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Justin Keith Gelfand

Tax Attorney at St. Louis (Clayton), MO

5.0   3 reviews
  • Licensed for 14 years
    State MO
    Acquired 2009
    Status
    Good Standing, Active No misconduct found

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About Justin

Learn Justin’s areas of practice.

Justin is a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience in high stakes litigation.

A seasoned trial attorney, Justin focuses his practice on criminal defense, white collar matters, internal investigations, tax controversy, and sophisticated civil litigation.  Justin’s clients have included elected officials, attorneys, current and former law enforcement officers, former prosecutors, doctors, large and small businesses, a university, religious leaders, and hardworking individuals from all walks of life.

Justin is at home in the courtroom and routinely tries cases to verdict. But when it’s in his client’s best interest, Justin resolves cases outside of the courtroom—often with no publicity.

Justin joined the U.S. Department of Justice in 2009 through the Attorney General’s Honors Program and was assigned to the Tax Division’s Southern Criminal Enforcement Section. Based in Washington, D.C. for more than four years, Justin prosecuted a wide range of federal criminal cases throughout the country, including criminal tax, financial fraud, identity theft, offshore banking, immigration fraud, passport fraud, money laundering, international tax evasion and domestic terrorism matters. As a prosecutor, Justin first-chaired 13 federal fraud jury trials and numerous federal bench trials—winning all of them. Justin spearheaded more than 50 financial fraud grand jury investigations and represented the United States before federal courts of appeal with a 100% success rate.

Justin routinely presents continuing education to attorneys and accountants throughout the country on cutting-edge legal issues. Justin was a Faculty Member at the National Advocacy Center, the U.S. Department of Justice’s acclaimed legal academy in South Carolina, where he taught hundreds of federal prosecutors the ins and outs of criminal tax cases. He played a large role in crafting the innovative way stolen identity tax refund fraud cases are now investigated and prosecuted, and trained more than 1,000 federal agents in 15 states on investigative techniques utilized by law enforcement today. For this work, Justin received the 2013 Attorney General’s Award for Fraud Prevention, an award widely recognized as one of the Justice Department’s highest honors in the field of white collar and public corruption litigation. Justin is routinely invited to present to private practitioners at national conferences from coast to coast and in Missouri.

Justin graduated in the top 5% of his class at Washington University School of Law and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. During law school, Justin was Senior Editor of the Washington University Law Review.

Justin has also served as an adjunct professor of law at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.

 

Cases Justin has litigated have been covered by CNN, FOX News, ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York TimesForbes magazine and hundreds of other television, radio, print and online publications. Justin is regularly quoted as an expert by the national and local media.

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Reviews

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Posted by Donna | May 11, 2019
This review is from a person who hired this attorney.
| Hired Attorney
Excellent lawyer
Justin came saw me in jail numerous times. He explained to me all my options in a professional manner. Because of Justin, we decided on the best choice for me to serve the least amount of prison time. I feel Justin spent a lot of his time going over my discovery evidence with me. I feel because of this I got the best deal available to me. For all of this I am grateful. I feel Justin is an excellent lawyer.
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Posted by Reza davachi | August 15, 2018
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| Hired Attorney
He truly helps, saved me and continues to do so
He cleaned up a mess my last lawyer left and greatly improved my situation in which the last lawyer buried me in. My last lawyer ran with my savings at retainer and Justin was there to work with me as when he believes in you, his client, he will do whatever is necessary irregardless of your financial situation
Posted by Chandler | August 10, 2018
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| Hired Attorney
Criminal Defense Lawyer
Justin took good care of me involving my unlawful procession of weapons on a College campus. He took care when formulating a damage control strategy moving forward. In total, I was not charged criminally. He worked with me to maintain my academic, athletic, and military career in the light of expulsion from my university. Justin is well connected and very accommodating.
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Cost

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  • Free Consultation 30 minutes
Payment methods
Cash, Check, Credit Card

Resume

AVVO RATING 10.0 (Superb)

Work Experience

  • Partner
  • Margulis Gelfand
  • 2018 - Present
  • Shareholder
  • Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan
  • 2014 - 2018
  • Federal Prosecutor
  • United States Department of Justice
  • 2009 - 2014

Education

  • Washington University School of Law
  • JD - Juris Doctor (Order of the Coif, Top 5%, Law Review)
  • 2009
  • Brandeis University
  • B.A. (High Honors; Debate National Championship -- 5th Place)
  • 2005

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • 2014 - Present
  • Federal Bar Association
  • 2014 - Present
  • Federalist Society
  • 2006 - Present
  • •Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL)
  • N/A
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Languages Spoken

  • English

Honors and Awards

  • Rising Star
  • Super Lawyers
  • 2022
  • Rising Star
  • Super Lawyers
  • 2021
  • Rising Star
  • Super Lawyers
  • 2020
  • Rising Star
  • Super Lawyers
  • 2019
  • Rising Star
  • Super Lawyers
  • 2018
  • Rising Star
  • Super Lawyers
  • 2017
  • Rising Star
  • Super Lawyers
  • 2016
  • 2015 Up & Coming Lawyer
  • Missouri Lawyers Weekly
  • 2015
  • Rising Star
  • Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers
  • 2015
  • Attorney General's Award for Fraud Prevention
  • United States Department of Justice
  • 2013
  • Outstanding Attorney Award
  • United States Department of Justice
  • 2013
  • Outstanding Attorney Award
  • United States Department of Justice
  • 2012
  • Outstanding Attorney Award
  • United States Department of Justice
  • 2011
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Publications

  • St. Louis Lawyer Magazine
  • From Switzerland to Israel: A Milestone Development in Offshore Tax Evasion
  • 2015
  • The Asset
  • Help Clients with Undisclosed Foreign Accounts and Assets Mitigate Criminal and Financial Exposure
  • 2014
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Speaking Engagements

  • Missouri Society of Enrolled Agents Annual Conference
  • How Not to Become a Target of Your Client’s Criminal Tax Investigation: A Former Federal Tax Prosecutor’s Perspective
  • 2015
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • “‘My Ex Did What?!?’: When Family, Tax, and Criminal Law Intersect,”
  • 2015
  • American Bar Association Section of Taxation's May Meeting
  • Recent Developments in Tax-Related Identity Theft
  • 2015
  • American Bar Association's National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud
  • Criminal Tax Workshop
  • 2014
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Representing Clients with Foreign Accounts & Assets: U.S. Federal Income Tax Issues and Exposures
  • 2014
  • Missouri Bar’s Solo and Small Firm Conference
  • Cooked Books: A recipe for Representing a Client with a Potential Criminal Tax Problem
  • 2014
  • National Advocacy Center
  • •“A Guy Walks Into the Treasury and Out With a Bag of Cash”
  • N/A
  • National Advocacy Center
  • •“Using the Grand Jury to Build a Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Case”
  • N/A
  • National Advocacy Center
  • •“From Al Capone to Wesley Snipes: Prosecuting Federal Tax Crimes”
  • N/A
  • National Advocacy Center
  • •“Prosecuting the ‘President’: Domestic Terrorism Case Study of United States v. Turner”
  • N/A
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Attorney endorsements

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Criminal defense Attorney | Oct 01
Relationship: Worked together on matter
"Justin is a great lawyer who takes the time to make sure that his clients are fully advised of the facts of their case, as well as the consequences of each possible outcome. He make sure he has explored every aspect of a case so that he can achieve the best possible outcome. I highly recommend Justin!"
White collar crime Attorney | Sep 02
Relationship: Co-worker
"I endorse this lawyer."
Tax fraud and tax evasion Attorney | Feb 04
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
"I endorse this lawyer."
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