Ugolini Returns to direct DOJ Tax Litigation Branch Appellate Section (7/29/26)

Francesca Ugolini, former head of DOJ Tax Appellate Section, returns to DOJ as Director of the Tax Litigation Branch’s Appellate Section. See Erin Slowey, DOJ Veteran to Oversee Unit Tasked With Civil Tax Case Appeals (Bloomberg Law 2/28/26), here (behind paywall).

Death of John Flanagan 6/25/26 (7/1/26)

John Flanagan died on June 25. His obituary is here. The obituary says in part relevant to his DOJ Tax service:

He clerked for a U.S. Tax Court judge, and in 1968 joined the United States Department of Justice as a prosecuting attorney in the Tax Division. He tried cases across the United States, always intrigued that so many people from Cincinnati he met in Washington wanted to return home.

Amended 7/7/26 6:00pm: I am informed that John was in Refund 1, a civil trial section, rather than the Criminal Section (that might be inferred from "prosecuting attorney" in the obituary.