Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Tax Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Awards: (2026). Serands clients in Boston, MA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Forrest Milder is one of our lead tax partners when it comes to tax credits and other tax-advantaged investments
- He has a national practice that emphasizes the development of renewables, affordable housing, historic and new markets tax credit projects as well as resolving disputes with the IRS
- What do you focus on? “Outside-the-box” solutions My practice emphasizes structuring and bringing to closure many kinds of tax-advantaged projects, both for investors and those who need their investment
- I have advised on an exceptionally wide range of ventures, with sizes from hundreds of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions
- I am especially known for “outside-the-box” solutions
- For example, I developed a technique that facilitated more than one hundred million dollars of renewable facilities qualifying for government grants, even though the projects were nominally owned by the government and bond-financed
- I enabled another client to obtain a more than $50 million state credit as the first user of a new program by working with the applicable agency even before it had published any rules
- IRS dispute resolution I have resolved four different multi-million dollar disputes with the IRS with the taxpayer having zero liability, and several others with only minimal adjustments
- On one occasion I worked with clients and others to get the applicable Tax Code provision changed, thereby ending the audit
- Tax-advantaged investment I have worked with countless developers and investors to close hundreds of transactions involving the low-income housing tax credit, including everything from standard ventures to “80-20” deals and “lease pass-throughs” that also involve the historic tax credit
- I have written tax opinions enabling a client with an innovative renewable technology to close more than $150 million of tax credit investments
- Industry thought leadership I work hard to stay at the forefront of the industries in which I am involved
- For example, I am very active in the Solar Energy Industry Association’s Tax Committee, and I authored part of its recent proposal to the IRS on the solar tax credit regulations
- I’ve also written more than 60 published articles about renewable energy, including solar, geothermal, biomass, water-based, and wind
- In addition, I am a former chair of both the American Bar Association’s 7,000-member Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development and the 3,000-member MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
- I’m the vice-chair of the historic tax credit coalition, and I was a major participant in helping to shape the IRS’s safe harbor on that credit
- I’ve authored what is generally considered the best known treatise on housing and historic tax credits
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Forrest David Milder's Areas of Practice
Each practice area below reflects the types of cases Forrest David Milder handles, with a brief overview of what that area of law covers.
Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
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Tax attorneys handle IRS audits, tax debt, international tax, estate planning, and tax court litigation.
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Why local counsel matters in Massachusetts
Practicing law in Massachusetts. Legal matters in Massachusetts are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Boston are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Massachusetts state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Massachusetts brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Massachusetts courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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