Practice Areas: White Collar Crimes; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2009
Education: Brooklyn Law School
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Brian P. Ketcham represents clients throughout the United States in white collar investigations and prosecutions, tax controversy matters, and commercial litigation cases. His practice areas include: white collar criminal defense, tax investigations and audits, internal investigations, voluntary disclosures to the IRS and state tax authorities, and commercial litigation. Mr. Ketcham is often called upon to represent clients in federal sentencing proceedings and related matters, such as compassionate release applications and is often engaged as pool counsel or conflict counsel in large corporate investigations.
Admitted to practice in the state of New York, Mr. Ketcham is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Tax Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation and Criminal Law Committee, as well as a member of the New York City Bar Association and the Federal Bar Council.
In 2008, Mr. Ketcham graduated from Brooklyn Law School with his Juris Doctor and thereafter completed two federal clerkships. In his career spanning more than a decade in private practice, he practiced at an elite New York white collar and tax litigation boutique and now operates his own solo practice that embraces the new cloud-based model which leverages flexible meeting spaces, secure cloud computing and mobile technology to offer clients the most cost-effective, efficient representation—without sacrificing quality.
Mr. Ketcham has represented clients before federal and state trial and appellate courts, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, federal, state and local tax authorities, and the United States Tax Court.
Practice areas
Criminal Defense: White CollarFocus areas
Criminal Law - Federal, White Collar Crime
- 100% Criminal Defense: White Collar
First Admitted: 2009, New York
Professional Webpage: https://ketchampllc.com/
- U.S. Tax Court, 2012
- Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 2012
- U.S.D.C. Eastern District of New York, 2011
- U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York, 2011
- New York Bar, 2009
- Together with Sharon L. McCarty, Mr. Ketcham represented an entrepreneur charged with honest services wire fraud and violations of the Travel Act in connection with an alleged kickback scheme. The defendant was sentenced to a term of probation despite a sentencing guidelines range of 18 to 24 months’ imprisonment., 2018
- Mr. Ketcham represented the CEO large family-owned company charged with filing false sales tax and corporate income tax returns. The case was resolved with a civil settlement., 2018
- Mr. Ketcham represented Paul J. Manafort, Jr. in the prosecutions brought by the Special Counsel’s Office in the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Virginia. In the Virginia case, Mr. Ketcham was a member of the trial team that defended Mr. Manafort against allegations of bank fraud and tax fraud related to the use of offshore accounts., 2019
- Most CPAs are now familiar with the IRS's heavily publicized Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP), which allows taxpayers with previously undeclared foreign assets to file amended tax returns and delinquent information returns in exchange for immunity from criminal prosecution and reduced civil penalties. Many, however, are unaware that the IRS has a long-standing policy permitting general voluntary disclosures involving domestic tax issues., Author, Avoiding the Worst Case Scenario: The IRS's Domestic Voluntary Disclosure Practice, The CPA Journal, 2016
- Guide to all stages of a tax examination, investigation, litigation and prosecution -- civil or criminal. by Robert S. Fink (Author)Publisher: Matthew Bender Elite Products, Contributing Author, Tax Controversies: Audits, Investigations, Trials 2 vols. (Matthew Bender, 1980, 28th-37th revs. 2011-2019), (Matthew Bender, 1980, 28th-37th revs. 2011-2019) Lexis Nexis, 2019
- An unexpected new development casts doubt about the future success of the Service's major initiative in the campaign against hidden offshore accounts. Even more distressing are the implications for taxpayers in general about trusting IRS statements. (Nb: IRS reversed its position shortly after publication.), Author, Can IRS Be trusted? A Troubling New Development In The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, 118 Journal of Taxation 182, 2013
- On June 28, 2013, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (the committee) passed a resolution declaring that IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights when she appeared at a hearing before the committee on May 22, 2013. (Nb: Congress dropped its Fifth Amendment position shortly after publicaton.), Author, Waiving the Fifth Amendment Before Congress - Not As Easy As Congress Might Hope, The Champion (NACDL), Vol. XXXVII, No.7, 2013
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2021 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2014 - 2019