Tax Law Section: Practice & Procedure Roundtable – Update on Criminal Tax Enforcement Matters

This roundtable will discuss the current state of various criminal tax matters and provide an update on recent developments with respect to IRS enforcement priorities.  The panelists will also give a brief overview of the structure and workings of the IRS’s Criminal Investigation division.

Registration for this event is now closed.

About the Speakers

Don Fort, Director of Investigations, Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP

John D. (Don) Fort is the Director of Investigations at Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP, and the immediate past Chief of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (CI) Division. Having spent nearly 30 years in law enforcement for the federal government, Mr. Fort has deep expertise in financial crimes, and has developed an extensive network of connections both within the government and in private industry.

Guinevere Moore, Managing Member, Moore Tax Law Group LLC

Guinevere Marie Moore is a tax litigator who represents taxpayers in civil and criminal tax controversies.  She is a Founding Partner of Johnson | Moore and advocates for taxpayers at the IRS examination and appeals levels and, if a settlement with the IRS cannot be reached, in litigation. She is also the Executive Director of US Partnership Representative, Inc., and in that role she serves as a professional partnership representative.

Jay Weill, Partner, Sideman & Bancroft LLP

Jay Weill concentrates his practice on civil and criminal tax controversy matters, white collar defense and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Weill was a trial attorney with the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1970 – 1975. In 1978 he became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco. In 1982, he was appointed by the U.S. Attorney to be Chief of the Division, where he remained as Chief for 25 years.

Registration

Registration for this event is now closed.

• Tax Law Section Member – Complimentary 
• FBA Member – $25
• Nonmember – Join the FBA to access this roundtable discussion!

Ground Rules for Roundtable Meeting:

1. Statements made by government employees are made in their personal capacity and may not be relied upon as an authorized statement of any government agency.
2. No recording devices allowed.
3. This particular Roundtable should be limited to practitioners that focus their practice on plaintiff issues to foster open communication between participants and speakers.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact sections@fedbar.org