Attorney Profile

heading_attorney_profileMr. McCormack spent two decades as a Federal prosecutor. He began his career as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division in Washington, D.C. and travelled to federal district courts throughout the United States trying income tax fraud cases. As Chief of the Organized Crime Strike Force in the Syracuse Field Office and later, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he supervised many federal grand jury investigations. He successfully tried and convicted numerous organized crime defendants under the RICO statute, specializing in labor racketeering cases.

Mr. McCormack received the Justice Department Director’s Award for Superior Performance for his successful efforts in prosecuting and convicting a wide-ranging organized crime organization in Utica, New York. United States v. Minicone, 960 F. 2d 1099 (2d Cir. 1992).

Mr. McCormack has defended many individual and business clients in criminal and civil matters both while “of counsel” to the law firm of Hancock Estabrook, LLP, and later, in his own law firm, The Law Offices of Kevin E. McCormack.

heading_educationUniversity of Virginia
George Washington University- B.BA. (Accounting)
George Washington University Law School- J.D. (With Honors)

heading_admissionsState Bars

  • New York
  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia

Federal Courts

  • Northern District of New York
  • Western District of New York
  • District of Columbia

Bar Associations

  • New York State Bar Association
  • Onondaga County Bar Association
  • Cayuga County Bar Association
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
  • New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

heading_cases Federal Tax Cases

  • Advocated and achieved a sentence involving no jail time for a small businessman in a $600,000 Federal employment tax fraud case.
  • Sentencing advocacy resulted in no jail time for a small businessman in a Federal employment and income tax fraud case involving over $500,000 in unpaid Federal taxes.

New York State Tax Cases

  • Negotiated a corporate plea (by a defunct corporation) in a New York State sales tax fraud case, with no charges brought against a small business owner who owed more than $120,000 in sales taxes.

Environmental Crimes Cases

  • Lead counsel in a trial resulting in a complete acquittal of a local government employee charged with violating the New York State environmental laws.
  • Negotiated a misdemeanor plea for an employee of a mid-sized corporation in a multi-defendant, felony Federal Clean Water Act case.
  • Defended numerous individuals and businesses in Federal environmental crimes investigations involving the Clean Air Act (asbestos removal) with no charges being brought or no jail sentences being imposed.

Medicaid Fraud

  • Negotiated a plea agreement with no jail sentence for a small businessman in a $500,000 New York State Medicaid fraud case.

Bank Fraud

  • Negotiated a non-prosecution agreement for a prominent attorney in a multi-million dollar Federal bank fraud case.

Defense Department Fraud

  • Co-counsel in a multi-defendant, Federal defense department fraud trial resulting in no convictions of individual employees of a mid-sized Central New York corporation.