Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2017

Tax Fraud: Nationwide, Chambers USA

2016

Tax Fraud: Nationwide, Chambers USA

2015

Recognized Practitioner, Chambers USA

2015

Tax: Tax Controversy, Legal 500

2015

Tax Controversy Leaders, International Tax Review

2014

Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense, Legal 500

2014

Tax: Tax Controversy, Legal 500

2012

Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense, Legal 500

2004

Management Award, U.S. Department of Justice

2003

Management Award, U.S. Department of Justice

2002

Management Award, U.S. Department of Justice

2000

Criminal Investigation Recognition Award, IRS

1998

Outstanding Attorney Award, U.S. Department of Justice

1995

Honorary Special Agent Award, IRS

1994

Outstanding Attorney Award, U.S. Department of Justice

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Work Experience

2011 - 2017

Member, Miller & Chevalier

2004 - 2011

Partner, Bryan Cave

2001 - 2004

Chief, Southern Criminal Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice

2000 - 2001

Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

1990 - 2000

Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice

1987 - 1990

Associate, Jordan Coyne Savits & Lopata

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Associations

2017 - Present

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Chair, Criminal Tax Subcommittee of White-Collar Crime Committee

2014 - Present

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Member

2012 - Present

American College of Tax Counsel

Fellow

2004 - 2010

American Bar Association

Co-chair, Tax Enforcement, ABA White Collar Crime Cmte

1998 - 2008

American Bar Association

Associate Editor, Litigation News

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Sample of Legal Cases

United States v. Bergantino, et al.

Sentence: unsupervised probation.

Musca v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Settled

United States v. Jon Flask, et al.

Not Guilty

United States v. Amrein

Pending

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Education

1987

College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1984

University of Missouri, Columbia

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2017

Annual Tax Law Conference

Life of a Criminal Tax Case: Investigation Stage; Litigation

2016

White-Collar Summer Series Webinar

Defending Federal Tax Crimes

2016

Annual Tax Law Conference

Life of a Criminal Tax Case: Litigation

2015

White-Collar Summer Series Webinar

Overview of Federal Criminal Tax Law

2015

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Webinar Series

An Overview of Federal Criminal Tax

2015

Annual Tax Law Conference

Life of a Criminal Tax Case: Litigation

2014

NACDL West Coast White Collar Crime Conference

Whose Money Is It? Latest Trends in Criminal Tax Fraud Enforcement

2014

38th Annual Tax Law Conference

Enforcement and Criminal Tax Symposium

2014

31st Annual ABA National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and the Fourth Annual ABA National Institute on Tax Controversy

Where Did the Money Go, and How Will the Government Find It?

2013

Annual Tax Law Conference

Enforcement and Criminal Tax Symposium

2013

30th Annual ABA National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and the Third Annual ABA National Institute on Tax Controversy

(Un)usual Challenges in Criminal Tax Prosecutions

2012

Annual Tax Law Conference

Criminal Tax Process: Justice Department and Litigation Stage

2012

29th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and Second Annual ABA Institute on Tax Controversy

Jury Selection in Criminal and Civil Tax Cases

2009

Special Briefing on IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program

Voluntary Disclosure of Unreported Accounts

2006

Recent Developments in Tax Enforcement

Tax Enforcement

2004

Advanced Criminal Tax Seminar

Tax Enforcement Policies and Procedures

2001

Criminal Tax Symposium

Tax Enforcement Policies and Procedures

1998

Criminal Tax Institute

Methods of Proof; Trial Practice and Evidence

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Publications

2013

BNA Daily Tax Report Has IRS Pulled the Football Away From OVDP's Charlie Brown?

2012

BNA Daily Report for Executives "Away Game" for Green Card Executives; The Tax and Deportation Double-Team

2012

Tax Analysts Rethinking the Approach to Voluntary Disclosures

2011

BNA Daily Report for Executives When the Wall Comes Crumbling Down: What to Do With Taxpayers That Cannot or Will Not Voluntarily Disclose

2011

Private Wealth A Second Bite At The Apple

2011

BNA Daily Tax Report Willful Failure to File FBARs and the Sergeant Schultz Defense

2009

State of Criminal Justice Tax Enforcement

2008