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Mr. Chicoine is a founder and principal in Chicoine & Hallett, P.S. From 1971 to 1977, he was employed as a Tax Attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Chicoine�s responsibilities there included representing the Internal Revenue Service in complex litigation before the United States Tax Court and federal district courts, reviewing recommendations for criminal prosecution, and advising Special Agents of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, Revenue Agents of the Internal Revenue Service Examination Division, and Collection Officers on civil and criminal tax issues. Mr. Chicoine tried numerous cases as a Senior Trial and Tax Attorney with the government. Mr. Chicoine has been in private practice since 1977 and is admitted to practice in the states of California and Washington. Criminal tax and white-collar criminal defense, as well as civil tax litigation, are a major focus of his practice. His practice also emphasizes business, real estate, federal and state tax, estate planning, tax aspects of divorce, and tax litigation. Mr. Chicoine has taught at the Graduate School of Taxation for the University of Washington School of Law and at the Golden Gate University Graduate School of Taxation. He has authored numerous articles on matters of taxation, ethics, white-collar criminal defense, and Internal Revenue Service administrative practice. Mr. Chicoine has recently served as President of the Tax Section for the Washington State Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Bar Association Administrative Tax Procedures Committee and the American Bar Association Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties Committee. Mr. Chicoine has served as a chairman, participant, or moderator of numerous Continuing Legal Education seminars. Mr. Chicoine has been given the highest rating for legal ability and general recommendation by Martindale-Hubble National Law Directory. He is also listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Who's Who of Outstanding Professionals, and Who's Who in Criminal Defense Law. Mr. Chicoine graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1968 and from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, in 1971. | 