MENZIES v. SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

No. 18-3232.

943 F.3d 328 (2019)

Steven MENZIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, an Illinois limited liability partnership, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Charkow , Attorney, Harris Winick Harris LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew J. Gehringer , Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Seyfarth Shaw LLP, an Illinois limited liability partnership, Graham Taylor, individually, Northern Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

Keith G. Klein , Attorney, Bates McIntyre Larson , Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Seyfarth Shaw LLP, an Illinois limited liability partnership, Graham Taylor, individually.

H. Nicholas Berberian , Attorney, Kyle D. Rettberg , Attorney, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Northern Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

Amy Yongmee Cho , Attorney, Peter Francis O'Neill , Attorney, Gary M. Elden , Attorney, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as successor-in-interest to Christiana Bank & Trust Company.

Before Hamilton, Scudder, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


Insurance executive Steven Menzies sold over $64 million in his company's stock but did not report any capital gains on his 2006 federal income tax return. He alleges that his underpayment of capital gains taxes (and the related penalties and interest subsequently imposed by the Internal Revenue Service) was because of a...

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