21 Tax Division's Civil Litigation Organizational Chart

(As of January 1, 1997)

1. Assistant Attorney General Loretta C. Argrett
   (202) 514-2901

2. Deputy Assistant Attorney General (Civil) Claire Fallon
   (202) 514-5109

3. Appellate Section

   Gary R. Allen, Chief
   P.O. Box 502
   Ben Franklin Station
   Washington, D.C. 20044
   (202) 514-3361 (Phone)
   (202) 514-8456 (Fax)

   Gilbert S. Rothenberg, Assistant Chief
   (202) 514-2914

   Gary Gray, Assistant Chief
   (202) 514-3005

4. Civil Trial Sections
   1. Northern Region

      D. Patrick Mullarkey, Chief
      P.O. Box 55
      Ben Franklin Station
      Washington, D.C. 20044
      (202) 307-6533 (Phone)
      (202) 514-5238 (Fax)

      Deborah S. Meland, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6535

      Peter A. Sklarew, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6571

      States and Territories:

      Connecticut Massachusetts Ohio

      Illinois Michigan Rhode Island

      Indiana New Hampshire Vermont

      Maine New York

   2. Eastern Region

      Edward J. Snyder, Chief P.O. Box 227
      Ben Franklin Station
      Washington, D.C. 20044
      (202) 307-6426 (Phone)
      (202) 514-6866 (Fax)

      J. Brian Ferrel, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6423

      Michael J. Kearns, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6430

      States and Territories:

      Dist. of Columbia Maryland Virginia

      Delaware New Jersey West Virginia

      Kentucky Pennsylvania Puerto Rico

      North Carolina Tennessee Virgin Islands

   3. Central Region

      Robert S. Watkins, Chief P.O. Box 7238
      Ben Franklin Station
      Washington, D.C. 20044
      (202) 514-6502 (Phone)
      (202) 514-6770 (Fax)

      John A. Dicicco, Assistant Chief
      (202) 514-6541

      Seth G. Heald, Assistant Chief
      (202) 514-6508

      States and Territories:

      Arkansas Minnesota Oklahoma

      Iowa Missouri South Dakota

      Kansas North Dakota Wisconsin

   4. Southern Region

      Steven Shapiro, Chief P.O. Box 14198
      Ben Franklin Station
      Washington, D.C. 20044
      (202) 514-5905 (Phone)
      (202) 514-4963 (Fax)

      Herbert L. Moody, Jr., Assistant Chief
      (202) 514-5907

      Richard F. Mitchell, Assistant Chief
      (202) 514-6485

      States or Territories:

      Alabama Louisiana South Carolina

      Florida Mississippi

      Georgia Nebraska

   5. Southwest Region

      Louise P. Hytken, Chief
      717 N. Harwood
      Suite 400
      Dallas, TX 75201
      (214) 880-9721 (Phone)
      (214) 880-9741 (Fax)

      States or Territories:

      New Mexico

      Texas

   6. Western Region

      Jerome H. Fridkin P.O. Box 683
      Ben Franklin Station
      Washington, D.C. 20044
      (202) 307-6413 (Phone)
      (202) 307-0054 (Fax)

      Terri Schapiro, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6543

      David A. Hubbard, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6437

      Alaska Idaho Utah

      Arizona Montana Washington

      California Nevada Wyoming

      Colorado Northern Marianas

      Guam Oregon

      Hawaii

   7. Court of Federal Claims Section

      Mildred L. Seidman, Chief
      P.O. Box 26
      Ben Franklin Station
      Washington, D.C. 20044
      (202) 307-6440 (Phone)
      (202) 514-9440 (Fax)

      David D. Gustafson, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6511

      Terry T. Coles, Assistant Chief
      (202) 307-6459

   8. Special Interest Cases
   The Civil Trial Section, Central Region, is responsible for obtaining injunctions against those involved in the promotion of abusive tax shelters as well as against those who aid and abet the understatement of tax liabilities of others, and for litigating refund cases arising from the imposition of penalties under 26 U.S.C. §§ 6700 and 6701. The Section also has responsibility for a variety of other litigation by or against the promoters of abusive tax shelters, including the enforcement of IRS summonses used to develop penalty and injunction cases against promoters. Additionally, it conducts criminal contempt proceedings against those who disobey injunctions that forbid the promotion of tax shelters.

   The Civil Trial Section, Eastern Region, has been assigned the responsibility for all tax-related litigation involving the Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act, suits relating to taxation of the federal government, its agents or contractors, and damage actions under 26 U.S.C. § 7431 for unauthorized disclosure of tax information (except in cases connected with abusive tax shelter investigations). Special assignments are also made to the section, particularly in cases challenging Treasury Regulations or IRS rulings without reference to a specific tax assessment or to liability in a particular case.