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Education

  • J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 1968
  • B.A., Iona College, 1963

Bar and Court Admissions

  • New York
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Other 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

Cono R. Namorato

Member, Washington, D.C.
(202) 862-5090
cnamorato@capdale.com | v-card | PDF

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 had been a Member of Caplin & Drysdale for 25 years previously, joining the firm in 1978 after ten years in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served as Chief of the Criminal Section and Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of criminal tax enforcement nationwide. During his most recent term at the IRS, Mr. Namorato supervised the Service's increasing efforts toward achieving compliance nationwide among tax practitioners with newly enhanced standards of conduct. He also served as a Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on complex enforcement matters.

Professional Activities

Mr. Namorato has held prominent positions in the American Bar Association's 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 & Rankings

  • Chambers USA, 2009-2016; Senior Statesmen, 2017
  • The Legal 500, Recommended, 2014; Leading Lawyer, 2010-2011, 2013
  • Super Lawyers, Washington, D.C., 2007-Present
  • The Washingtonian, Top Lawyers, 2009, 2011-2012, 2015
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
  • Above the Law, Tax Firm Power List, 2016
  • Best Lawyers in America, 1993-Present
  • Corporate LiveWire - Global Awards, Fraud & White Collar Crime - Washington, D.C., USA, 2015

Recent News

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Recent Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, The Ethical Framework - Duties of the Tax Practitioner to the Client and to the System, University of Virginia Tax Foundation, 64th Annual Conference on Federal Taxation, June 7, 2012
  • Speaker, Issues Surrounding the FBAR, The Florida Bar Association and FICPA, 28th Annual International Tax Conference, January 14, 2010
  • Panelist, Offshore Tax Compliance in Today's Economy, George Washington University and The IRS, 22nd Annual Institute on Current Issues in International Taxation, December 10, 2009
  • Speaker, Criminal Tax Fraud, American Bar Association, 26th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud, December 3, 2009

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Recent Publications

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