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P: 314.721.7701
F: 314.721.0554
neill@capessokol.com
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Areas of Concentration
Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies
White Collar Criminal Defense & Investigations
Education
L.L.M., Taxation, Washington University (Expected May 2014)
J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (2003)
B.S., Business Administration, University of Missouri-Columbia (1999)
Sara G. Neill is a shareholder in Capes Sokol’s Criminal & Civil Tax Controversies and White Collar Criminal Defense & Investigations practice areas.
Ms. Neill has substantial experience handling both criminal and civil tax matters and frequently defends individuals and businesses under investigation for or charged with tax and other white collar crimes. She represents clients through all stages of criminal and civil tax investigations and litigation, including sensitive audits and examinations, appeals, criminal tax investigations, preparer/promoter penalty investigations, and trials before the U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court.
Ms. Neill has successfully represented clients before the Internal Revenue Service in a broad range of matters, including audits, failure to file tax returns, innocent spouse proceedings, tax refund proceedings, voluntary disclosures, collection of overdue taxes, tax penalty abatement, and trust fund recovery penalty investigations. Ms. Neill represents tax return preparers, certified public accountants, and attorneys before the IRS in preparer/promoter penalty investigations. She has also represented individuals and businesses who have received tax planning advice and taken positions on their tax returns that the IRS has later determined to be abusive. Ms. Neill represents individuals and businesses in responding to Grand Jury subpoenaes and IRS summonses.
She has been admitted to practice law in both Missouri and Illinois, as well as before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri and the U.S. Tax Court.
Ms. Neill is a member of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice and Tax Sections, and a member of the ABA Tax Section’s Criminal and Civil Penalties Committee. She is involved in the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), the St. Louis Lawyer’s Association, and the St. Louis Women’s Law Association. She was a member of the Leadership Clayton Class of 2010 and has been an active volunteer for the American Cancer Society.
Presentations
- “When Clients With Tax Problems Cause Problems for You: Ethical Issues in Tax Practice,” Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants, Nov. 2009; American Society of Women Accountants and St. Louis Society of Women Certified Public Accountants, Jan. 2010