About Julian

Julian Block is a nationally recognized attorney who has been singled out by The New York Times as a "leading tax professional" and by The Wall Street Journal as "an accomplished writer on taxes." He is frequently quoted by such publications as Business Week, Money, The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, and The Wall Street Journal.

Block is well known for his ability to translate complicated tax laws into plain English and for the concise, entertaining way he alerts readers of his nationally syndicated column, The Tax Adviser, to simple, perfectly legal, tax-saving strategies.

His many books have been praised as: "one of the best personal-finance books" (Money); "one of the best tax books, an excellent source of information" (New York Times); "easily the best guide available" (Forbes); and "a triumph of simplicity that tackles the complex world of taxes and communicates to readers in clear, everyday language" (National Association of Enrolled Agents).

He has written hundreds of articles for such magazines as: AARP, Bloomberg Personal Finance, Consumer Reports, Financial Planning, Money, Mutual Funds, On Wall Street, Parade, Playboy, Reader's Digest, Vogue, and Woman's Day, as well as many trade and professional publications.

In addition to writing and practicing law in Larchmont, N. Y., he conducts programs on tax planning for major corporations and professional associations and is a frequent guest on television and radio shows, including Today on NBC and Wall Street Journal Reports. Bryant Gumbel complimented him as "a frequent guest, whose insights are always great fare and with a talent for simplifying the complications of tax work."

He holds an accounting degree from Roosevelt University, a law degree from DePaul University, and a master of laws degree in taxation from New York University Graduate Law School, and is a member, and former officer, of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, a national organization of nonfiction writers, and a member of the New York Financial Writers Association.