An Atlanta-area attorney who took part in a massive scheme allowing investors to claim more than $1 billion in phony tax deductions had his law license suspended as he appeals his federal conviction and lengthy sentence.
James Howard Sinnott, of Suwanee, was sentenced to 23 years for his role in the case, which was described as a shady tax dodge for the wealthy. It was believed to be the nation’s first criminal trial involving a tax shelter known as syndicated conservation easements.
Sinnott was convicted along with Jack Fisher, of Alpharetta, who was described as the mastermind of the scheme and one of its biggest promoters across the country. Fisher was given a 25-year prison sentence, and a federal judge in Atlanta ordered the men to pay about half a billion dollars in restitution…