We have represented clients in a wide range of cases involving complex tax issues, forensic accounting, and litigation support.
  
Resolving overwhelming tax debts.

Living with overwhelming tax debts can destroy your business and personal life. But tax debts which seem insurmountable can in fact be resolved through the right approach. The tools available include installment agreements, offers in compromise, asserting the bar of the statute of limitations, or if necessary, discharging taxes in bankruptcy. Mr. Haynes is a widely recognized expert in dealing with the IRS Collection Division. He writes numerous articles for publication in professional journals to help other lawyers and accountants understand and handle such cases, and is a frequent lecturer for professional groups interested in tax issues. We routinely negotiate lien and levy releases, installment agreements and offers in compromise for our clients, and thus help free them from their unmanageable tax difficulties.

Bankruptcy.

In seeking to resolve tax problems, sometimes the best defense is a good offense. Contrary to popular opinion, many income tax debts are dischargeable in bankruptcy, and we often determine that the best possible result for a client can be achieved through a properly timed and managed bankruptcy proceeding. In addition, other bankruptcy firms frequently call on us to serve as special tax counsel to address the difficult tax issues that often arise in complex individual or business bankruptcy cases.

White collar crime defense work.

We handle white collar criminal cases of all kinds, particularly tax fraud matters. Mr. Haynes served as a Special Agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division in Baltimore from 1973 until 1981. In 1980, he was honored as the Criminal Investigator of the Year by the Association of Federal Investigators for his work, including a joint IRS-FBI investigation of corrupt Teamsters officials in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Since leaving the IRS in 1981, Mr. Haynes has represented numerous clients in tax evasion, false return, currency structuring, and failure to file cases, often convincing the IRS Criminal Investigation Division or the Department of Justice Tax Division to terminate investigations without bringing charges. We have represented clients in all parts of the country, including federal cabinet officers, elected officials, doctors, lawyers, venture capitalists, developers, real estate agents, and those in every kind of business from which one can generate income. (Please note, we do not offer representation in drug-related cases or to tax protestors.)

Litigation support and internal investigations.

Calling on his background as an IRS Special Agent, Mr. Haynes provides litigation support services in tax and white collar crime cases to many other law firms, assisting them in assembling and analyzing the facts on which a successful defense can be built. In some cases, this involves internal corporate investigations, including the investigation of embezzlement and misappropriation by company officers and employees. It also involves preparation for sentencing proceedings in an effort to minimize the sentence ultimately imposed following a negotiated guilty plea or conviction.