Daniel R. McCarthy

Daniel R. McCarthy is a principal at McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A., and founded the Firm in 1959 as a small boutique dedicated to practicing tax law and estate planning.  The Firm quickly grew with the addition of the practices areas of corporate law, real estate and litigation.  Mr. McCarthy, a former IRS agent, has a significant civil and criminal tax practice which includes tax law, business planning law, corporate law and civil and criminal tax controversies. 

Mr. McCarthy has received substantial local and national recognition for specializing in resolving disputes with the Internal Revenue Service.  He was court-appointed Special Master of the plan to desegregate Cleveland City Schools in order to comply with the now famous 1976 Federal Desegregation Order.  Mr. McCarthy has been a long-time partner, loyal friend and counsel for the New York Yankees and the late George M. Steinbrenner III, and was the man Steinbrenner tapped to run the Yankees organization in 1992. He has handled controversies in professional sports and has revolutionized the tax practice of professional baseball teams. 

Mr. McCarthy has been recognized for his astute tax practice by his peers, having been named one of Northeast Ohio's Leading Lawyers by Inside Business Magazine for the past five consecutive years and an Ohio Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers for numerous years.  He has also been published in Ohio Probate Law and has been a lecturer at Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Mr. McCarthy is a decorated combat veteran, receiving the Combat Infantry, Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals, among others, as an Infantry Sergeant.  A tireless defender of community principles and an advocate of community goodwill, Mr. McCarthy is the recipient of the 1994 Ellis Island Award.

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