An IRS ethics lawyer is fighting against disbarment after the D.C. Court of Appeals recommended that she should lose her law license for lying in court during a personal injury case, the Washington Times reports.
The disciplinary arm of the D.C. Court of Appeals has recommended that Takisha McGee, a section manager in the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility, lose her law license over the charge, which stems from a personal injury case she worked about a year before she joined the tax agency. [...]
In its 43-page report, the board detailed the personal injury case, which resulted in an $8,900 insurance settlement. But after receiving the settlement check, she failed to pay about $3,000 combined to two medical providers whom she was supposed to reimburse for treatment given to her client, according to records.
The board found Ms. McGee took $7,850 from an account set aside for her client’s settlement through a series of "counter withdrawals." But other than $5,000 paid to her client, "it is not clear where these funds went," the board report stated.
McGee has been dispatched by the IRS to give lectures on the "importance of maintaining high ethical standards."
Although documents relating to McGee's case are already public, the IRS is citing privacy rules as the reason that it will not comment.