Isaac D. Paxman - Managing Member
Overview:
Isaac Paxman is a member of Stepan Lewis & Paxman, LC. Mr. Paxman focuses his practice on civil litigation, an area in which he has extensive experience.
Mr. Paxman graduated cum laude from the J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he was chair of the Moot Court Board of Advocates and Winner of the Woody Deem Trial Advocacy Competition. Upon graduation, Isaac served a federal district court clerkship with the Honorable J. Thomas Greene in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following his judicial clerkship, Mr. Paxman was selected for the U.S. Attorney General’s Honor Program in Washington, DC, where he began litigating civil tax cases with the Department of Justice Tax Division. At the Justice Department he represented the United States in a variety of courts, including federal district and bankruptcy courts. His assignments included work on a case that garnered headlines around the country and led to criminal indictments against a leading accounting firm. He also worked on a groundbreaking case involving the interpretation of the Japan-U.S. tax treaty. In all, Mr. Paxman managed hundreds of cases for the Department of Justice, successfully representing the United States through discovery, motions practice, and, where necessary, trial.
While at the Justice Department, Mr. Paxman was awarded a Pegasus Trust Scholarship by the American Inns of Court. Through this scholarship, Mr. Paxman was immersed for three months in the inner workings of the British legal system. In London, he met with judges, attended trials, conducted research, and shadowed barristers in what was designed to be a taste of the pupilage young barristers receive. The scholarship also took him to Scotland and Northern Ireland to experience legal practice there.
In addition to his Juris Doctor (and a bachelor’s degree in Japanese), Isaac holds a master’s degree in tax law (LL.M.) from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
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