Defended Government Agencies in Charles Littlejohn Breach
Acted as breach counsel for multiple government agency clients that received notice letters that their information had been improperly accessed by an IRS employee. This incident, part of the Charles Littlejohn Breach, involved Charles Littlejohn, who stole tax return data of thousands of high-net-worth individuals and related entities between 2018 and 2020. He provided the stolen information to a journalism organization and other outlets. Littlejohn pled guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns and was sentenced to five years in prison in January 2024.
