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Areas of Emphasis
- White Collar Crime
- Corporate Investigations
- General Civil Litigation
Distinctions
- Assistant District Attorney, Harris County, Texas District Attorney's Office, 1998-2002
- Deputy District Attorney, Jefferson County, Alabama, Birmingham Division, District Attorney's Office, 2002-04
Education & Honors
- George Washington University, J.D., 1997
- Louisiana State University, B.A., History, cum laude, 1994
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Clerkship, Chief Judge Loren A. Smith, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Charles Clark American Inn of Court
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1997
- Mississippi, 1998
- Alabama, 2002
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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Legal Experience
- Lead Chair in over 30 jury trials.
- Conducted dozens of criminal investigations involving the collection of data and physical evidence, locating and interviewing witnesses, and drafting of search warrants.
- Conducted an internal investigation of a large domestic company involving thousands of pages of documents and hundreds of witnesses and presented the results to the United States Attorney's Office.
- Negotiated a resolution of criminal charges and related civil case involving a large domestic corporation and franchisee.
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- "You Can Beat the Crime, But You Can't Beat the Ride: What Corporations Need to Know Before an Investigation," Washington Legal Foundation, Contemporary Legal Notes Series, Number 48, October 2005.
- "'Honest Services' Criminal Claim Dealt Setback in Appeals Court," Washington Legal Foundation, Counsel's Advisory, Vol. 14, No. 10, November 3, 2006.
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