SANDRA R. BROWN to Speak at Upcoming ABA Criminal Justice Section 40th White Collar Crime Institute – March 5, 2025
Posted by Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. 
Posted on Friday, February 28, 2025
We are pleased to announce that Sandra R. Brown along with Caroline Ciraolo (Kostelanetz LLP), Maisha Horton (IRS Criminal Investigations Division), Matthew Mueller (Fogarty Mueller Harris, PLLC) and Rod Rosenstein (King & Spalding) will be speaking on The Long and Winding Road From Civil Fraud Referral to Criminal Tax Indictment at the upcoming ABA Criminal Justice Section 40th White Collar Crime Institute being held at the Hyatt Regency, Miami, Florida, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 10:30 a.m. (EST).
This program will explore the challenges and strategies when dealing with parallel investigations involving the IRS and federal tax inquiries by different state and/or federal government entities, including issues that arise when government coordination may result in a determination of a “joint” rather than parallel matter.
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Sandra R. Brown is a Principal of the law firm Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C., where she specializes in criminal tax investigations, grand jury matters, litigation and appeals, as well as representing and advising taxpayers involved in complex and sophisticated civil tax controversies, including sensitive-issue audits and administrative appeals, as well as civil litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Brown served as the Acting United States Attorney, First Assistant United States Attorney; and Chief of the Tax Division in the Office of the U.S. Attorney, Central District of California.
During her 27 years as a trial lawyer, she personally handled over 2,000 tax cases on behalf of the United States. During her tenure with the government, Ms. Brown received the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Chief’s Award and the IRS’s Mitchell Rogovin National Outstanding Support of the Office of Chief Counsel Award, the highest recognitions awarded by the IRS to non-IRS employees.
Ms. Brown obtained her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Denver, is a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, Vice-Chair of the ABA’s Section of Taxation’s Criminal and Civil Tax Penalties Committee, Co-Chair of the UCLA Tax Controversy Institute, Co-Chair of the ABA Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Controversy Conference, an ABA Loretta Collins Argrett Fellowship Mentor, and is a frequent lecturer and author on tax controversy topics, including international compliance matters. Ms. Brown has been recognized as one of California’s top 100 leading women lawyers and most recently, the recipient of USD School of Law’s Richard Carpenter Excellence in Tax Award and honored at the California Lawyers Association Tax Bar and Tax Policy 2024 Toast to Women in Tax.
For more information, please contact Sandra R. Brown at brown@taxlitigator.com.
