Julie McCarthy is an Enrolled Agent and Certified Tax Resolution Specialist at McCauley Law Offices, and one of the most experienced practitioners on the firm's collection alternatives team. As an Enrolled Agent, Julie holds the highest credential the Internal Revenue Service awards — granting her unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS in all fifty states for examinations, collections, and appeals. Her CTRS designation, awarded by the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers, recognizes specialized expertise in the technical, procedural, and negotiation skills required to resolve serious IRS controversies.
Julie's practice focuses on the resolution stage of a tax matter, where the analysis shifts from how much is owed to what the taxpayer can realistically pay and what the IRS will accept. She prepares and negotiates installment agreements (including streamlined, non-streamlined, and partial-pay structures), offers in compromise based on doubt as to collectibility, currently-not-collectible determinations, penalty abatement requests, and audit reconsideration packages for clients who were assessed without ever having the chance to respond. She works directly with Revenue Officers, Automated Collection System representatives, and Offer Examiners to move cases toward closure.
Before moving into tax resolution, Julie spent fifteen years in customer service and key-account management with multinational corporations, where she managed complex client relationships and learned how to navigate organizations where decisions move through layers of process. In 2016 she transitioned into the legal field, taking on a leadership role at a family law practice where she ran day-to-day operations, supervised staff, and supported clients through some of the most stressful moments of their lives. That combination of operational discipline and emotional steadiness is exactly what distressed taxpayers need when they walk through the firm's door.
Julie studied business at the University of Maryland University College and actively pursues continuing education to stay at the forefront of tax law and IRS procedure — a discipline that ensures her clients always benefit from the most current strategies available.
Clients describe Julie as the person who finally made them feel like someone understood their case. She returns phone calls, explains options in plain language, builds realistic financial pictures, and pushes IRS personnel for resolutions that fit the client's actual life — not a generic template. Outside the office, Julie is a proud mother of three boys and remains actively engaged in her community — the same empathy and steadiness she brings home is what her clients feel from the very first call.