Email: anson@asburygardner.com
Phone: (404) 382-9942
Fax: (404) 565-1103

Principal

Anson H. Asbury,
J.D., LL.M.

Anson H. Asbury is the founder and managing partner of Asbury Gardner, Tax Counsel. Anson represents clients in complex federal tax litigation, criminal tax defense, federal tax controversies and estate planning.

He represents individuals, estates, partnerships, closely held corporations, private equity funds and Fortune 500 companies in all stages of tax controversy. In 2025, he was one of only two tax lawyers ranked Band 1 in Georgia by Chambers USA. He is also perennially recognized by The Legal 500,  Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers for his expertise in tax litigation.

Anson is a nationally recognized speaker often appearing on panels alongside members of the United States Tax Court, the Department of Justice Tax Division, and the Internal Revenue Service.

Anson represents clients across the country in the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeal. He also routinely assists clients with federal tax examinations and the IRS Office of Appeals. He handles issues ranging from employee retention credits, foreign tax credits, charitable donations, research and development credits, accounting methods, foreign tax credits and foreign income allocation.

He represents clients facing all manner of IRS penalties, including fraud and promoter penalties. He also represents clients subject to or connected with criminal tax investigations as well as those indicted for criminal tax acts. Anson also advises high net worth families on estate planning, trust and foundation formation. He advises entrepreneurs on business succession and asset protection.

Anson has been quoted on tax matters in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Forbes, BNA Daily Tax Report, and Tax Analysts Tax Notes Today. He has written on topics ranging from conservation easement donations to corporate tax reporting for publications such as the Journal of Accountancy, the Federal Lawyer, The Practical Tax Lawyer, and Bloomberg BNA Tax Management Memorandum. He is the co-host of Tax Talk with Art and Anson, a video CPE broadcast of the Georgia Society of CPAs.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Barrister in the  J. Edgar Murdock American Inn of Court at the U.S. Tax Court, and a past Chair of the Atlanta Bar Association Tax Law Section. A retired officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Anson served as a professor at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School. He is a former law clerk to the Hon. Joseph Gale, U.S. Tax Court.

Representative Matters

  • Negotiated a 70% concession on a conservation easement donation without litigation.
  • Won a total concession of $6.5 million in a Tax Court case involving a listed transaction.
  • Prevailed in a fast-track mediation for a Fortune 500 company on an income accounting issue.
  • Secured full abatement of penalties in a settled syndicated conservation easement case.
  • Negotiated a 60% settlement with no penalties in a charitable contribution listed transaction.
  • Protected a $10.8 million refund claim challenged under audit as a passive loss.
  • Advised a national media company on a multi-million dollar income tax accounting position.

Honors

Associations

  • Past Chair, Tax Law Section, Atlanta Bar Association
  • Barrister, J. Edgar Murdock Inn of Court at the U.S. Tax Court
  • Administrative Practice Committee & Court Practice and Procedure Committee, American Bar Association Section of Taxation
  • Tax Litigation and Controversy Committee, American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law

Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • US. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • US. Tax Court
  • US. Court of Federal Claims
  • US. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • US. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  • US. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • Supreme Court of Georgia

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania

Education

  • Villanova University, B.A. 1992
  • Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, J.D. 1998
  • Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M. Taxation (with distinction) 2003