Mr. Rowe joins Meadows Collier after two decades of service at the IRS. His focus is White-Collar Crime and Government Regulatory Litigation, Tax Controversy and Litigation, and Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets. He has expertise in many areas including cryptocurrency, financial crimes, civil and criminal tax, money laundering, fraud, internal investigations, and the Bank Secrecy Act.

Mr. Rowe began his career at the IRS in 1998 as a Special Agent and held numerous leadership positions for the agency. He served as the Special Agent in Charge for both the Los Angeles and Dallas Field Offices in the Criminal Investigation Division. This office investigates a diverse mix of financial investigation, including cybercrime, international tax fraud, identity theft, public corruption and Bank Secrecy Act. His next leadership position was Executive Director of International Operations in the Criminal Investigation Division. He successfully designed and implemented novel strategies to detect and mitigate international financial crimes, devised an international financial crime strategy used to train and educate thousands of global investigators in over 50 countries. His most recent position was Executive Director of the Office of Fraud Enforcement. While in this position, International and Domestic fraud threat mitigation strategies were developed and implemented for all IRS business operating divisions. This office implemented a four-pillar intelligence model which aided in fraud detection. Mr. Rowe led the COVID Relief Fraud Project and the Joint International Task Force.

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Mr. Mendoza draws on his experience as a former federal prosecutor and DOJ trial attorney to guide clients through complex investigations involving white-collar criminal offenses and criminal and civil tax controversies. He represents individuals and businesses facing federal enforcement actions, including those brought by the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service, and conducts internal investigations aimed at identifying and resolving issues before they escalate.

At the DOJ, Mr. Mendoza led grand jury investigations, prosecuted a wide range of federal crimes, litigated dispositive motions, and handled sentencing and probation-revocation proceedings. He tried six felony cases to jury verdict, securing conviction in five - including one affirmed by the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On the civil side he litigated multimillion-dollar tax disputes, including refund suits, fraudulent transfer actions, and enforcement cases against tax return preparers. He also handled nominee and alter ego liability cases, IRS summons enforcement actions, and constitutional challenges to the Internal Revenue Code based on the First Amendment's Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses. In 2024, the DOJ recognized his work on a complex civil tax fraud case in Dallas with a Special Commendation.

Read his full bio here. You can contact Mr. Mendoza at 214-749-2420 or by email at emendoza@meadowscollier.com.