Former Fulbright & Jaworski tax partner, Kathryn Keneally, confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for DOJ Tax Division

Attorney General Eric Holder has welcomed the confirmation of Kathryn Keneally as Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division

Keneally most recently worked as a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP in New York. For over 25 years, Keneally represented clients in tax controversies and defended against allegations of tax, securities and bank fraud, money laundering, currency transaction reporting, false statements and other financial crime.

Since 1994, Keneally has chaired numerous committees for the American Bar Association (ABA) Taxation Section. Most recently, she served vice chair for Committee Operations for the ABA Taxation Section and as co-chair of the ABA National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Controversy. She previously served as chair of the ABA Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee, the ABA Standards of Tax Practice Committee and the ABA Subcommittee on Department of Justice Procedures.

From 1993 to 2008, Keneally served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission Practitioner’s Advisory Group.

Keneally began her legal career in 1982 as the law clerk for U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York Edward R. Neaher. She received her J.D. from Fordham Law School, her LL.M in Taxation from New York University and her B.S. from Cornell University.