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Hamline Law Faculty Might Need Some Ritalin

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Is there any failure where attention deficit disorder isn’t the appropriate excuse? A Hamline law professor allegedly committed tax evasion, and she claims it was due to ADD. According to the ABA Journal:

Prosecutors claim law professor Robin Magee, an expert in criminal law, didn’t file her state tax returns for 2004 through 2006 until this year, never filed for 2007, and underpaid her taxes by $5,000 over the period, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Magee allegedly told investigators she wasn’t able to complete her tax returns on time because she has extreme attention deficit disorder, according to the Pioneer Press story. Investigators also claim Magee told them she isn’t familiar with tax law; however, her online biography says she practiced tax law while in private practice.

Apparently, Magee has been suffering from ADD/tax fraud for a long time. Details after the jump.


Professor Magee didn’t just develop ADD yesterday. Based on her tax returns, she’s been suffering for a long time. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports this little nugget:

Between 1991 and 2003, she filed only one tax return, in 1997, within the required time, the department said.

In addition to her debilitating illness, Magee also claims she doesn’t have any familiarity with tax. But …

Magee, who has been employed by Hamline for 17 years, told an investigator “she teaches classes on race and religion and is not familiar with tax law,” the complaint states.
However, according to her Hamline biography, tax law was one of the areas she “concentrated in” while in private practice.

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Law Prof Charged with Tax Evasion, Claims Severe ADD, Prosecutors Say [ABA Journal]
Hamline law professor charged for evading taxes [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]

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