Chamberlain Hrdlicka Tax and White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney Speaks at NJSEA

    PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 18, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Kevin F. Sweeney, senior counsel with Chamberlain Hrdlicka, one of the nation's most profitable mid-size law firms, was the featured speaker at the New Jersey Society of Enrolled Agents Dinner on Nov. 9, 2016.

Enrolled Agents are the only federally licensed tax practitioners who specialize in taxation and also have unlimited rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS. The topic for November's monthly dinner meeting was "Eggshell Audits: Handling IRS Examinations with Potential Fraud Penalty and Criminal Issues."

Sweeney focused on eggshell audits, a civil IRS examination with the potential to become a criminal examination. In his discussion, he advised the audience on strategizing for a sensitive audit, identifying signs of criminal referral, and handling tax returns during an eggshell audit. He also provided insight on how the IRS develops evidence of fraud and makes criminal referrals to the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division.

Prior to joining Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Sweeney worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division as a federal tax prosecutor, where he led many of its most successful tax cases, including offshore banking cases against prominent Swiss banks BSI SA, Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) SA, and Edmond de Rothschild SA. During his tenure, he investigated and litigated dozens of federal white-collar criminal cases including tax evasion, tax preparer, employment tax, FBAR, money laundering, currency structuring, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and other financial fraud matters.

At Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Sweeney puts his experience and longstanding connections to use representing individuals and corporate clients in IRS audits and criminal investigations, civil tax litigation before the United States Tax Court, District Courts, and Court of Federal Claims, and white-collar criminal defense litigation in United States District Court. He speaks nationally on tax and white collar law topics.

About Chamberlain Hrdlicka - Chamberlain Hrdlicka is a diversified business law firm with offices in Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia and San Antonio. The firm represents both public and private companies as well as individuals and family-owned businesses across the nation in a wide variety of practice areas, including commercial and business litigation, tax, tax controversy and litigation, federal white-collar criminal defense, corporate, securities and finance, employment law and employee benefits, energy law, estate planning and administration, intellectual property, international and immigration law, and real estate and construction law.

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