Sharon L. McCarthy

Practice Areas

White Collar Criminal Defense; Tax Fraud; Tax Controversy

Career

Sharon L. McCarthy, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, has extensive experience representing individuals and corporations in white-collar criminal matters as well as civil and criminal tax controversies.

Her cases have included government investigations of tax fraud; mail and wire fraud, including theft of honest services; accounting fraud; failure to file tax returns; criminal antitrust violations; securities fraud, including unregistered offerings of cryptocurrency, insider trading, and market manipulation; bank fraud; construction fraud relating to Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) certification; and attorney misconduct. She conducts sensitive internal investigations for corporate and institutional clients. She has represented individuals who have been implicated, but not charged, in connection with major public corruption cases.

She assists clients in voluntarily disclosing off-shore assets and has successfully represented numerous clients in connection with IRS and NYS tax audits involving sensitive matters.

She previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. She is a past President of the Fordham Law Alumni Association and has served in leadership roles for the American College of Trial Lawyers, the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.