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Milwaukee attorney Eric E. Lenzen, 44, was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for willful failure to pay $2,462,705.50 in taxes. Lenzen previously pled guilty to two counts of misdemeanor failure to pay taxes, according to Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Bloomberg Law reported Lenzen, previously led Husch Blackwell’s financial services and capital markets group before moving to Dykema Gossett in 2022.
According to court records, Lenzen, who worked as a partner at two prominent law firms, failed to pay income taxes between 2016 and 2021. Lenzen failed to pay the taxes he owed even though he was earning a lucrative salary and funding a lavish...