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Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Tax Attorneys Indicted

10 June 2009

I know, I know. This doesn’t even feel like news. We’ve seen it coming for awhile now, ever since this little gem appeared on the Jenkens & Gilchrist web site in 2007: At the time of the closing, Jenkens agreed to pay a civil penalty of $76 million and cooperate with the IRS and the [...]

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Indictments, Kickbacks and Pleas, Oh My!

15 December 2008

Jay Gordon, the former chair of the tax practice at Greenberg Traurig, has pleaded guilty to two counts of obstructing the due administration of the internal revenue laws, and conspiracy to defraud the IRS and to violate the tax laws. Gordon revealed his “misconduct” to Greenberg in 2004 and resigned from the bar two years [...]

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Gone Hunton

3 April 2007

Apparently their mothers aren’t the only ones who still love Jenkens & Gilchrist lawyers… The Virginia-based law firm of Hunton & Williams does. A lot. As previously reported, Jenkens found itself under fire amid questions linked to its tax-shelter practice. The firm eventually agreed that it would be subject to a substantial penalty (though as [...]

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A Texas Style Meltdown

30 March 2007

I had already reported that Jenkens Gilchrist was suffering as a result of its involvement in several tax scandals out of the Chicago area. Attorneys were leaving, offices were closing, but somehow, you still got the feeling that Jenkens was going to pull it out and be the Cinderella story of our legal March Madness [...]

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