Cono R. Namorato is a member in Caplin & Drysdale's Washington, D.C. office. He rejoined the firm in 2006 after serving for two years as Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility for the Internal Revenue Service.
Services
Mr. Namorato's legal experience has been wide-ranging. He has represented corporations and individuals, including corporate executives and senior public officials, in potential or ongoing criminal tax investigations, sensitive civil IRS examinations, and complex voluntary disclosures. He has counseled companies, including Fortune 500 corporations and worldwide professional firms, in resolving sensitive legal and ethical problems and has directed complex internal investigations into financial frauds. Mr. Namorato has also assisted tax lawyers and accountants in tax, ethics and compliance issues.
Highlights
Mr. Namorato's legal experience has been wide-ranging. He has represented corporations and individuals, including corporate executives and senior public officials, in potential or ongoing criminal tax investigations, sensitive civil IRS examinations, and complex voluntary disclosures. He has counseled companies, including Fortune 500 corporations and worldwide professional firms, in resolving sensitive legal and ethical problems and has directed complex internal investigations into financial frauds. Mr. Namorato has also assisted tax lawyers and accountants in tax, ethics and compliance issues.
Professional Activities
Mr. Namorato has held prominent positions in the American Bar Associations Sections of Taxation and Litigation, and is a frequent speaker on matters relating to professional ethics, criminal tax and other white collar criminal enforcement issues. He received his law degree from the Brooklyn Law School, after beginning his career at the IRS, where he served as a Special Agent in the Intelligence Division (now the Criminal Investigation Division).
Awards & Honors
· Ranked as a Top Lawyer in the 2009-2011 editions of Chambers USA: 2011 - Band 1 in Tax Fraud - Nationwide Ranked as a leading lawyer in Tax Controversy in the 2010 and 2011 editions of The Legal 500
· Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialties of Criminal Defense: White Collar and Tax Law from 1993-2012 as well as in Super Lawyers in 2007-2011
· Listed in Washingtonian magazine as one of DC's "Top Lawyers" in 2009
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association (Past Chair, Sub-committee on Criminal Tax Policy, Taxation Section, Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Sanctions)
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel
Government Experience
Director, Office of Professional Responsibility, Internal Revenue Service, 2004-2006
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1977-1978
Chief, 1975-1977; Assistant Chief, 1973-1975, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1968-1973