Professional Memberships

​​Joel is a member of the following organizations:

• Kansas Bar Association
  
• Member, Committee for 2009 Joint Judicial Conference and KBA Annual Meeting
  
• Johnson County Bar Association
  
  • Elected Director, 2007 and 2008
    
  • Vice-President, 2004
    
  • Appointed Director, 2003 and 2006
    
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  
• Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  
• ​Metropolitan Chapter of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants
  
  • Treasurer of the Metro Chapter, 2008
    
  • Vice-President of the Metro Chapter, 2009
    
  • President of the Metro Chapter, 2010
• Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants

Professional Licensure and Experience

• Licensed as an attorney in Kansas, Missouri, California (inactive), and Pennsylvania (inactive).
• Certified Public Accountant (New York-inactive)
  
• Graduate of Leadership Overland Park, 2004
• Author:
  • "Practical Tips for an Accountant to Avoid Litigation," published by the Defense Research Institute in Fall 1998, the Professional Liability Committee of the American Bar Association, in summer, 2000 and the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives in spring, 2002
    
  • Chapter 3, (Accountants), Missouri Professional Liability (Mo. Bar, 2005)
    
  • "A Practical Approach to Handling Tax Disputes," Inside the Minds: Tax Settlements and Negotiations- Leading Lawyers on Issuing Tax Opinions, Managing Adult Situations, and Representing Clients Before the IRS, December 2006
• Lecturer:
  • Practical Legal Ethics in Kansas: Issues and Answers, sponsored by the National Business Institute in June, 1999 and 2000
  • Practical Legal Ethics in Missouri: Issues and Answers, sponsored by the National Business Institute in May, 2002
  • Managing Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine in Kansas, sponsored by the National Business Institute in March, 2002
• Speaker:
  • Ethics for Accountants, sponsored by Edwards Jones for its Tax and Legal Professionals Annual Continuing Education Series from  2008 through 2015 
  • Ethics for Accountants, sponsored by the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants.at The Accounting Show in October, 2009
  • Practical Tips for an Accountant to Avoid Litigation, sponsored by the Missouri Society of Certified of Public Accountants in October, 2009
  • Ethics for Accountants, sponsored by the Topeka Chapter of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants in September, 2009
  • Accountants Malpractice sponsored by the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants presented to a national accounting firm in December, 2008
    
  • Legal Ethics, sponsored by the Kansas Paralegal Association in June, 2002
    
  • Independent Contractors v. Employees, presented to the Kansas Paralegal Accountants in October 2005
  • Accountants' Malpractice, sponsored by the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants in October, 2002, and May, 2005
  • Ethics for Accountants, sponsored by the Kansas Society of Public Accountants from 2004 through 2016
  • Accountants' Malpractice, sponsored by the Midwest Chapter of the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives in June, 2001 and 2002
  • Television interview on KCTV-5 regarding Tax Scams In November, 2002

Personal ​

Joel Krieger was born in New York, New York. He grew up in New York and later moved to California for his law degree. After he graduated, he settled down in Kansas

Professional Practice

Joel started his career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1983 to 1987 in their New York City office. While he was in San Diego, California he worked in the tax department of Price Waterhouse from 1987 to 1990 and later worked at the law firm of Dysart & Dubick for two years. Later, he provided litigation support and forensic accounting services to law firms across the country at Ten Eyck Associates Inc. from 1993 to 1997.

 
In 1997 Joel moved to Kansas and served as a partner in the business law department of  Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered until 2013.  He defended clients being pursued by the Internal Revenue Service along with state and local taxing authorities.  He also litigated accountants malpractice cases and defended CPAs in Federal and state courts.  He also defended CPAs before the Kansas and Missouri Boards of Accountancy. In 2013 he moved to Douthit, Frets, Rouse, Gentile & Rhodes, LLC as an attorney until 2015.

In 2015 he started the Krieger Law Firm, LLC. He continues to battle with the IRS along with state and local taxing authorities.  He also defends CPAs before the Kansas and Missouri Boards of Accountancy.  Consistent with assisting CPAs in a variety of business matters, he helps CPAs buy, sell and merge accounting firms. Finally, with his  deep business background, he is frequently consulted by businesses on tax and other matters. 

Formal Education

Joel attended college at the State University of New York at Albany and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1983. He later attended the University of San Diego School of Law and graduated in 1990 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence.

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​​Joel Krieger, Tax attorney

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