Matthew Lee is a former U.S. Department of Justice trial attorney who concentrates his practice in all aspects of white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. Mr. Lee has represented both corporations and individuals in criminal investigations involving tax, money laundering, health care, securities, public corruption, and fraud offenses, and has significant experience in handling all stages of state and federal litigation including trials and appeals. Mr. Lee has extensive experience in advising clients regarding undeclared foreign bank accounts, including the Internal Revenue Service's Voluntary Disclosure Program and "FBAR" reporting obligations. Additionally, he has experience in handling matters at all stages of proceedings before the Internal Revenue Service, including audits, appeals, collections, and Tax Court litigation. Mr. Lee also has experience in conducting corporate internal investigations and advising clients as to corporate compliance issues involving the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA Patriot Act, and anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Mr. Lee is active in pro bono matters, and is the inaugural recipient of Blank Rome's Edwin P. Rome Pro Bono Achievement Award for his commitment to pro bono service and devotion to the pursuit of equal justice for all. Mr. Lee was selected as a member of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Pro Bono Roll of Honor from 2006 through 2010. In addition, Mr. Lee was selected as one of 35 "Lawyers on the Fast Track" in Pennsylvania for 2008. Mr. Lee has been a Lecturer of Law at the Villanova University School of Law since 2009. Representative Matters · Representation of former CEO of public company charged with securities fraud/insider trading in nine-month federal court jury trial. · Representation of numerous individuals with undeclared bank accounts in Switzerland and other offshore jurisdictions seeking amnesty under IRS Voluntary Disclosure Program for Offshore Bank Accounts. · Representation of several individuals under criminal investigation and/or charged with maintaining secret bank accounts in Switzerland. · Representation of individual in complex tax promoter investigation by IRS. · Representation of individual charged with structuring monetary transactions and successfully obtained declination of charges. · Representation of several current and former employees in high profile securities and fraud investigations involving Fortune 100 public company. · Representation of individual in Philadelphia-area public corruption prosecution. · Represented individual on Pennsylvania death row in post-conviction proceedings and successfully overturned death sentence. · Representation of corporation in appeal of conviction for bank fraud and subsequent resentencing following en banc consideration by court of appeals. Community Service & Affiliations Mr. Lee serves on the board of Philadelphia VIP, the pro bono arm of the Philadelphia Bar Association, and currently holds the position of president-elect. He is a board member and immediate past president of The Lighthouse, Inc., and also serves on the board of The First Tee of Philadelphia. Mr. Lee is a graduate of LEADERSHIP Philadelphia's class of 2008. Memberships American Bar Association Bar Association of the District of Columbia Lawyers' Club of Philadelphia National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys Pennsylvania Bar Association Philadelphia Bar Association Events FBAR and Preparing for Filings Under New Deadlines
Strafford Publications Teleconference
August 17, 2011
Matthew D. Lee
Event Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Enforcement Update: The 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative and the new FBAR Regulations
The Knowledge Congress Webcast Series
Webcast
June 16, 2011
Matthew D. Lee
Event Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Enforcement Update: The New FBAR Regulations and the Internal Revenue Service's 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative
New York, NY and Voorhees, NJ
June 14th 2011 and June 15th 2011
Matthew D. Lee and Jennifer Lynn Bell
Event Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Enforcement: Regulations & Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative
Lorman Education Services
Live Audio Conference
May 25, 2011
Matthew D. Lee
Event Tax Fraud 2011: Offshore Accounts, FATCA, and Changes You Should Know
Live Webcast
April 5, 2011
Matthew D. Lee
Event Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Enforcement Update: The Internal Revenue Service's 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative and the New FBAR Regulations
Online via Webinar
March 22, 2011
Matthew D. Lee and Jennifer Lynn Bell
Event In-House Counsel in the Middle: Navigating Issues between the Company and Its Employees
Marvin Comisky Conference Center, One Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA
June 24, 2008
Michael P. Broadhurst, Michael J. Conlan, Francis X. Crowley, Leigh Ann Buziak, Alan M. Freeman, Barry Friedman, et al.
Event To Plead or Not to Plead-How to Negotiate with the Feds
October 29, 2006
Matthew D. Lee
Event Publications Prepare for Round 3: IRS Reopens Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program
Business Tax/White Collar Alert
January 2012 (No. 1)
Matthew D. Lee and Jennifer Lynn Bell
Alert Preview Of Coming Attractions: Enhanced Foreign Asset Reporting Rules On The Horizon
White Collar/Business Tax Alert
December 2011 (No. 1)
Matthew D. Lee and Jeffrey M. Rosenfeld
Alert Corporate Counsel Beware: Limits Of 'No Contact Rule'
Law360
October 7, 2011
Laura Brill Deegan and Matthew D. Lee
Article August 31 Deadline for Participating in IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Is Rapidly Approaching
White Collar Defense and Investigations
August 2011 (No. 4)
Matthew D. Lee
Alert The Crackdown On Undeclared Foreign Bank Accounts
Law360
April 12, 2011
Matthew D. Lee
Article Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Enforcement Update: U.S. Files Suit Against HSBC Seeking Account Records
White Collar Defense and Investigations
April 2011
Matthew D. Lee
Alert Treasury Department Issues New Foreign Bank Account Reporting Rules
White Collar Defense and Investigations
March 2011
Matthew D. Lee
Alert Internal Revenue Service Announces Second Amnesty Program for Foreign Bank Accounts: Deadline to Report Offshore Assets is August 31, 2011
Client Alert
February 9, 2011
Matthew D. Lee and Jennifer Lynn Bell
Alert Foreign Bank Account Enforcement Update: The Justice Department Closes the UBS Case While the IRS Announces That a Second Amnesty Program Is Likely
White Collar Defense and Investigations
December 2010 (No. 2)
Matthew D. Lee
Alert Foreign Bank Account Enforcement Update: The Justice Department Closes the UBS Case while the IRS Announces that a Second Amnesty Program is Likely
Practical International Tax Strategies
November 30, 2010
Matthew D. Lee
Article An Update Regarding The U.S. Government's Foreign Bank Account Enforcement Efforts
For The Defense
October 2010 (No. 4)
Matthew D. Lee and Inbal Paz
Alert Steroids In Baseball Impact More Than Just Home Runs: Ninth Circuit Establishes New Limitations On The Seizure of Electronically Stored Information
For the Defense
October 2009 (No. 14)
Matthew D. Lee
Alert Internal Revenue Service Announces Extension of Deadline For Voluntary Disclosure Settlement Initiative
White Collar, Internal & Government Investigations Alert
September 2009 (No. 2)
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
Alert District Court Rules That Government Is Precluded From Using Attorney-Client Privileged Information Obtained By Corporate Counsel and Turned Over Following Internal Investigation
For The Defense
June 2009 (No. 13C)
Matthew D. Lee
Alert IRS Announces New Voluntary Disclosure Guidelines for Undeclared Offshore Bank Accounts
White Collar, Internal & Government Investigations Alert
May 2009 (No. 1)
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
Alert Increased IRS Scrutiny of Offshore Activity: Raising the Stakes for U.S. Citizens with Bank Accounts Abroad
Journal of International Taxation
January 2009
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
Article U.S. Sentencing Commission Considers Alternatives to Incarceration a Top Priority
Andrews White Collar Crime Reporter
October 30, 2008
Matthew D. Lee
Article Ninth Circuit Ruling Raises Stakes for Those Facing Parallel Investigations
Legal Intelligencer
August 6, 2008
Matthew D. Lee
Article Ninth Circuit Ruling Raises Stakes for Companies and Individuals Facing Parallel Civil and Criminal Investigations
Lorman Educational Seminars' Legal Update
June 2008
Matthew D. Lee
Article Ninth Circuit Ruling Raises Stakes for Companies and Individuals Facing Parallel Civil and Criminal Investigations
For the Defense
June 2008 (No. 6)
Matthew D. Lee
Alert Going Outside the Sentencing Guidelines: An Update on Federal Sentencing Practice and Procedure
Lorman Educational Seminars' Legal Update
June 2008
Matthew D. Lee
Article For the Defense
Quarterly Commentary on White Collar, Internal & Government Investigations
Winter 2008
Matthew D. Lee, Gregory F. Linsin, Joseph G. Poluka, Inbal Paz and Lewis W. Schlossberg
Alert Going Outside the Sentencing Guidelines: Fallout from Gall and Kimbrough: An Update on Federal Sentencing Practice and Procedure
For the Defense
Winter 2008 (No. 1)
Matthew D. Lee
Alert Federal Appeals Courts Offer Disparate Approaches to Appellate Review of Sentences Post-Rita
Lorman Educational Seminars' Legal Update
November 2007
Matthew D. Lee
Article For the Defense
Quarterly Commentary on White Collar, Internal & Government Investigations
Fall 2007 (Vol. 2)
Jerry D. Bernstein, Ian M. Comisky, Michelle Gitlitz Courtney, Matthew D. Lee and Joseph G. Poluka
Alert Federal Appeals Courts Offer Disparate Approaches to Appellate Review of Sentences Post-Rita
White Collar Alert: For the Defense (No. 5)
Fall 2007
Matthew D. Lee
Alert Supreme Court Rules That Guidelines Sentences May Be Considered Presumptively Reasonable on Appeal
Lorman Educational Services' Legal Update
August 2007
Matthew D. Lee
Article For the Defense
Quarterly Commentary on White Collar, Internal & Government Investigations
Summer 2007 (Vol. 1)
Jerry D. Bernstein, Ian M. Comisky, Michelle Gitlitz Courtney, Matthew D. Lee and Joseph G. Poluka
Alert Supreme Court Rules That Guidelines Sentences May Be Considered Presumptively Reasonable on Appeal
White Collar Alert: For the Defense
June 2007 (No. 3)
Matthew D. Lee
Alert White Collar Litigation: New Policy Encourages More Aggressive Prosecution of Tax Cases
The Legal Intelligencer
August 2006
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
Article Internal Revenue Service Announces Sweeping Abusive Transaction Settlement Initiative
White Collar Alert
December 2005
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
Alert Riggs Bank, N.A. Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act Violations and Pay $16 Million Fine
White Collar Alert
February 2005
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
Alert White Collar Crime and the Innocent Spouse
American Journal of Family Law
September 2004
Matthew D. Lee
Article Judges Increasingly Impose Harsh Prison Sentences for White Collar Offenses and Reject Guilty Plea Agreements Viewed as Too Lenient
White Collar Crime Alert
April 6, 2004
Matthew D. Lee
Alert The USA Patriot Act Has Broad Implications for Financial Institutions
Journal of Taxation of Financial Institutions
May/June 2002
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
The Act imposes new and wide-ranging obligations on financial institutions (including non-bank financial institutions such as broker-dealers, insurance companies, and the like), financial institutions of all types must be aware of and prepared to satisfy the heightened obligations imposed by the statute.
Article Co-author: Targeting International Money Laundering Part 2: A Jurisdictional Reach Too Far
Journal of International Taxation
September 2001
Matthew D. Lee
Article News Blank Rome Hosts Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Enforcement Seminars in Advance of Upcoming June 30 FBAR Filing Deadline
June 7, 2011
Matthew D. Lee and Jennifer Lynn Bell
Press Release Matthew D. Lee Receives Edwin P. Rome Pro Bono Achievement Award
February 23, 2004
Matthew D. Lee
Press Release Blank Rome Elects New Partners
January 14, 2004
Brooke T. Iley, Jonathan M. Korn, Matthew D. Lee, Louis M. Rappaport, Rebecca D. Ward and Shawn M. Wright
Press Release Blank Rome Attorneys Participate In Montgomery County CPA Association Seminar
October 30, 2003
Ian M. Comisky and Matthew D. Lee
Press Release Recognition Blank Rome Attorneys Named 2008 Lawyers on the Fast Track
August 2008
Adam E. Laver and Matthew D. Lee
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