Ayanna A. Dmoch

Ayanna A. Dmoch is Senior Tax Counsel at McLaughlinQuinn in Providence, Rhode Island, practicing within the firm’s Tax Resolution and Bankruptcy groups. She represents individuals and businesses in federal and state tax controversies, including disputes with the IRS and state taxing authorities. Her work spans examination, administrative resolution, and litigation, with particular experience in unreported income, substantiation issues, and penalty disputes. She brings a government-informed approach to complex tax and bankruptcy-related matters.

Ayanna earned an M.B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island, a J.D. cum laude from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, School of Law, and a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her education combines legal, business, and economic training, which supports analysis of financial records, tax positions, procedural rules, and the broader business effects that can accompany tax controversy and bankruptcy matters.

Ayanna spent nearly four years with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel in its Litigation and Advisory Division. She managed a substantial docket before the United States Tax Court, handling pleadings, discovery, motions, and trial preparation. She advised IRS Examination and Collection functions, worked with the IRS Independent Office of Appeals, and collaborated with the Department of Justice on litigation strategy. Earlier, she spent seven years as an Attorney Advisor with the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings Operations.

Ayanna A. Dmoch is admitted in Massachusetts and before the US District Court for Massachusetts, the United States Tax Court, and the Court of Federal Claims. Her practice combines tax controversy, bankruptcy, federal administrative adjudication, and litigation. Drawing on prior government service, she helps clients evaluate how taxing authorities develop cases, respond to evidentiary and procedural issues, and pursue well-supported positions through examination, administrative appeals, settlement discussions, and docketed litigation.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, McLaughlinQuinn LLC
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association

Licensed State

• Massachusetts

Education

• University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Cum Laude)
• University of Rhode Island
  Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Summa Cum Laude)
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics, minor in Political Science

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