Lesley J. Johnson, CPA*, CIRA ljohnson@kapilaco.com Lesley J. Johnson is a Partner at Kapila & Company, Certified Public Accountants.  She joined the firm after several years of tax consulting with international and large regional accounting firms.

Professional Experience

Ms. Johnson concentrates on bankruptcy and insolvency taxation. She has provided tax services to debtors, creditors, Receivers, Bankruptcy Trustees and Liquidating Trustees. Her experience includes analyzing sophisticated and complex tax issues relating to mortgage-backed securities ventures, real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICS), liquidating trusts, corporate reorganization, and tax restructuring. She has provided litigation support services to law firms for projects involving utilization of net operating losses, preservation of tax attributes, business and tax consolidations tax analysis of embezzlements and “Ponzi” frauds and reconstructing decedents’ Estate assets. Ms. Johnson has represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service and State taxing authorities and negotiated federal and state tax claims on behalf of Trustees and Receivers.

Ms. Johnson’s experience in tax and investigative engagements encompass real estate development, financial institutions, retail, wholesale, medical practices, broker-dealers, investment firms, estates and trusts.