About Caroline Rule

Caroline Rule is a vigorous and determined advocate for her clients, many of whom face white collar criminal investigations/prosecutions or civil tax audits and investigations. Over the course of her 28-year career, Ms. Rule has successfully helped individual and corporate clients defeat allegations of fraud in order to preserve their reputations and, in the case of individuals, their careers

Ms. Rule’s winning record includes cases involving alleged tax fraud, tax evasion, failure to file tax returns and related forms, bank fraud, healthcare fraud, money laundering, and other white collar controversies. Ms. Rule has achieved outstanding results for individuals and corporations under investigation by governmental and regulatory agencies, and prosecutors’ offices in New York and around the country.

Ms. Rule also successfully represents clients in complex civil tax matters, including sensitive audits by the IRS and state tax authorities, as well as cases involving civil “tax shelters,” failure to report offshore assets, abatement of penalties, and residency issues.  In addition, Ms. Rule represents clients in investigations by the New York City Business Integrity Commission.

Ms. Rule has published numerous articles in legal journals and magazines, and is author of the BNA Tax Management Portfolio No. 623 – 3^rd “IRS Procedures: Examinations and Appeals.”

Ms. Rule works to improve the clarity and application of laws through her chairmanship of the Subcommittee on Tax Crimes, Criminal Litigation Committee, ABA Litigation Section. She also is an active member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers; the Criminal Advocacy Committee and the Mass Incarceration Task Force of the New York City Bar Association; the Administrative Practice Committee, ABA Tax Section; and the Federal Bar Council Committee on Sentencing Reform and Alternatives to Incarceration.  She is also a Master of the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court.