A Manhattan lawyer has pleaded guilty to violating the state’s tax law by failing to collect and remit withholding taxes from employees at his law firm, District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced Friday. In a statement, Mr. Morgenthau said that Ivan S. Fisher, 65, had agreed to pay $68,517 to the state in restitution and $10,000 in criminal fines in a deal to avoid jail time on the class A misdemeanor charge, which carries a sentence of one year behind bars.
In 1989, Mr. Fisher also pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of failing to file his 1982 federal personal income taxes and failing to pay estimated federal personal income taxes for 1983 and 1984, according to the district attorney. Mr. Fisher, who practices federal criminal law, was represented by James Druker of Kase & Druker in Garden City. In an interview, Mr. Druker said his client had not committed a crime of “moral turpitude” and doubted the charge would affect Mr. Fisher’s license to practice. “Bottom line, he should have done what I did and hired a payroll company and I’m sure he’ll do that from now on,” Mr. Druker said. - Vesselin Mitev
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