Lois Lerner

Lois G. Lerner was the director of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TEGE) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from January 2006 to December 2012. In this position, she was be responsible for administering and enforcing the tax laws that apply to more than 1.8 million organizations recognized by the IRS as exempt from tax. She replaced Martha Sullivan, who retired from the IRS at the end of December in 2005. After leaving the TEGE, she became embroiled in the 2013 IRS scandal.

Education background
Lerner is a member of the Massachusetts bar having earned her juris doctorate from Western New England College School of Law graduating cum laude. She completed her undergraduate studies cum laude at Northeastern University.

Lerner is a past president of the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) and an active member of the Humane Society of the United States.

Government background
Lerner began her career in government as a staff attorney in the Honor's Program at the United States Department of Justice. She served as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Attorney’s Office where she was lead counsel handling felony and misdemeanor prosecutions. In 1981, Ms. Lerner moved to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) serving as the Associate General Counsel for Enforcement and later as Acting General Counsel. She replaced Martha Sullivan, who retired from the IRS at the end of December in 2005.

She began her IRS service in 2001 as Director Rulings and Agreements in the Exempt Organizations function of TEGE. In January 2006, she was selected as the Director Exempt Organizations.

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