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Taxes and death: The rise and demise of an American law firm

Special Issue Law Firms, Legal Culture, and Legal Practice

ISBN: 978-0-85724-357-7, eISBN: 978-0-85724-358-4

Publication date: 24 September 2010

Abstract

Misconduct by lawyers in law firms is often attributed to pressures from increasing competition for legal services. Modern firms do face fierce competitive pressures. We can gain more subtle insights, however, by focusing on the specific markets in which particular firms operate and how forms of influence in law firms interact with common patterns of behavior in organizations. This chapter draws on this approach to analyze the experience of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a national law firm that had to close its doors in 2007 because of tax shelter work that triggered civil lawsuits and government investigations.

Citation

Regan, M.C. (2010), "Taxes and death: The rise and demise of an American law firm", Sarat, A. (Ed.) Special Issue Law Firms, Legal Culture, and Legal Practice (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 52), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 107-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2010)0000052007

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