Tax enforcement efforts are no longer limited within U.S. borders. The IRS receives a treasure trove of data from U.S. and foreign sources, and it partners with industry experts, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and increasingly the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement to analyze this information. This has significantly elevated and advanced the ability of federal agencies to track individuals and institutions as they seek high-impact prosecutions for tax evasion and money laundering that can result in prison sentences and multimillion-dollar fines. Foreign institutions and individuals assisting or facilitating U.S. tax evasion are also not beyond their reach.
In this evolving landscape, it is important for individuals and national and multinational corporations to partner with lawyers who operate at the confluence of white-collar criminal litigation and tax law and who can mount an effective defense against a complex federal tax investigation.
Our Criminal Defense team helps individuals and institutions assess and identify issues of concern and implement measures to reduce potential exposure before a domestic (or foreign) enforcement agency launches an investigation. When an investigation is already underway, we have had great success representing clients at each stage of the criminal tax process, whether they were facing administrative investigations conducted by IRS criminal investigation agents, joint IRS-DOJ grand jury investigations, or indictments and prosecutions by U.S. attorneys’ offices.
Members of our team have served in high-level positions at the DOJ and in the IRS Chief Counsel’s Office. Many have LL.M.s in tax or are CPAs. One of our team members is a former Deputy and Acting Chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and in the Criminal Enforcement Section in the DOJ’s Tax Division.
We have a wealth of experience to draw on, as well as our knowledge of the law enforcement agencies responsible for prosecuting tax offenses and our relationships with senior officials and agency staff across the country. This enables us to take on the most challenging cases and achieve outstanding results for our clients – at times even convincing the government to shut down investigations.