About Us

Jeffrey Scharf has extensive experience in government tax collection and bankruptcy issues having represented governmental taxing entities for more than 20 years.

Jeff has worked for the Virginia Department of Taxation; the Arlington County, Virginia Treasurer’s Office; the Arlington County Commissioner of Revenue and has been counsel to the Treasurers’ Association of Virginia (TAV).

Jeff developed and has taught training courses for the TAV Career Development Program on “The Collection of Local Taxes and Other Charges” and “Bankruptcy: The Treatment of Local Government Debt.” He is also the lead author of “Brass Tax: The Compendium of Local Government Collection Powers and Practices.”

Mark began his practice representing banks, credit unions and private concerns in commercial and business litigation. In 1994, Mark joined the Compliance Division of the Virginia Department of Taxation where he represented the Department in bankruptcy proceedings in litigation in state and federal court.

He later joined the Department of Taxation, Office of Tax Policy, where, in addition to his work with sales and income tax appeals, he had a major role in the creation of an administrative appeals process for local tax assessments and the drafting of the 1997 Guidelines for the Business, Professional and Occupational License Tax.

Andrew Neville is a graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law and of Wake Forest University. During his time with TACS, Andy has been actively involved in litigation regarding the collection of outstanding accounts of various types, including real estate taxes, special tax assessments, personal property taxes, meals taxes, business license taxes, and grant funds.  He currently leads the Firm’s Legal Group for general district court matters.

Andy has appeared in numerous Circuit Courts and General District Courts throughout the Commonwealth, and has handled all aspects of the judicial sale process for a number of clients.

As a successful senior organization executive, Paul has an exemplary proven record of building high-performance operations for non-profits and leading organizations to substantial growth year over year.  Paul parlays his prior experience in assisting organizations to achieve their missions through effective fundraising, development of new revenue streams, and meeting expense and meeting revenue targets into TACS’ practice in benefiting client’s revenue streams.

Following early retirement, Paul earned his Juris Doctor degree in 2016 from Appalachian School of Law. Paul is based in our Martinsville, Virginia office.  Paul assists in representing TACS clients in general collection matters and judicial tax sale cases before the various Virginia courts.

Seth Konopasek earned his B.A. in American Studies from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from William & Mary Law School.  The son of a career local government employee, Seth grew up in and out of county buildings and with an appreciation of the work and service of local government employees. He is proud to represent and advocate for the hard-working public servants of Virginia.

Seth represents TACS clients in all general and specialized collection matters, including real estate taxes and tax sales, special tax assessments, personal property taxes, meals taxes, business license taxes, and extraordinary collections methods.  He appears in General District Courts and Circuit Courts all across the Commonwealth. As an excellent writer, Seth also works with TACS’ complex litigation and appellate team, including cases before the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Supreme Court of the United States. He has also authored and published two law review articles.