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Robert J. Kipnees is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. Mr. Kipnees concentrates his practice in complex white collar criminal cases, including securities fraud, tax fraud, antitrust and environmental crimes and political corruption cases. He brings to bear in defending firm clients many years of experience, including significant trial experience in both prosecution and defense work. Mr. Kipnees also handles complex civil securities fraud cases, criminal and civil RICO cases, class actions and complex civil fraud and antitrust cases. He has defended and assisted in the criminal defense of several public figures, including, most recently, the successful defense at trial of an executive with a major paper company accused of participating in an international price fixing conspiracy. Mr. Kipnees has also defended against criminal charges a director of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, a principal of a major currency futures firm, several accountants, a municipal engineer, and a prominent corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange, among others. He also has conducted numerous internal investigations for various corporations faced with allegations of criminal wrongdoing. Mr. Kipnees represents clients in the life sciences, healthcare, real estate, financial services, banking and securities industries, among others.
Upon graduation from law school, he practiced litigation with a major New York City law firm and later became an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. During his tenure at the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1982-1985, he worked in both the general criminal division and in the special prosecutions (political corruption) divisions.
Since 1993, he has been an adjunct professor of law at Seton Hall Law School, where he teaches a course on White Collar Criminal Practice. Mr. Kipnees is also the author of "Criminal Trial Preparation," published by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, and has also lectured frequently for that organization on the subject of criminal law. Mr. Kipnees is also the recipient of the U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award (1985).
Mr. Kipnees is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations section of the publication. He is also listed in Super Lawyers (2009-2011) and numerous editions of Who's Who in America, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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The Third Time's The Charm – IRS Announces Third Opportunity For Voluntary Disclosure Of Offshore Accounts
Client Alert, January 10, 2012
Robert Kipnees,
Michael Himmel,
Michael Gooen,
Richard Horne,
Brian Silikovitz,
Matthew Oliver
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'Padilla v. Kentucky' and the Hidden Costs of Criminal Conviction
New York Law Journal, August 2, 2011
Robert Kipnees,
Melissa Lozner,
Khizar Sheikh
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Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Alert - IRS Extends Filing Deadlines for Some FBARs
Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Alert, June 2011
Richard Horne,
Michael Gooen,
Brian Silikovitz,
Kenneth Slutsky,
Robert Kipnees
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Robert J. Kipnees and Maureen Ruane are spotlighted for their selection to Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, a guide to the nation's top lawyers and law firms.,
The Progress, August 1, 2008
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Harvard Law School
(J.D., 1980),
cum laude
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Cornell University
(B.A., 1977),
cum laude, with distinction
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New Jersey
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New York
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1981,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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1981,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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1981,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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1985,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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1992,
U.S. Supreme Court
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1995,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
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2000,
U.S. Tax Court
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2011,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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- American Bar Association
- Sections of Litigation and Criminal Justice
- Association of the Bar of the State of New York
- The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
- New York State Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association (Criminal Law Section)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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