Seth Goldstein is an Associate Attorney at McCauley Law Offices, P.C., where he focuses his practice on tax controversy resolution. He represents individuals, families, and small business owners in matters before the Internal Revenue Service — including examinations, collection cases, installment agreements, offers in compromise, penalty abatement requests, and Tax Court litigation — and brings to that work a level of preparation and analytical rigor that reflects both his academic background and his service mindset.
Raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Seth developed a commitment to community service early as a volunteer firefighter, EMT, and rescue technician with the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company. That work — long hours, real consequences, and a duty to show up regardless of circumstance — instilled the discipline, composure under pressure, and orientation toward service that now define his legal practice. Clients consistently note that Seth responds quickly, explains his reasoning, and treats their case with the seriousness it deserves.
Seth graduated from the Boys' Latin School of Maryland before earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Legal Studies from Towson University. He went on to attend Widener University Delaware Law School, graduating Magna Cum Laude, where he earned Dean's List honors for four semesters, served as a Teaching Assistant for Torts I, contributed to the Veterans Law Clinic providing legal support to veterans, and served as a Staff Editor for Volume 50 of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. His published scholarship on proposed federal caps on credit card interest rates examined how financial regulation interacts with consumer protection, fintech innovation, and federal-state preemption — the kind of cross-cutting analysis he now applies to tax controversy strategy.
At McCauley Law Offices, Seth handles a substantial portion of the firm's IRS collection casework, drafting offer in compromise packages, financial disclosure forms (Form 433-A and 433-B), penalty abatement requests, Collection Due Process petitions, and Tax Court pleadings. He also supports the firm's senior attorneys on larger examination and litigation matters, conducting legal research, preparing memoranda, and assembling the factual record that underpins effective tax advocacy.
Seth is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.