Former DOJ Tax Division Attorney Rillotta Joins Meadows Collier

Joseph Rillotta joined Meadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins, Crouch & Ungerman as a partner in its tax controversy and litigation and white-collar defense practices, the firm announced Tuesday.

Rillotta’s background includes leading grand jury investigations and trying tax and financial crime cases as an attorney at the Department of Justice Tax Division, and advising IRS leadership on oversight matters as the commissioner’s counselor, the firm said.

During his years in private practice, Rillotta defended individuals, companies, and nonprofits in criminal probes, public-corruption and procurement-fraud inquiries, FCPA and securities investigations, and False Claims Act disputes, the firm said.

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