Prior to joining his current firm, Janik was a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. 

Mr. Janik joined the Department of Justice as an Honors Law Graduate through the Department of Justice Tax Division's Honors Program. While at the Department of Justice, Janik practiced in the Federal district and bankruptcy courts throughout the Ninth and Tenth Circuits.  His practice included the litigation of substantive tax issues including the Son of BOSS and the cross-border equipment lease-strip tax shelters, tax-exempt corporate status under Section 501(c), "responsible officer" cases arising under the Section 6672 Trust Fund Recovery Penalty, IRS administrative summonses including those involving the Offshore Credit Card Project and the Section 7609(f) "John Doe" provisions, asset valuation, nominee asset transfers, IRS collections due process appeals, judicial foreclosures, quiet title actions, and various issues arising from proofs of claim and dischargeability claims in the bankruptcy courts. 

Janik was awarded the U.S. Attorney General's Outstanding Attorney Award in both 2005 and 2006.