About me
Najah J. Shariff is an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) with the United States Attorney’s Office, Tax Division, in downtown Los Angeles. Ms. Shariff represents the United States, on behalf of the IRS, in bankruptcy tax and civil tax litigation matters in the United States Bankruptcy Court, the United States District Court, and the Superior Court of California, handling some of the biggest and most complex cases filed in the Central District of California.
Prior to working as an AUSA, Ms. Shariff was a Senior Tax Attorney with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, in Los Angeles, California, and also worked in their national office in Washington D.C. for several years. While at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Ms. Shariff tried numerous cases in the United States Tax Court, involving complex, novel, and high-profile tax issues.
Ms. Shariff has over 15 years of litigation experience representing the interests of the United States on behalf of the IRS in federal and state courts. With her collective experience at the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the IRS office of Chief Counsel, Ms. Shariff has developed an expertise in bankruptcy tax law, tax litigation, refund litigation, tax deficiency litigation, the assessment and collection of taxes, federal tax liens and levies, collection due process, summons enforcement, FBAR cases, surplus funds cases, foreclosure actions, complaint-in-interpleader actions, disclosure, privacy and FOIA issues.
Ms. Shariff received her LL.M. in Tax from Georgetown University Law Center and her J.D. from Boston University Law Center.
