Capes Sokol is pleased to announce that Laura E. Krebs Al-Shathir and Sanford J. Boxerman, shareholders, have been elected Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The ABF limits membership to just one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Members are nominated by…
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Capes Sokol is pleased to announce that Sanford J. Boxerman, shareholder, has been selected to the Missouri Lawyers Weekly (MLW) 2020 POWER 30 List for White Collar Defense, a list identifying the 30 most powerful white collar attorneys in Missouri. THE POWER LIST, a new…
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Ok, I admit it. This blog post began purely out of selfishness. I read about the Government’s seizure early this month of $1 billion worth of bitcoin, which the Government justified on the grounds that the bitcoin bore a relationship to a now-shut-down website called…
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When higher-ups in the Department of Justice intervened in the sentencing phase of the criminal case against Trump campaign worker Roger Stone, the reactions of most Americans depended, at least in part, upon their personal political views. As a white-collar criminal defense lawyer, I viewed…
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Twenty attorneys at Capes Sokol, representing every practice area of the firm, have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America © 2021 edition. Lisa M. Adams, Sanford J. Boxerman, David V. Capes, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Drey A. Cooley, Kelley F. Farrell, Amy…
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A memorandum to all United States Attorneys issued last week by Attorney General William Barr directed “[e]very U.S. Attorney’s Office . . . to prioritize the detection, investigation, and prosecution of all criminal conduct related to the current pandemic.” As head of the Department of…
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Ever since virtual currencies such as Bitcoin appeared on the scene, a multitude of questions has followed in their wake concerning the tax treatment of these new types of assets. Over the past decade, the IRS has been slow to issue guidance to taxpayers on…
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