Caroline D. Ciraolo

Caroline D. Ciraolo was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Assistant Attorney General of Policy & Planning of the Tax Division on January 12, 2015. By virtue of the February 25, 2015 nomination of Cono R. Namorato to be Assistant Attorney General, under the Vacancies Reform Act (5 U.S. Code § 3345), Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ciraolo became the Acting Assistant Attorney General. Prior to her appointment in the Tax Division, Ms. Ciraolo was Chair of the Tax Controversy and Litigation practice group at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP, in Baltimore, MD, where she represented individuals and businesses in all phases of state and federal civil tax controversies and criminal tax investigations and prosecutions. Ms. Ciraolo has appeared before the IRS, the Comptroller of Maryland and the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, the Maryland Tax Court, the United States Tax Court, United States District Courts, the Maryland circuit and appellate courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Ms. Ciraolo began her career as an Attorney Advisor for the Honorable Stanley J. Goldberg of the United States Tax Court, and worked for Martin, Junghans, Snyder & Bernstein, PA (1996-1998), and Martin, Snyder & Bernstein, PA (1998-2003), before joining Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP. Ms. Ciraolo received her B.S. in Finance (with honors) (cum laude) from the College of New Jersey, her J.D. (with honors) from the University of Maryland School of Law, and her LL.M. in taxation from the University of Baltimore School of Law.