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Article Excerpt from NY Law Journal:
Tax Lawyers' Sentences Include 'Explaining Dangers of Misleading IRS'
Mark Hamblett

01-22-2010
Southern District of New York Judge Sidney Stein gave a special assignment to two lawyers he sentenced Thursday in connection with the Ernst & Young tax shelter scandal: Go forth and spread the word about the consequences of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service.

Stein told tax specialists Robert Coplan and Martin Nissenbaum that a condition of their supervised release following prison is to spend 120 hours a year in community service, with at least half of that time devoted to addressing lawyers, bar groups and accounting firm employees about the way their careers were ruined by fooling with the tax code.
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"I accept the jury's verdict," Coplan said prior to sentencing. "I have deep regret that I made mistakes 10 years ago."
followed by:
Paula Junghans, his lawyer, said Coplan plans to appeal his conviction.
So much for sincerity.
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Paula Junghans, his lawyer
My co-counsel in a case years ago. One of the best in the business.
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It shouldn't pass unobserved that Judge Stein sentenced Coplan to 36 months and Nissenbaum to 30. Those are not slaps on the wrist.
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