Sam Lauricia is a trusted counselor to privately held companies and high net worth individuals. Sam’s practice focuses on corporate transactions, corporate structures, tax planning and complex tax and white collar litigation. Sam has also led a team of attorneys that litigated cases on behalf of an independent federal agency during the process of liquidating federally insured credit unions. On numerous occasions Sam is consulted by financial advisors, insurance agents, and other professionals throughout the country to develop tax efficient solutions for clients and/or their businesses.
As the leading member of Weston Hurd’s Tax Controversy Practice Group, Sam maintains a nationwide tax litigation practice, representing businesses and individuals before the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Courts, and the Court of Federal Claims. His experience includes arguing each of the following cases before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and serving as lead trial counsel in the United States Tax Court:
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Criminal & White Collar Defense/Compliance
Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Administration
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Representative Matters
Serving as lead outside counsel in the untangling of a massive, complex credit union fraud, considered to be the “largest fraud case ever in credit union history,” (Credit Union Times, March 14, 2013). Managed the civil side of the money laundering investigation from a federally regulated institution including: bankruptcies, collection actions and fraudulent conveyances. This multi-state investigation which transcended international borders involved bankruptcy, banking, white collar crime and litigation and led to the ultimate collapse and eventual liquidation of the former Ohio-based St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union.
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