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Justice Matters: The Tax Trial Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 18, 2021January 19, 2021

I am the only lawyer in my family. That’s important to my story because – as you’ll read in a minute – my thinking about

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Why Justice Matters 2018: The Income Tax Trial Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 15, 2018July 27, 2022

More than 50 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader in the civil rights movement, was on the receiving end of repeated harassment by tax authorities, including the IRS. He was eventually indicted by the State of Alabama: The result was surprising.

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Why Justice Matters: Remembering Martin Luther King's Tax Trial

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 19, 2015

When Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen took over the reins of the embattled agency last year, he acknowledged that a loss of confidence

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Why Justice Matters, Revisited

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 21, 2013July 5, 2020

Today, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor the day, as I do always, I am reposting an article (as is)

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Why Justice Matters

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 16, 2012May 29, 2020

Today, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor the day, I am reposting something that I wrote around this time three years

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Why Justice Matters (Redux, 2011)

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 17, 2011

Today, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor the day, I am reposting something that I wrote around this time two

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Why Justice Matters (Revisited)

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 18, 2010May 19, 2020

Today, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. I’m working on a post about service. But in the meantime, I am reposting something

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Is Justice Relevant – Or How Dr. King Reminded Me Why Being A Lawyer Matters

Kelly Phillips ErbJanuary 21, 2008

I’ll be frank. I don’t always love being a lawyer. When I was a little girl, I used to watch Perry Mason with my grandfather

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