Cori E. Flanders joined the law firm of Chicoine & Hallett, P.S. in 2004. Ms. Flanders graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in economics. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law. She also received her Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of San Diego School of Law, from which she graduated magna cum laude.

Ms.Flanders has focused her practice in the areas of federal and state tax controversy as well as white-collar criminal defense. Ms. Flanders has experience representing individuals and corporations before the Internal Revenue Service, the Washington State Department of Revenue, and in the federal court system, including U.S. Tax Court. Handling a range of taxation issues from voluntary disclosures and penalty abatements with the IRS to professional malpractice claims against tax-shelter promoters, Cori Flanders provides effective and efficient legal services for her clients.

Ms.Flanders is admitted to practice before the courts of Washington State, the United States Tax Court, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and District of Colorado, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Ms.Flanders serves as the Treasurer of the Washington State Bar Association Taxation Section and lectures at the annual CLE Bootcamp on federal tax updates. In 2007 and 2009 Washington Law & Politics magazine voted her a “Washington Rising Star Lawyer.” She is also an adjunct professor of Tax Crimes for the University of Washington School of Law, Tax Graduate Program.