Robert S. Fink, New York University J.D., (Honors) 1968; LL.M., 1973, is one of the nation’s most successful trial lawyers whose practice concentrates in the areas of civil and criminal tax and white-collar criminal defense. 

He is the author of the two-volume treatise, Tax Controversies: Audits Investigations Trials (Matthew Bender, 1980, 26^th Ed. 2007), which has been recognized by courts, government officials and members of the private bar as the definitive textbook on the subject, the co-author of How to Defend Yourself Against the IRS (Simon & Schuster, 1985), the co-author of You Can Protect Yourself From the IRS (Fireside, 1987, 1988), and the contributing author of Scientific and Expert Evidence, Practicing Law Institute, 1975, 1981 and Omnibus Enforcement Act Criminal Prosecutions and Penalties, New York Tax Service, Commerce Clearing House, 1991.  In addition, Mr. Fink has authored numerous articles in various professional journals on the subjects of grand jury investigations, IRS investigations, tax crimes, and tax litigation. 

Mr. Fink is an Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law, Graduate Tax Program, a fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and a Department Editor of the Journal of Taxation.  Mr. Fink lectures frequently at tax and criminal symposia, before government agencies, and as a commentator on radio and television. 

Mr. Fink was Chairman of the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties; the New York State Bar Association Tax Section’s Committee on Practice, Procedure and Compliance, Committee on Criminal and Civil Tax Penalties and Committee on Commodities and Financial Futures.  Mr. Fink was also Chairman of the Committee on Complex Criminal Litigation of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section.  In addition, Mr. Fink was Chairman of the New York County Lawyers’ Association’s Tax Committee.

Mr. Fink was on the Advisory Committee to the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice and was the Co-Chairman of the IRS Northeast Regional Bar Liaison.  He has testified as an expert witness on the Internal Revenue Service’s investigative powers before subcommittees of both Houses of Congress and has testified before the New York State Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee on tax legislation.