Author Biography
Illinois attorney Tony Mankus focuses on tax controversies including tax collections, audits, and criminal investigations. He and his wife Margarita Marchan-Mankus are partners in the law firm of Mankus & Marchan, Ltd. They married in 1983 and have four grown daughters. Tony joined the Peace Corps and worked as a revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service before becoming an attorney. He earned his law degree from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1985. His literary background includes publishing both technical articles dealing with tax and bankruptcy issues and more personal and creative ones published in the Non-Billable Hours section of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin,Lithuanian Heritage magazine, and Rivulets. He has also published a memoir, Where Do I Belong?,about his World War II experiences as a Lithuanian refugee displaced in Germany before immigrating to the United States. Find out more about Tony's immigrant experience at www.tonymankus.com.
