Mark E. Matthews

Partner

Mark E. Matthews is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation and Tax Practices. Mr. Matthews focuses his practice on criminal tax enforcement, broad-based civil tax compliance, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), white collar matters, and anti-money laundering matters.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Matthews held several high-level government positions. Most recently, Mr. Matthews served as IRS Deputy Commissioner since October 2003, overseeing a period of unprecedented growth in enforcement activity. He was responsible for the IRS's four civil operating divisions, the Criminal Investigation Division, and the Office of Professional Responsibility, which regulates tax practitioner ethics.

Mr. Matthews was previously global co-head of anti-money laundering at Deutsche Bank and, prior to that, was chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, the agency's investigative and law enforcement arm, renowned for its expertise in investigating financial crime, including tax, money laundering, narcotics, and terrorism-related matters.

Other government positions Mr. Matthews has held include deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division (1994-1998), where he lead the Department's criminal tax enforcement program, and senior advisor to the Treasury Department's Assistant Secretary for Enforcement (1993-1994), where he was director of the Treasury Department's Anti-Money Laundering Task Force. Mr. Matthews was also an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York and then a deputy chief of that office's Criminal Division, as well as special assistant to William H. Webster, first at the FBI and then at the CIA.

Mr. Matthews received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1985; his M.P.A. from Princeton University in 1985; and his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1981.

Mr. Matthews is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.