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Stephen Yagman (born December 19, 1944) is a former federal civil rights lawyer and advocate. He had a reputation as an effective counsel and advocate, particularly in cases regarding allegations of police brutality,〔''National Law Journal'', pg. 1, February 28, 2011, "Yagman unbowed, but getting on with life"〕 and as a "pugnacious civil rights lawyer."〔〔''Los Angeles Daily Journal'', October 26, 1987, p. 1.〕 On November 22, 2010, Yagman was disbarred, based upon federal convictions on June 22, 2007, for tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud, and money laundering.〔''California Bar Journal'', January 2011.〕 In the tax case, he "was found guilty of trying to avoid paying more than $100,000 in federal income taxes while living what prosecutors painted as a lavish lifestyle that included Aspen vacations, high-end suits from London, and fine dining."〔(Yagman invited to teach an undergrad course on morality at UCLA ), dailynews.com; accessed June 23, 2015.〕 Yagman contended that the IRS had selectively and vindictively prosecuted him, ignoring the difference between tax avoidance, which is legal, and tax evasion, which is not,〔 because, as Idaho Special Prosecutor (1997–2001), he prosecuted homicide charges against FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi for allegedly murdering Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge, Idaho in 1992〔''Idaho v. Horiuchi'', 253 F.3d 359 (9th Cir. 2001)〕 and because on January 19, 2002 he brought the first Guantanamo Bay detainee case and won it on December 18, 2003.〔''Gherebi v. Bush and Rumsfeld'', 374 F.3d 727 (9th Cir. 2004), as amended.〕 Yagman's federal convictions were affirmed on appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.〔(In re: Stephen Yagman, No. 11-56245 (U.S.C.A. 9th Cir.) )〕〔(DOJ website re Yagman ), justice.gov; accessed June 6, 2015.〕 ==Youth, education and early career== Stephen Yagman was born in 1944 in Brooklyn, New York to working-class parents. His father was a dental technician and his mother was a secretary.〔 Yagman attended Abraham Lincoln High School.〔 After attending the State University of New York at Buffalo, he then graduated from Long Island University in Brooklyn. He received a B.A. in American History, with minors in philosophy and political science, and later earned an M.A. in philosophy from New York University. He attended Fordham University School of Law, receiving his JD in 1974, where he was on the dean's list and received the Jurisprudence Award of the Guild of Catholic Lawyers.〔Fordham Univ. transcript, govt. exhibit 27 in U.S. v. Yagman, 06-00227-SVW (C.D. Cal.)〕 During graduate school and law school, Yagman taught (English, remedial reading, social studies, economics, and Spanish) in the New York City public school system in Harlem and Bedford Stuyvesant from 1967-74. From 1967 until their divorce in 1994, he was married to Marion R. Yagman, with whom he practiced law for many years after their divorce. 〔(Yagman official site ); accessed April 18, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Yagman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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