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About
Provided by Jay R Nanavati
Practice Areas
White Collar Criminal Defense; Tax Fraud; Tax Controversy
Career
Jay R. Nanavati is an accomplished litigator, a former federal tax prosecutor, and a founding partner of Kostelanetz LLP's Washington, D.C., office. He has developed an enviable record of success in persuading the government to terminate investigations of his clients and in defeating the government in court.
Mr. Nanavati focuses on white-collar criminal defense with an emphasis on tax fraud matters, and he works with clients facing complex and high-stakes negotiations and controversies with government agencies. He represents individuals and entities facing investigations and prosecutions by the IRS, the FBI, state investigative agencies, U.S. Attorney’s offices, and the Department of Justice Tax Division.
Mr. Nanavati spent more than a decade as both a federal and a state prosecutor, and at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is a veteran trial lawyer, having conducted dozens of jury trials and hundreds of bench trials.
Mr. Nanavati is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a member of the ABA’s Section of Taxation, Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee, as well as of the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section, White Collar Crime Committee, and a member of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court.