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Lena Amanti is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. She is the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Coordinator and primarily works on civil health care fraud cases. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2010, Lena worked at Bingham McCutchen in Washington, DC, where she focused on tax litigation. She also clerked at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Lena attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Lena received her undergraduate degree from Pomona College.

HENRY W. ASBILL (HANK)PARTNER

Business & Tort Litigation

Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement

Corporate Criminal Investigations

Antitrust Criminal Investigations

Washington

(T) +1.202.879.5414

(F) +1.202.626.1700

[email protected]

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Bob McDonnell receives conviction on corruption counts yet obtains acquittal

on bank fraud counts and wins sentencing and bond pending appeal

American Board of Criminal Lawyers files amicus curiae brief in significant Fifth

Amendment case before U.S. Supreme Court

From life to three and one half years in pro bono resentencing representation

HONORS & DISTINCTIONS

Top 100 Washington, D.C. Area Super Lawyers

D.C.'s "Top 100 Trial Lawyers," NTLA

"Top 20 DC FCPA Lawyers," Shark Tank Legal

"Appellate Hot-List," NLJ

Best Lawyers in America (Bet-The-Company litigation)

Chambers (White Collar Crime Litigation Leading Lawyer)

Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading White Collar Crime Lawyers

Master — Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court

EDUCATION

Georgetown University (J.D.); Princeton University (A.B.)

BAR ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia; New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals

for the Second, Third, Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh, and District of Columbia

Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, Districts of

Colorado and Maryland, Eastern Districts of Michigan and Pennsylvania,

Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and Northern Districts of Texas,

New York, and Ohio

CLERKSHIPS

Law Clerk to Hon. John W. Kern III, D.C. Court of Appeals

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Trial and Appellate Attorney, D.C. Public Defender Service

Hank Asbill has extensive, winning first-chair jury trial

and appellate experience. His practice is national. He

has successfully defended individual and corporate

clients for more than three decades against a broad

spectrum of criminal and civil charges.

Hank lectures widely on substantive legal and trial

strategy issues. His topics have included innovative

jury selection, opening and closing arguments,

advanced cross-examination, creative motions practice,

entrapment, antitrust and securities fraud defenses,

creative use of character evidence, government

attacks on lawyers and politicians, investigation of

complex cases, surviving RICO megatrials, and joint

defense agreements and practices.

Hank was profiled in The National Law Journal's special

"Winning" report highlighting successful strategies from

11 of the nation's top litigators and in SmartCEO

magazine as a "go to" lawyer for commercial litigation

and white-collar criminal defense.

Hank is a Fellow of the American College of Trial

Lawyers, past president and Fellow of the American

Board of Criminal Lawyers, Fellow of Litigation Counsel

of America, and past president of the D.C. Association

of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a former two-term

director of the National Association of Criminal Defense

Lawyers and present Advisory Committee member of

NACDL's White Collar Criminal Defense College, which

honored him with its 2015 White Collar Defense Lawyer

of the Year Award.

Hank also has been an adjunct professor of criminal

and civil trial practice at Georgetown University Law

Center and an instructor at numerous trial advocacy

programs and the Federal Judicial Center training

program for new federal district judges.

700 Sixth Street, N.W.Washington , DC 20001 Tel +1 202 862 2426 [email protected]

Raymond Banoun Senior Counsel - Washington

Practice Areas

Anti-Money Laundering & Asset Forfeiture

Corporate Governance

Cyber and National Security

FCPA and International Anti-Bribery

False Claims Act

Financial Regulation

Litigation

Securities Enforcement & Investigations

White Collar Defense and Investigations

Admissions

District of Columbia

New York

Education

Profile

Raymond Banoun is one of the leading business fraud litigators in the nation. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers who has been named among the top litigators in the country by Lawdragon and recognized by Chambers USA, Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in America, US News and World Report, and other leading publications. He represents corporations and financial institutions, their audit committees, law firms, and executives in all aspects of criminal and civil enforcement matters; defends federal and state investigations, and in litigation, both pre- and post-indictment, including in whistleblower, False Claims Act and RICO actions in all courts. He has served, and serves, as outside compliance counsel to several international companies, and as a monitor as part of a Department of Justice corruption settlement. He regularly conducts compliance audits, formulates compliance programs, and advises with respect to their implementation and related governance issues.

Ray also has represented clients in matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, money laundering and asset forfeiture, foreign bank secrecy, data privacy and blocking statutes, the anti-fraud provisions of the securities and commodities statutes, economic sanctions, export control and anti-boycott laws and regulations, criminal tax and antitrust violations, banking, healthcare, government procurement, and bankruptcy fraud. In 2013 he was recognized as an “FCPA Master” by Main Justice for his record of achievement in anti-corruption defense work. Ray also was recognized by Who's Who Legal's The International Who's Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers in 2014.

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George Washington University Law School - J.D., 1968, with honors

City College of New York - B.A., 1965

He has represented companies and their executives and audit committees before the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys' Offices throughout the country, the divisions of enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and FinCen, the Internal Revenue Service, the various Inspectors General, Department of Defense suspension and debarment boards, the European Investment Bank, and U.S. Congressional Committees.

He is well-versed in the money laundering laws of the United States and foreign countries, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Bank Secrecy Act and has co-authored a treatise entitled Money Laundering, Terrorism and Financial Institutions, published by The Civic Research Institute. He has conducted audits of U.S. and foreign financial institutions to ensure compliance with such laws, and devised remedial plans, policies, procedures, and forms to comply with laws and regulations in this area. He is also knowledgeable of foreign secrecy and confidentiality laws, European and other data privacy and blocking statutes, international mutual assistance and tax treaties. His expertise in these areas extends to Switzerland, England, France, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Panama, and other European and Caribbean countries.

Prior to joining Cadwalader, he served for 13 years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he headed the Fraud Division, and for three years as a Special Assistant to the United States Attorney for the Central District of California in Los Angeles. He was a partner at the Washington, D.C. firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn where he chaired the Business Fraud Group. He also clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Harold H. Greene.

He served as Chairman of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section's White Collar Crime Committee, and as Chairman of the Business Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association's Section of Business Law. He is the founder and chair of the highly acclaimed American Bar Association's annual National Institute on White Collar Crime, currently in its twenty-ninth year.


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Robert M. Cary, Partner

Rob Cary has extensive experience representing companies and

individuals before juries and judges in courtrooms and in

negotiations across the country.

Mr. Cary is Co-Chair of Williams & Connolly LLP’s Legal Malpractice

and Ethics practice group. He focuses his civil practice on

representing law firms, having represented over a dozen law firms

and successfully trying a multi-month legal malpractice trial. Mr.

Cary does not disclose the identity of these clients or the subject

matter of these representations.

In addition to representing law firms, Mr. Cary’s civil litigation

experience includes a trial against the Federal Trade Commission

and a number of State Attorneys Generals, as well as cases ranging

from real estate to securities to contracts to products liability to

allegations of civil fraud. Mr. Cary has occasionally represented

plaintiffs in civil litigation including a civil rights action. Mr. Cary

has also been involved in a number of high-stakes appeals, and

represented clients in connection with criminal and civil

investigations conducted by various government agencies,

including the Food and Drug Administration, the Securities and

Exchange Commission, and federal and state prosecutors.

Mr. Cary is well known for his representation of the late U.S.

Senator Ted Stevens, who was indicted on ethics charges less than

100 days before he was to stand for re-election. After eight months

of tumultuous litigation, Senator Stevens was exonerated when it

was revealed that the prosecution had hidden evidence from the

defense that contradicted the prosecution's principal theory. The

American Lawyer described Williams & Connolly’s work on the case

as “one of the best criminal defense performances in memory,

resulting in a heightened scrutiny of prosecutors that will affect the

Justice Department for years to come.”

Mr. Cary has written with client permission a book about the

Stevens case. Bob Woodward of The Washington Post describes

the book Not Guilty: The Unlawful Prosecution of U.S. Senator Ted

Stevens as a “public service…a shocking, deeply sobering tale that

every American worried about the concentration of power in the

federal government should read and study.” Barry Scheck,

co-director of the Innocence Project, describes it as a “riveting

account from one of our country’s great lawyers.” Retired federal

judge Nancy Gertner describes it as “an extraordinarily important

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P r a c t i c e a r e a s

Civil Litigation and TrialPracticeCommercial LitigationCongressional InvestigationsCriminal Defense andGovernment InvestigationsDirectors and OfficersLiabilityEconomic SanctionsFalse Claims Act and QuiTamFinancial Services LitigationHealth Care FraudProfessional LiabilityPublic CorruptionSecurities EnforcementSecurities LitigationSupreme Court andAppellate Litigation

E d u c a t i o n a n d h o n o r s

University of Virginia Schoolof Law, J.D., 1990; Order ofthe Coif; Virginia LawReviewDartmouth College, cumlaude, 1986"AV-Rated" by Martindale-Hubbell®

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book, a must read not only for lawyers, but federal judges.”

Mr. Cary, together with his colleagues Craig Singer and Simon

Latcovich, has also authored Federal Criminal Discovery, the first

book devoted entirely to the topic of discovery in federal criminal

cases. The American Bar Association describes the book as an

“invaluable resource for judges, academics, prosecutors, and

defense lawyers.”

Mr. Cary has been recognized in the 2010-15 editions of The Best

Lawyers in America in white collar criminal defense and in the 2013

edition of The Best Lawyers in America as the Bet-the-Company

Litigation Lawyer of the Year for Washington, D.C.; as one of

"Washington's Top Lawyers" by Washingtonian magazine (2009

and 2011); as a commercial litigation local "litigation star" in the

2012 edition of Benchmark Litigation and as a “national star” in the

2015 edition of Benchmark Litigation; in the 2012 edition of

Chambers as a “rising star” in commercial litigation; as a leading

lawyer in white collar crime and government investigations in the

2013-2015 editions of Chambers, and in the 2015 edition of The

Legal 500. In 2011, The National Law Journal named Mr. Cary and

his partner, Brendan Sullivan, to its six-person list of the country’s

“Most Influential Lawyers” in the area of white collar criminal

defense. Mr. Cary is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and

Litigation Counsel of America.

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Mr. Cary grew up in Hannibal, Missouri

before attending Dartmouth, where he was a member of the

football team. Mr. Cary spent a year as a paralegal at the D.C.

office of White & Case before entering the University of Virginia

School of Law, where he received his J.D. and was on the Articles

Review Board of the Virginia Law Review and a member of the

Order of the Coif. Mr. Cary was a law clerk to Judge Eugene Lynch

of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

before joining Williams & Connolly in 1990. He supervised the

firm’s pro bono criminal practice from 2006 to 2008, was chair of

the firm's Hiring Committee from 2008 to 2010, and is currently

chair of the firm’s Partner-Associate Committee.

Mr. Cary is a frequent speaker on criminal law, legal ethics and

professional liability. His speaking engagements have included the

Sixth Circuit, the Seventh Circuit, and the District of Columbia

judicial conferences. Mr. Cary has taught Federal White Collar

Crime and Trial Advocacy at Georgetown University Law Center and

will be teaching a short course at Vanderbilt Law School this fall.

United States Courts ofAppeals for the District ofColumbia, Fourth, and TenthCircuitsUnited States District Courtsfor the District of Columbia,Eastern District of Virginia,and Northern and SouthernDistricts of New York

Cohen, MatthewManaging Director

New York+1 (212) [email protected]

BACK PRINT

Matthew Cohen is an AlixPartners Managing Director in the Information Managment Services group specializing in electronic discovery and litigation readiness planning. He has extensive experience in assisting corporations in the technology, consumer products, pharmaceutical, medical device, insurance, and financial services sectors in preparing for and responding to discovery demands in litigation and regulatory matters and in managing discovery in complex litigations and regulatory matters. Matthew has been located in the New York office since joining the firm in 2006.

Prior to joining AlixPartners, Matthew spent 15 years in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he was a counsel in the complex mass torts and insurance litigation department and co-chair of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Committee. A significant part of his practice involved advising clients regarding electronic discovery issues arising from litigation and regulatory actions; the development of strategies to mitigate risks associated with the creation, storage, and destruction of electronically stored information; and the implications of new technology on retention and preservation obligations.

Matthew managed the preservation, collection, processing, review, and production of electronically stored information in matters involving tens of terabytes of data on behalf of companies involved in litigation and government investigations. In addition, he assisted clients in revising their document retention policies to address electronically stored information, in drafting and implementing legal hold policies to enable clients to ensure the preservation of relevant information, and in designing and implementing discovery response plans to enable them to internally manage the collection and processing of electronically stored information so as to ensure that they could respond consistently, quickly, and efficiently when faced with discovery demands. Matthew also oversaw the design and implementation of matter and document management work flows and systems

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designed to streamline and ensure efficiency in the management of complex litigation and regulatory matters.

Matthew is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, a coauthor of the working group’s RFP+ White Paper, and a contributing editor of the latter’s Glossary. He is also a faculty member and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education Electronic Discovery program. In addition, Matthew is a frequent lecturer and has written a number of articles on electronic discovery.

Matthew has a JD from Fordham School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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Washington, D.C.+1 202 736 8000+1 202 736 8711

JAMES M. COLEPartner

[email protected]

PRACTICESPrivacy, Data Security and Information LawWhite Collar: Government Litigation & Investigations

ADMISSIONS &CERTIFICATIONS

District of Columbia, 1985

EDUCATIONUniversity of California, HastingsCollege of the Law, J.D., 1979University of Colorado - Denver,B.A., 1976

JIM COLE, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States, focuses his practice on the full range offederal enforcement and internal investigation matters, with a particular emphasis on cross-border andmulti-jurisdictional matters. He has extensive experience overseeing sensitive and controversial matters,both within the government and while in private practice.

Jim served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from January 2011 until January 2015. In thatrole, Jim worked closely with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to formulate and implement key policiesand programs for the Department, and was responsible for the day-to-day supervision and direction of allorganizational units of the DOJ. Among his key achievements, Jim enhanced coordination between the DOJand financial regulatory agencies, including the SEC and the IRS, and between DOJ and overseas lawenforcement, regulatory and policy-making agencies in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland and othercountries. He also worked closely with the Attorney General to formulate high-profile initiatives, including thefederal response to state decriminalization of marijuana and the “smart on crime” program to reduce thenon-violent prison population and the large proportion of African Americans in federal prisons.

Jim first joined the DOJ in 1979 and served there for 13 years in different roles, including as a trial attorneyin the Criminal Division and as Deputy Chief of the Division’s Public Integrity Section. He left the DOJ forprivate practice and became a partner in an international law firm, where he worked on white collar defensematters and corporate counseling. In addition to his work as a defense lawyer and corporate counselor, Jimwas appointed as the Special Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee to conductits investigation of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich.

MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIESJim has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and has lectured at HarvardUniversity’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a former chair of the American Bar Association (ABA)White Collar Crime Committee and served as the Chair Elect of the ABA Criminal Justice Section.

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John Staige Davis, VPartnerRichmond, VAP: 804.420.6296F: [email protected]

John S. Davis is a member of the Litigation Section and serves as co-chair of the White Collar and Investigations

Team and co-chair of the Whistleblower Defense Team and also practices with the firm’s Appellate Team.

Mr. Davis is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia who served more than 20 years

with the U.S. Department of Justice before joining Williams Mullen. During his federal career Mr. Davis worked in

a variety of capacities, including as Criminal Chief in the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta), Criminal Chief in

the Eastern District of Virginia, and Associate Deputy Attorney General under James B. Comey at the Justice

Department. He served as the Senior Privacy Official in the Department of Justice; a member of the Advisory

Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence; and Chairman of DOJ’s Criminal Chiefs’ Working Group. He was

also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams School of Law.

Since joining the firm, Mr. Davis has conducted several internal investigations for Fortune 500 or Global 500

corporations and investigated and settled a False Claims Act matter on behalf of a multi-state health care

provider. He has represented companies, executives, businessmen, and employees investigated for or charged

with federal fraud or bribery crimes and tax evasion.

Mr. Davis’s experience also includes the prosecution of a wide variety of criminal cases, including mail and wire

fraud, procurement fraud, trademark and copyright infringement, Medicaid fraud, securities fraud, and

environmental crimes cases, among many others. He is well-known for his work in high-profile national security

cases, including the indictment (in the Southern District of New York) of KSM and the 9/11 conspirators; five

Somali pirates who attacked a Navy ship in 2010; “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh; the WikiLeaks

investigation; and the Khobar Towers terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Davis also established the U.S.

office in support of the Iraq War Crimes Tribunal that tried Saddam Hussein. He has tried more than 75 cases to

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Jack P. DiCanioPartner, Palo Alto and Los AngelesLitigation, Securities Enforcement and White Collar Criminal Defense

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Bar AdmissionsCalifornia

EducationJ.D., Boston College Law School, 1988B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1985

ExperienceDeputy Chief, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, (1994-2000)

Jack DiCanio is the head of litigation in Skadden’s Palo Alto office. Mr. DiCanio’s distin-guished career, which began in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, encompasses a diverse trial practice focusing on complex, high-stakes federal and state court litigation, as well as white collar defense.

Mr. DiCanio is annually ranked in Chambers USA’s prestigious Band 1, along with Skadden’s West Coast Litigation practice. He also is recognized in other publications for his successes on behalf of his clients, including by The Best Lawyers in America.

Some of Mr. DiCanio’s matters include representing:

- The National Football League in connection with a class action filed by retired players alleging that the players suffer from injuries and addictions resulting from the alleged improper administration of prescription drugs and painkillers during their playing days.

- FedEx in connection with a federal criminal indictment alleging that the company conspired with certain online pharmacies to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and misbranded drugs.

- KPMG in numerous matters, including in connection with civil litigation filed against the firm seeking $100 million in damages relating to tax advice provided by the firm. Mr. DiCanio achieved victories in both state and federal court actions.

- William J. Ruehle, the former CFO of Broadcom, in the largest stock options backdating case brought by the federal government. After an eight-week trial, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed all charges, including the entire SEC complaint against all the defendants, including Mr. Ruehle.

- Oaks Christian School in a successful arbitration against the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section (CIF-SS), arising from CIF-SS’s decision to move Oaks Christian and three other private, religious schools into a new athletic area, which would have had a detrimental impact on the school and its students. The arbitrator’s decision returned all of the schools to their original athletic areas.

Mr. Dicanio’s other clients have included: American Apparel; the cities of Burbank and Glendale in California; Farmers Insurance Group; Highland Fairview Properties; Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; Occidental Petroleum; Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Sony Computer Enter-tainment; Tessera Technologies, Inc.; Visa International; and Zurich Insurance Group.

Mr. DiCanio also has represented the boards of directors and board committees of Intel Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, KLA-Tencor Corporate and PG&E Corporation.

Mr. DiCanio served as an assistant United States attorney for the Central District of Califor-nia. As the deputy chief of the General Crimes Section, he was responsible for training and supervising assistant United States attorneys in federal criminal practice and trial advocacy. During his tenure with the Department of Justice, Mr. DiCanio received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award (the second-highest award within the Department of Justice).

Stephen E. Donahue is an Assistant Regional Director (Enforcement) in the SEC’s Atlanta Regional Office and the Division of Enforcement’s Asset Management Unit. Previously, he was an enforcement branch chief in the Commission’s New York Regional Office. Before joining the Commission staff, Stephen was an associate at McCarter & English, LLP, in Newark, New Jersey, handling corporate and commercial litigation. He clerked for the United States Court of Federal Claims after his graduation from law school at Georgetown. Stephen received a Masters Degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and his undergraduate degree from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

James E. Felman

James E. Felman has concentrated his practice of law in the defense of complex criminal matters and related civil litigation for over 25 years. Mr. Felman represents clients in federal and state matters in every phase of the criminal process -- investigation, trial, sentencing, appeal, and post-conviction proceedings. He has represented clients in a wide range of matters, including allegations of bank fraud, health care fraud, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, public corruption, environmental crimes, antitrust violations, synthetic/illegal drugs, illegal gambling, child abuse/ pornography, and murder.

Mr. Felman has also devoted a significant portion of his professional efforts to legal reform and policy work. He has testified on an array of topics before the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and Sentencing Commission, and frequently writes and speaks on criminal justice policy issues. He is the Immediate Past Chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association and currently serves as the ABA’s Liaison to the United States Sentencing Commission. He also serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Clemency Project 2014.

Mr. Felman is a graduate of Wake Forest University, B.A. cum laude, 1984, and Duke University, M.A. Phil. and J.D. with high honors (Order of the Coif), 1987. Following law school, he was a law clerk to Judge Theodore McMillian of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Robert E. Gallagher

[email protected] 678-419-4314 office 404-368-1702 cell

Bob Gallagher is a partner with over 24 years of experience advising law firms, public and closely-held companies, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. He is a forensic accountant skilled in leading complex internal investigations involving accounting, fraud and regulatory matters. He leads teams of forensic accountants, computer forensics specialists, and forensic data analysts in the timely identification, collection, and analysis of responsive documents, data and electronically stored information.

In addition, Bob has significant experience in helping clients develop and implement FCPA and other anti-bribery and corruption compliance programs, conduct acquisition and third party due diligence, and FCPA investigations. Bob also has extensive experience assisting client and legal counsel in disputes arising from mergers and acquisitions such as purchase price adjustments, earn-out calculations and other post-closing disputes Bob enjoys a reputation for effectively helping clients meet their objectives and deliver results to their stakeholders. Key to his success is the balanced and objective style he brings to all situations. He promotes an environment where people focus on gathering and analyzing information, reaching valid conclusions, and devising optimal action plans.

Bob is a CPA and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He holds a B.A. in Economics from Colby College, and a M.S. in Professional Accounting from University of Hartford.

Lisa Godbey WoodFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lisa Godbey Wood (born 1963) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Wood received the A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1985 and the J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1990. She was a law clerk, Hon. Anthony A. Alaimo, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in 1990. She was in private practice in Brunswick, Georgia from 1991 to 2004. She was a Magistrate judge (part-time), Glynn County Magistrate Court, Georgia from 1998 to 2000. She was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia from 2004 to 2007.

Wood is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Wood was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Dudley H. Bowen, Jr.. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 2007, and received her commission on February 8, 2007.

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◾ Lisa Godbey Wood (http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3131&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na) at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lisa_Godbey_Wood&oldid=614999874"

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PROFILE

Gary G. Grindler is a partner with King & Spalding’s Special Matters/Government Investigations Practice Group. He focuses on white collar criminal defense; internal investigations; money laundering, financial fraud, congressional and state attorney general investigations; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; False Claims Act and other complex civil litigation.

Prior to joining the firm in 2013, Mr. Grindler served as acting Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice, the second highest-ranking official in the Department, and Chief of Staff to the Attorney General. As acting Deputy Attorney General, he supervised 93 United States Attorney’s offices, all department law enforcement agencies (Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and U.S. Marshals Service) and the civil, criminal, tax, antitrust, environmental, civil rights and national security divisions. Prior to serving as acting Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Grindler served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division where he supervised the fraud and appellate sections. At the conclusion of his tenure in December 2012, Mr. Grindler received the Edmund J. Randolph Award, the Department’s highest award for public service and leadership.

Mr. Grindler was a partner at King & Spalding from 2000 to 2009 when he left to join the Department. His practice included numerous internal investigations for corporations and audit or special board committees of public companies as well as defense of corporations and individuals in white-collar criminal, civil fraud and government agency investigations. The subject areas of such investigations included securities laws, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, tax laws, import/export laws, consumer laws, insurance, health care regulation, federal election laws, False Claims Act and other business crimes. Matters included compliance assessments and internal investigations concerning an internet marketing business, energy industry, telecommunications, pharmaceutical/medical device industries, water flow and valve manufacturing industry, food and beverage business, defense contracting and banking. He presented the results of internal investigations to the SEC, the Department of Justice and other federal and state governmental agencies.

Immediately prior to joining King & Spalding in 2000, Mr. Grindler served as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General and Counselor to the Attorney General. In these capacities, he worked with both the Deputy Attorney General and the Attorney General on a wide variety of issues relating to white collar investigations and prosecutions, national security, money laundering and computer crimes. From April 1995 through May 1998, Mr. Grindler served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division. In this capacity, he first supervised the Office of Immigration Litigation and then the Federal Programs Branch. He represented the Secret Service in the investigation conducted by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. He also represented the President of the United States in his official capacity when depositions were taken in two Independent Counsel prosecutions arising out of the Whitewater investigation. Mr. Grindler previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Offices in the Southern District of New York and the Northern District of Georgia.

Representative Experience

� Represented an energy power company in Malaysia regarding alleged corruption violations.

CONTACT

WASHINGTON, D.C. 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006-4707

T: +1 202 626 5509 F: +1 202 626 3737

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PRACTICES

EDUCATION

ADMISSIONS

Government Investigations

National Security, Intelligence & Defense Industry

Congressional Investigations

False Claims Act / Qui Tam Whistleblower

Financial Institutions: Government Investigations

Global Disputes

Securities Enforcement and Regulation

Crisis Management

Crisis Management: Congressional Investigations

Crisis Management: Defense Industry

Shareholder and Securities Litigation

Antitrust


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Scott R. Grubman

Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Phone: (404) 262-6505

Fax: (404) 261-2842

Contact: [email protected]

Scott Grubman is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and DOJ Trial Attorney who represents

businesses and individuals in connection with government and internal investigations, False

Claims Act and complex civil litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Much of Scott’s

practice is devoted to healthcare fraud and compliance matters, representing healthcare providers

in high-stakes government investigations and litigation involving the False Claims Act, Stark

law, and Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as in administrative proceedings involving civil

monetary penalties, self-disclosure, and exclusion. He also has extensive experience representing

healthcare providers in all types of government audits and appeals.

Prior to joining private practice, Scott served as a law clerk for the Hon. Lisa Godbey Wood

(Southern District of Georgia) and the Hon. Joel Dubina (Eleventh Circuit). After his clerkships,

Scott served as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and

then as an AUSA in Savannah, Georgia. As an AUSA, Scott investigated and prosecuted

healthcare and other white collar fraud cases, with a focus on False Claims Act investigations

and litigation, and was a member of the district’s Healthcare Fraud Taskforce. Scott also

represented the United States as lead counsel in dozens of cases in both federal District Court

and before the Eleventh Circuit, including felony criminal investigations and prosecutions, civil

and criminal appeals, habeas, constitutional claims, employment discrimination, medical

malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, and asset forfeiture. Scott was awarded a Special

Commendation by the DOJ for outstanding contribution to litigation.

Scott has published over a dozen articles on healthcare topics in nationally recognized journals

and publications, and regularly presents at healthcare conferences and seminars nationally.

Beginning in 2016, he will serve as an Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University College of

Law, where he will teach a course on healthcare fraud and abuse.

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Robert E. Hauberg Jr. is a shareholder in the Jackson, Mississippi, and Washington, D.C., offices and former leader of the Firm's Government Regulatory Actions Group. Mr. Hauberg concentrates his practice in antitrust, securities, False Claims Act and RICO litigation; white collar crime; internal investigations including foreign corrupt practices and price fixing; corporate compliance; and litigation for financial institutions, securities broker-dealers, health care and pharmaceutical providers, government contractors, and public officials. He has represented companies and individuals from Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, India, Japan, Kuwait, The Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. He has handled dozens of grand jury investigations and criminal trials, as well as civil trials involving mergers, financial institutions, RICO, false claims by government contractors, whistleblowers and bribery. He has participated in mediation/arbitration matters including the Marvin Frankel insurance fraud litigation, KPMG tax shelters, shareholder litigation, securities suitability, sales of marine equipment, antitrust, health care/pharmaceutical contracts, and federal False Claims Act whistleblower litigation. In 1973, he became an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and served until 1976, at which time he became a Trial Attorney and then Assistant Chief of the Communications and Finance Section of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. In 1986, he was appointed Senior Trial Attorney and then Senior Litigation Counsel of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1990, Mr. Hauberg was honored by the Department of Justice with a special commendation for his work on major prosecutions by the Dallas Bank Fraud Task Force.

Publications & Speaking Engagements ● Co-author – "Antitrust" Chapter, District of Columbia Practice Manual (2014 Edition)

● Moderator – "Antitrust Issues in Government Contracts: D.C. and Federal Perspectives," D.C. Bar Panel (December 16, 2014)

● Panelist – "White Collar Criminal Enforcement: Is The Government More Willing Than Ever To Go To Trial," Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute, Braselton, Georgia (September 12, 2014)

● Co-author – "State of Mississippi" Chapter, State Antitrust Practice and Statutes, Volume II (Fifth Edition, 2014)

● Moderator – "Complying with Antitrust Enforcement Orders, Decrees and Agreements - DOJ, FTC and Practitioner Views," D.C. Bar Panel (December 3, 2013)

● Co-editor – "Consumer Protection" and "Antitrust" Chapters, District of Columbia Practice Manual (2013 Edition)

● Author – "Government Lawyers and In-House Counsel: Commission on Ethics 20/20 Changes and Their Effect," ABA Antitrust Law Section (April 10, 2013)

● Author – "Old Wine In New Bottles: Focuses For Defense Attorneys And Their Clients In White Collar Crime Cases," Managing White Collar Legal Issues (Aspatore Books, Thompson Reuters, 2013 Edition)

● Panelist – "The ABA's 2012 Changes In Ethics Rules," ABA Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting (April 10, 2013)

● Panelist – "Securities Laws Enforcement in the EB-5 Context: SEC Process & Procedures (Chicago Convention Center Case Study)," IIUSA Webinar (February 22, 2013)

● Moderator – "Town Hall Meeting," ABA Section of Antitrust Law Compliance and Ethics Committee

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John A. HornJohn A. Horn is the United States Attorney in the Northern District of Georgia (NDGA). He has been a federal prosecutor since 2002, and previously served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief of the offices Appellate Division, and Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section for the NDGA. His focus was mainly on prosecuting cases involving international drug cartels, but also prosecuted computer crime and fraud cases and has argued appeals before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals involving fraud schemes, child sex offenses, and violent crimes. Some of his notable cases include a takedown of a significant component of Mexico's Beltran-Leyva cartel including kingpin Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, aka "La Barbie," and illegal prescribing of pharmaceuticals by Carrollton doctor Philip Astin III. He also served as a member of the prosecution team for Centennial Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph.

John served as the first lead attorney of the David G. Wilhelm Organized Crime-Drug Enforcement Strike Force in Atlanta that brings together all federal investigative agencies as well as state and local police to focus on prosecuting international drug cartels. Before joining the U.S. Attorney's office, John worked in the white collar crime section at King & Spalding in Atlanta, Ga., and also clerked for Judge Stanley F. Birch Jr. of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as Judge Harold L. Murphy of the U.S. District Court. John earned a law degree at the University of Virginia School of Law and a bachelor's degree at the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

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Christopher J. Huber is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Georgia, which he joined in 2008. Mr. Huber is in the Economic Crimes section of the Criminal Division. Previously, he was in the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Section, with a focus on False Claims Act cases. Prior to joining the United States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Huber was a partner at Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia, where he practiced complex commercial litigation. He is a 1997 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, and a 1994 graduate of Yale University.

Fred Kramer – Bios He was born a poor boy in a two-room shack in the wilderness of the coastal

islands to parents with a belief in the value of education. Despite their beliefs he attended the University of Georgia, holding out for a B.A. magna cum laude in American Society and a J.D. degree, all conferred only on condition of his immediate departure.

Kramer entered the private practice of law 1976, was recruited into the U.S. Attorney=s Office in 1980, and has served as Senior Litigation Counsel since 1994.

Kramer has tried the full gamut of both federal and state criminal cases, including murder, espionage, defense procurement fraud, racketeer influenced corrupt organizations, public corruption, bribery and extortion, and health care, insurance, telemarketing, welfare, tax, and mail and wire frauds. Kramer has argued appellate cases before the federal Courts of Appeal for the 5th and 11th Circuits, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the Georgia Court of Appeals.

As Senior Litigation Counsel he serves as a trial techniques advisor to courtroom litigators, mentors new Assistant United States Attorneys, assists in the development of complex cases, and develops and conducts training programs, He also serves as the International Security Coordinator, handling foreign Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty matters.

Kramer has been a frequent instructor at Continuing Legal Education seminars for the Georgia Bar Association, has taught courses at Armstrong-Atlantic University; at the National Advocacy Center of the Department of Justice in Columbia, South Carolina; at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia; and at the FBI training academy at Quantico, Virginia. He has served as a speaker at seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and numerous civic organizations.

Kramer counts Calvin Coolidge, Bob Uecker, and George Foreman among his personal heroes, and harbors a vast store of obscure and largely useless information. He is a student of the English language, currently researching why a fat chance and slim chance are the same things, why there is no synonym for “thesaurus,” and how “asteroid” and “hemorrhoid” somehow switched meanings. During a lucid interval he was able to inveigle a good woman into marrying him. Two excellent children followed.

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Bruce Maloy Maloy Jenkins Parker partner, Bruce Maloy, has over 30 years of experience trying criminal cases. He has tried over 100 state and federal criminal jury trials. Bruce has defended individuals accused of fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, SEC violations, healthcare fraud, and other complex crimes. He has also represented individuals charged or investigated in transnational prosecutions.

Since 1995, Bruce has been Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law, teaching Transnational Criminal Litigation. In addition, he is a frequent lecturer on trial techniques and International Criminal Law at conferences around the world. Bruce is a recognized expert on International Criminal Law. Bruce has given expert testimony in extradition proceedings in the United Kingdom, the Bahamas, and other jurisdictions. He has frequently advised lawyers in other jurisdictions on criminal law in the U.S. He also counsels foreign investigations or prosecutions. In the recent opinion in Ahmad, the European Court of Human Rights noted Bruce Maloy's testimony in the defendant's extradition hearing. Bruce was qualified and testified as an expert on American criminal law and procedure in that case.

As part of his commitment to equal access to justice, Bruce, along with the Southern Center for Human Rights, sued the County Commissioners of Fulton County, Georgia. They forced the county to agree to better fund the county’s Public Defender Office so that prisoners would have a lawyer within days of their arrest instead of languishing in jail for months without representation. He also successfully sued the State of Georgia under the Americans with Disabilities Act on behalf of a blind state prisoner. His client had, among other indignities, been written up for refusing to sign a statement saying he had read and understood the inmate rule book.

Bruce was inducted into the American Board of Criminal Lawyers in 1998 and the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2001. In 2011 he was chosen as President Elect of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, the most prestigious organization of criminal defense lawyers in the United States. He is also a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the International Bar Association, and the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, serving as President in 1990. Bruce served on the Board of Directors (1989-1994) and as President (1994) of the Federal Defenders Office in Atlanta. Has been rated in the highest category for White Collar Litigation by Chambers. According to Chambers, "Bruce Maloy deals with white-collar investigations and is renowned for a 'gentle persuasive style that is very effective with jurors and judges.' A 'consummate lawyer for representing senior officers,' Maloy is said to have a 'terrific ability to figure out the best strategic move in a case.'" Bruce is also a Georgia SuperLawyer in the White Collar Crime rankings. He is also recognized in Best Lawyers for his criminal defense expertise.

Bruce was born in Pensacola, Florida. He is a 1975 graduate of Davidson College and received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 1978.

Practice Areas:Complex business crimes, including fraud, SEC violations, mail fraud, tax evasion, FCPA and RICO; transnational criminal litigation including extradition and jurisdiction challenges.

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real people.

Areas of Focus

● Government Investigations and Compliance-Civil and Criminal

● Health Care Litigation

● Internal Investigations

● False Claims Act Defense

Education

● J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 1997

● B.A., cum laude, Boston College, 1994

Bar Jurisdictions

● Georgia,1998

Court Admissions

● U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1998

● U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1998

● U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1998

● U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 1998

● U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2013

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Brian F. McEvoy Shareholder [email protected] Atlanta 404.253.6021

"The best advice I have ever been given about practicing law is to treat every client as if they were my own family member and to handle difficult situations with both enthusiasm and compassion."

Overview Brian McEvoy is an accomplished litigator with a well-earned reputation for working tirelessly to achieve the best outcomes for clients and for thinking creatively and strategically to resolve difficult problems with efficiency and professionalism. Brian is a former federal prosecutor with a practice focus on white collar criminal defense and a special emphasis in health care fraud matters. During his service as a federal prosecutor, he received special commendation from the Department of Health and Human Services by receiving the Inspector General's Integrity Award for his work prosecuting Health Care Fraud matters. In 2008, he was named as the District's Health Care Fraud Coordinator and started the District's first Health Care Fraud Task Force. Brian currently focuses his practice as a white collar criminal defense attorney handling health care fraud cases and other federal economic criminal matters. His practice also includes business litigation and government and internal corporate investigations. As a former federal prosecutor, he has extensive criminal trial experience and expertise in:

● Foreign Corrupt Practice Act matters

● Civil and criminal health care fraud

● Mortgage fraud

● Securities fraud

● Government contracting

● Environmental and other civil and criminal regulatory matters

Due to his extensive experience litigating civil and criminal health care matters, he is uniquely situated to represent physicians, physician practice groups and other health care providers in almost any type of proceeding.

Distinctions ● Preeminent AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

● Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers, 2015

● Georgia Trend magazine Legal Elite, 2014-2015

● HHS-OIG Inspector General's award, 2007

● United States Secret Service Director's Award, 2008

William (Mitch) R. Mitchelson, Jr.

Offices: Atlanta T: 404-881-7661 F: 404-253-8752 [email protected]

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Education

University of Chicago (J.D., 1985)

Duke University (B.A., 1982)

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William R. (Mitch) Mitchelson focuses his practice on the defense of government investigations, internal corporate investigations, false claims act litigation and corporate legal compliance. He is the former leader of the firm’s White Collar Crime Group and is the current chair of the firm’s False Claims Act Working Group and co-chair of the firm’s Health Care Litigation Team. He is a former federal prosecutor who has represented corporations and individuals in significant and high-profile government investigations across the United States. Mr. Mitchelson serves as the co-chair of the Southeast Subcommittee of the ABA Committee on White Collar Crime.

Following law school, Mr. Mitchelson served as a law clerk for The Honorable Cynthia Holcomb Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. At the request of the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Mitchelson has spoken to federal prosecutors about professionalism and ethics in the criminal justice system. He has also appeared as a legal analyst on CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Reports and in print media, including The National Law Journal and The Denver Post, commenting on high-profile government investigations.

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Counsel to senior executives of a public pharmaceutical company in connection with a federal investigation into allegations of off-label marketing.

Counsel to national public health care companies in connection with Civil False Claims Act investigations.

Counsel to a senior executive related to a government investigation of defense contracting issues.

Counsel to a multinational energy company for a world-wide review of its compliance program, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Counsel to the chairman of one of the world’s largest international banks in parallel federal, criminal and regulatory investigations relating to the acquisition of a U.S. insurance company.

Counsel to numerous hospitals, public health care and pharmaceutical companies in internal investigations, government enforcement actions and qui tam litigation.

Counsel to a public company’s corporate compliance officer in a federal criminal prosecution, resulting in the dismissal of all charges.

Counsel to one of the United States’ largest energy companies in an internal investigation into regulatory accounting issues.

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U.S. Attorneys » Districts

Michael J. Moore, Middle District of Georgia

Michael J. Moore was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia on October 6, 2010, after his appointment by President Barack Obama. A native Georgian, Moore received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mercer University’s Cecil B. Day College of Arts and Sciences in Atlanta. He received his law degree from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. He was selected as a national member of the Order of Barristers and received the Milton Clark Barwick Pleading and Practice Award for trial advocacy.

Moore served as an assistant district attorney for the Houston Judicial Circuit, ultimately as acting chief assistant district attorney. He then entered private practice and eventually formed his own firm, specializing in trial practice. He has also

served as an administrative law judge for the City of Warner Robins, Georgia and is a member of the William Augustus Bootle American Inn of Court. Moore is a former member of the Georgia Senate, having served on the Judiciary Committee, the Appropriations Committee, the Transportation Committee and the Defense, Science and Technology Committee.

Moore currently serves on the Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee.

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David A. O'NeilPartner

Washington, D.C.

David A. O’Neil is a litigation partner and member of the firm’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, privacy and cyber security, congressional investigations, and AML/sanctions enforcement defense.

Prior to joining Debevoise in January 2015, Mr. O’Neil served for eight years in prominent positions within the Department of Justice. In early 2014, the President and Attorney General designated Mr. O’Neil to lead the Criminal Division, where he was responsible for supervising more than 600 attorneys investigating and prosecuting the full range of federal crimes, including corporate malfeasance, cybercrime, fraud offenses and money laundering. Mr. O'Neil also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Fraud Section. In that capacity, he supervised more than 100 prosecutors engaged in nationwide enforcement against FCPA violations, healthcare fraud, and securities and financial fraud.

Before moving to the Criminal Division, Mr. O’Neil served for three years as Senior Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Attorney General, the Department's second-in-command. In that role, he was part of DOJ’s core management team with direct supervisory responsibility for more than two dozen attorneys. He participated in a broad range of high-profile matters, including significant FCPA prosecutions, the LIBOR investigations, and high-profile investigations of financial institutions for money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act violations.

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Mr. O’Neil oversaw the DOJ’s response to multiple congressional investigations and brokered a landmark agreement with major technology companies over disclosures of government demands for customer information. In addition, Mr. O’Neil participated in negotiations with the Swiss government over the framework of Swiss cooperation in what eventually became the DOJ tax program.

In 2009, Mr. O’Neil served as Assistant to the Solicitor General. He argued three cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, authored more than 50 briefs filed with the Supreme Court, and handled appeals from high-profile white-collar criminal convictions.

Mr. O’Neil began his career at DOJ as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he tried numerous cases to successful jury verdicts and argued several appeals. He worked on multiple cases involving financial institutions, including bank fraud, mortgage and identity-theft matters.

Mr. O’Neil's recent publications include “Staying A Step Ahead,” International Financial Law Review (July, 2015); “Enforcement Scrutiny Falling On Individuals,” The National Law Journal (May, 2015) and “New York State Department Of Financial Services Expands Its Cyber Focus To Insurers,” FC&S Legal (April, 2015).

Mr. O’Neil earned his J.D., magna cum laude, in 2000 from Harvard Law School, where he was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, with a B.A. in History in 1995.

Upon graduation from law school, he clerked for two years, first for Judge Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and then for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Education

Harvard Law School, 2000, J.D.

Princeton University, 1995, B.A.

Bar Admissions

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William Pryor

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Incumbent

Assumed officeFebruary 20, 2004

Appointed by George W. Bush

Preceded by Emmett Cox

Attorney General of Alabama

In officeJanuary 3, 1997 – February 20, 2004

Governor Fob JamesDon SiegelmanBob Riley

Preceded by Jeff Sessions

Succeeded by Troy King

Personal details

Born William Holcombe Pryor, Jr.April 26, 1962 Mobile, Alabama, U.S.

Political party Republican

Spouse(s) Kristan Wilson

Alma mater University of Louisiana,MonroeTulane University

William H. Pryor, Jr.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other people named William Pryor, see William Pryor (disambiguation).

William Holcombe "Bill" Pryor, Jr. (born April 26, 1962) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a Commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission.[1] Previously, he was the Attorney General of the State of Alabama from 1997 to 2004.

Contents

◾ 1 Background◾ 2 Legal career◾ 3 Political career◾ 4 Eleventh Circuit nomination and confirmation◾ 5 Notable Opinions◾ 6 United States Sentencing Commission nomination and confirmation◾ 7 Family◾ 8 Published works◾ 9 See also◾ 10 References◾ 11 External links

Background

Born in Mobile, Alabama, to William Holcombe Pryor, Sr. and his wife, Laura Louise (née Bowles), Pryor was raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic family. He and his siblings attended McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile. He earned his B.A. from Northeast Louisiana University in 1984 (now University of Louisiana, Monroe) and his J.D. from Tulane University Law School in 1987, where he served as editor in chief of the Tulane Law Review.

Legal career

Pryor served as a law clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1987 to 1988. Pryor worked as a private attorney from 1988–1995, serving as adjunct professor of maritime law at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University from 1989–1995. Pryor currently teaches federal jurisdiction at the University of Alabama School of Law[2] and statutory interpretation at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.[3]

Political career

From 1995–1997, he served as Alabama's deputy attorney general. He became the state's Attorney General in 1997. He was, at that time, the youngest state attorney general in the United States. Pryor was elected in 1998 and reelected in 2002. At reelection, Pryor garnered nearly 59% of the vote, the highest percentage of any statewide candidate.

Pryor received national attention in 2003 when he called for the removal of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who had disobeyed a federal court order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building. Pryor said that although he agreed with the propriety of displaying the Ten Commandments in a courthouse, he was bound to follow the court order and uphold the rule of law. Pryor personally prosecuted Moore for violations of the Canons of Judicial Ethics, and the Alabama Court of the Judiciary unanimously removed Moore from office.

Eleventh Circuit nomination and confirmation

Pryor was nominated to the Eleventh Circuit by President George W. Bush on April 9, 2003 to fill a seat vacated by Judge Emmett Ripley Cox, who had assumed senior status. Originally, William H. Steele had been nominated to the seat in 2001, but his nomination had become stalled in the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee during the 107th United States Congress because African-American groups protested his decisions in two civil rights cases as a magistrate judge. His nomination was withdrawn in January 2003. Pryor was nominated as Steele's replacement.

Despite the fact that the 108th United States Congress was controlled by the Republican Party, Senate Democrats refused to allow Pryor to be confirmed, criticizing him as an extremist, citing statements he had made such as referring to the Supreme Court as "nine octogenarian lawyers" and saying that Roe v. Wade was the "worst abomination in the history of constitutional law."[4] Due to a filibuster of his nomination, President George W. Bush installed Pryor as a circuit court judge on February 20, 2004 using a recess appointment to bypass the regular Senate confirmation process. Pryor resigned as Alabama's attorney general that same day and took his judicial oath for a term lasting until the end of 2006, when his appointment would have ended had he not been eventually confirmed. On May 23, 2005 Senator John McCain announced an agreement between seven Republican and seven Democratic U.S. Senators, the Gang of 14, to ensure an up-or-down vote on Pryor and two other stalled Bush nominees (http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/74897dbc-8491-49fb-a5ff-e7ca7b1c9ac5), Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown. On June 9, 2005, Pryor was confirmed to the Eleventh Circuit by a vote of 53-45 (http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00133), and received his commission on June 10, 2005 and on June 20, 2005, he was sworn in at the age of 43. Pryor was the only judge appointed to the Eleventh Circuit by President George W. Bush.

Notable Opinions

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◾ Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. v. Sec'y, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Servs. (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/files/201412696order.pdf) (11th Cir. 2014). In a unanimous order, a panel of the Eleventh Circuit enjoined the Secretary of HHS from enforcing the contraception mandate against Catholic television network EWTN. Judge Pryor specially concurred, explaining why, in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Hobby Lobby, EWTN had shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The concurrence is particularly notable because Judge Pryor noted that he parted ways with decisions of the Sixth and Seventh Circuits on the subject "because the decisions of those courts are wholly unpersuasive."

◾ In re Michael Morgan (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201311175.ord.pdf) (11th Cir. 2013). Judge Pryor wrote an opinion for a unanimous panel denying an application to file a second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct the federal sentence of Michael Morgan. Morgan, while still a juvenile, had been sentenced to life in prison under a mandatory sentencing scheme for his participation in a massive drug conspiracy involving a murder of another drug dealer, the attempted murder of Morgan's girlfriend to prevent her from reporting that murder, and the subsequent murder of a state trooper who had the misfortune of interrupting the attempted murder plot. The opinion explained that the Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. __ (2012), that juveniles may not be sentenced to life imprisonment under a mandatory sentencing scheme had not been made retroactive by the Supreme Court to cases on collateral review. The Eleventh Circuit later voted not to review the decision en banc. In re Michael Morgan (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201311175.enb.pdf) (11th Cir. 2013).

◾ Walker v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201213500.op2.pdf) (11th Cir. 2013). On behalf of a unanimous panel, Pryor rejected the due process challenge brought by R.J. Reynolds to the application, as res judicata, of the previous determinations on liability made by a Florida jury in an unorthodox class action against the tobacco companies in the 1990s. The panel concluded that it was required to give full faith and credit to the decision of the Florida trial court, as interpreted by the Florida Supreme Court and that the application of full faith and credit did not violate the tobacco company's due process rights because R.J. Reynolds had been given notice and an opportunity to be heard throughout the litigation. The opinion is particularly notable for a colorful paragraph at its conclusion discussing the intractable problem of tobacco litigation.

◾ Day v. Persels & Associates (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201211887.pdf) (11th Cir. 2013). Pryor wrote the majority (2–1) opinion vacating a settlement award in a class action relating to debt-settlement services. The court concluded that the magistrate judge had subject-matter jurisdiction to approve the settlement because unnamed class members are not parties whose consent is required for adjudication by a magistrate judge. But the court also concluded that the magistrate judge had abused its discretion when it approved a settlement that provided no monetary relief to the class members because he found that the defendants could not pay such monetary relief, but no evidence supported that finding.

◾ United States v. Bellaizac-Hurtado (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201114049.pdf) (11th Cir. 2012). Pryor wrote the majority (2–1) opinion reversing the convictions of four defendants for drug-trafficking in the territorial waters of Panama because the Act that criminalized their behavior exceeded the authority of Congress under the Offences against the Law of Nations Clause of the Constitution. The opinion is the first in-depth interpretation of the constitutional provision by a federal circuit court. Judge Rosemary Barkett specially concurred in the judgment.

◾ United States v. Shaygan (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200912129.pdf) (11th Cir. 2011). Pryor wrote the majority (2–1) opinion vacating an award of over $600,000 in attorney's fees and costs against the United States and the public remand of two federal prosecutors. The court explained that the prosecution was objectively reasonable and did not warrant sanctions under the Hyde Amendment. The court also concluded that the district court had violated the due process rights of the federal prosecutors when it denied them notice of the charges and an opportunity to be heard. Pryor later wrote a statement respecting the denial of rehearing en banc of this opinion in United States v. Shaygan (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200912129.op2.pdf) (11th Cir. Apr. 10, 2012).

◾ First Vagabonds Church of God v. Orlando (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200816788op2.pdf) (11th Cir. 2011). Writing for a unanimous en banc court, Pryor rejected an as-applied challenge by Orlando Food Not Bombs to a municipal ordinance that restricted the frequency of its feedings of homeless persons in parks located within a 2 mile radius of the Orlando City Hall. The court assumed, without deciding, that the feeding of homeless persons constituted expressive conduct and determined that the ordinance, as applied to Orlando Food Not Bombs, constituted a reasonable time, place, or manner restriction and a reasonable regulation of expressive conduct.

◾ In re United States (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201014535.pdf) (11th Cir. 2010). Pryor wrote the majority (2–1) opinion granting a writ of mandamus to substitute an Assistant Administrator of the EPA for the appearance of the Administrator in a case about the ecology of the Everglades. The panel explained that the district court had abused its discretion in ordering the appearance of the agency head and encroached on the separation of powers.

◾ Scott v. Roberts (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201013211.pdf) (11th Cir. 2010). Pryor wrote for a unanimous panel reversing the district court and preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of a Florida law that provided a dollar-for-dollar subsidy to a candidate's opponent once that candidate exceeded a statutory expenditure limit. The panel concluded that Rick Scott, then-candidate in the Republican primary for the Governor of Florida, had made a substantial showing of likelihood of success on the merits because, even if the law served compelling state interests, the law was not the least restrictive means of serving those interests. Scott went on to win the Republican primary and the general election.

◾ Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200714664.pdf) (11th Cir. 2009). Pryor wrote for a unanimous panel upholding a Georgia law that required all registered voters in Georgia to present a government-issued photo identification to be allowed to vote in person. The law also required Georgia to issue, free of charge, a "Georgia voter identification card" to any registered Georgia voter who lacked an acceptable form of identification. The panel concluded that the NAACP and voters had standing to challenge the law, but that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it declined to enjoin the law because the burdens on voters from the law were insignificant and the state had legitimate interests in preventing voter fraud.

◾ Pelphrey v. Cobb County (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200713611.pdf) (11th Cir. 2008). Pryor wrote the majority (2–1) opinion, joined by Judge Charles R. Wilson, affirming the district court ruling that sectarian prayers used to open commission meetings did not violate the Establishment Clause as long as the prayer opportunity was not exploited to proselytize or to advance or disparage any particular faith or belief. U.S. District Court Judge Donald Middlebrooks dissented.

◾ United States v. Campa (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200117176.opn3.pdf), (11th Cir. 2008). Pryor wrote the majority (2–1) opinion, joined by Judge Birch, upholding the convictions of five Cuban spies ("The Cuban Five") for espionage.

◾ Zibtluda LLC v. Gwinnett County, Georgia (http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/200315685.pdf), (11th Cir. 2005). Opinion affirmed district court ruling that a local ordinance limiting the placement of adult entertainment establishments was constitutional. The opinion was notable for Pryor's quote of a line from The B-52's hit song "Love Shack" in describing the proposed establishment.

United States Sentencing Commission nomination and confirmation

President Barack Obama nominated Pryor to serve as a commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission on April 15, 2013. Pryor had experience with sentencing issues and reform at the state level. During his tenure as Attorney General of the State of Alabama, he successfully led the effort to establish, by legislation, the Alabama Sentencing Commission. Pryor has written several law review articles about his experiences with sentencing reform. The Senate unanimously confirmed Pryor by voice vote on June 6, 2013, and he will serve a term that expires on October 31, 2017.[5] Pryor will continue to serve as an active judge on the Eleventh Circuit during his service on the Commission.

Family

Pryor is married to Kristan Wilson Pryor; they have two adult daughters.

Pryor's father, William Holcombe Pryor, Sr. is a former band director and now Roman Catholic deacon at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, his own alma mater and that of two of his four children.[6]



Published works

◾ "The Unbearable Rightness of Marbury v. Madison: Its Real Lessons and Irrepressible Myths" (http://www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20110912_PryorEngage12.2.pdf), 12 Engage: J. Federalist Soc'y Prac. Groups 94 (2011).

◾ "Federalism and Sentencing Reform in the Post Blakely/Booker Era" (http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/students/groups/osjcl/files/2012/05/Pryor.pdf), 8 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 515 (2011).

◾ "The Perspective of a Junior Circuit Judge on Judicial Modesty" (http://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=flr), 60 Fla. L. Rev. 1007 (2008).

◾ "Moral Duty and the Rule of Law" (http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol31_No1_Pryoronline.pdf), 31 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 153 (2008).◾ "Not-So-Serious Threats to Judicial Independence" (http://www.virginialawreview.org/volumes/content/not-so-serious-threats-judicial-independence), 93 Va. L.

Rev. 1759 (2007).◾ "The Religious Faith and Judicial Duty of an American Catholic Judge" (http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/40239663?

uid=3739936&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102897861731), 24 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 347 (2006).◾ "Lessons of a Sentencing Reformer from the Deep South" (https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?

action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&doctype=cite&docid=105+Colum.+L.+Rev.+943&key=c130826d1cf2cd259b5df7a7ced32c0a), 105 Colum. L. Rev. 943 (2005).

See also

◾ George W. Bush judicial appointment controversies◾ George W. Bush Supreme Court candidates

References1. U.S. Sentencing Commission. "Bios of Commissioners" (http://www.ussc.gov/About_the_Commission/About_the_Commissioners/Commissioner_Bios.cfm). Retrieved 8 November

2013.2. University of Alabama. "Faculty Page" (http://www.law.ua.edu/directory/People/view/Judge_William_Pryor). Retrieved 8 November 2013.3. Cumberland School of Law. "Adjunct Faculty Page" (http://cumberland.samford.edu/faculty/adjunct). Retrieved 8 November 2013.4. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-108shrg91200/html/CHRG-108shrg91200.htm5. "Senate Confirms Three Sentencing Commissioners" (http://www.ussc.gov/Legislative_and_Public_Affairs/Newsroom/Press_Releases/20130607_Press_Release.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved

8 November 2013.6. McGill-Toolen Catholic High School-About McGill-Toolen (http://www.mcgill.pvt.k12.al.us/onCampus/alumni/HoFbiopages/pryor_sr.asp)

External links

◾ William H. Pryor, Jr. (http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3050&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na) at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

◾ US DOJ webpage (http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/pryor.htm)◾ White House judicial nominee biography (http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/pryor.html)◾ Campaign Contributions Made by William Pryor (http://www.newsmeat.com/judiciary_political_donations/William_Pryor.php)◾ Appearances (http://www.c-span.org/person/?williampryor) on C-SPAN

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Anne was the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina from April 2010 to March 2015. She led numerous high-profile, complex criminal and civil investigations during her tenure, including a public corruption case involving the former mayor of Charlotte, the national security case against former general and CIA Director David Petraeus, numerous securities and financial fraud cases, as well as significant matters in the mortgage-backed securities business. Anne served on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, which acts on behalf of all of the other U.S. Attorneys in providing advice and counsel to the Attorney General. Anne was appointed Co-Chair of the Civil Rights Subcommittee and was an active member of the Health Care Fraud and White Collar Crime Subcommittees, giving her insight into the priorities and decision-making processes at the highest levels of the Department of Justice.

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Anne also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of North Carolina, during which time she was detailed for eight months to the Regime Crimes Liaison Office in Baghdad, Iraq, where she assisted the Iraqi Special Tribunal investigation into international humanitarian crimes committed by members of the regime of Saddam Hussein.

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Amy Levin Weil served for 25 years as a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern Districtof Georgia, United States Department of Justice. For 18

years, from 1990-2008, she served as Chief of the Appellate Division, supervising the

appellate work of over 70 lawyers. From 1992-95, Ms. Weil served as Senior Litigation Counsel; from 1987-1993 she prosecuted a widerange of violent crime and drug cases in the

General Crimes Sectionof the Criminal Division; and from 1983-1987 she represented the United

States in civil litigation as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division.

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Ms. Weil also has been active in local bar and community activities. Since 2002, Ms. Weil has

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and served as the Chapter's President from 2006-2007. She served from 2005-2007 as a member

of the Emory University Board of Governors, and since 2003 has served on the Emory University Law School Advisory Board (formerly the Law School Council), which advises the

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2003. Ms. Weil is active with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, and is a member of the Lawyer's Club of Atlanta, the Eleventh Circuit Historical Society and the United States Supreme Court Historical Society.

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Joe D. Whitley chairs the Firm's Government Enforcement and Investigations Group. He represents clients nationally and internationally in white collar criminal matters and regulatory enforcement, corporate internal investigations, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and U.S. export controls and compliance. He also advises clients on corporate compliance, health care fraud and FDA-related matters.

Joe has had a wide-ranging career in the Department of Justice. During the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, Joe served as the Acting Associate Attorney General, the third-ranking position at Main Justice in the Department of Justice. He was appointed by Presidents Reagan and Bush, respectively, to serve as the United States Attorney in the Middle (Macon) and Northern (Atlanta) Federal Districts of Georgia. Throughout his career, Joe served under five United States Attorneys General and four Presidents in a number of key operational and policy positions. Earlier in his career, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit in Columbus, Georgia.

In 2003, Joe was appointed by President George W. Bush as the first General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the highest ranking legal official in DHS. He held that position for two years working for Secretary Tom Ridge and Secretary Michael Chertoff, before his departure and return to private practice. Joe continues to have a Homeland Security practice and he has chaired the ABA's Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice Homeland Security Law Institute for the last nine years.

Corporate defense and representation of clients in complex civil and criminal enforcement matters brought by the Department of Justice, other federal agencies, State Attorneys General and local prosecutors are the focus of Joe Whitley's practice. Joe has represented numerous individuals and corporations in major government investigations throughout the United States and internationally. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on white collar, compliance and corporate governance issues.

Representative Matters

White Collar Defense

● Represented numerous clients regarding bid rigging and kickback investigation by the Department of Justice.

● Defended U.S. publicly traded chemical company in a major environmental criminal investigation convincing the government that no criminal charges should be filed against the company.

● Served as primary outside counsel for Homeland Security advice for major chemical company.

● Representation of health care providers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies/labs, etc. in qui tam Civil False Claims Act (FCA) investigations.

● Representation of Urocor in FCA case – U.S. ex rel. Worner v. Urocor, Inc.

● Represented public school system in an internal investigation of land purchase practices.

● Defended metal manufacturer against alleged violations of The Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA).

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MR. JONATHAN J. WROBLEWSKI is the designated ex-officio member of the United States Sentencing Commission representing the Attorney General. Mr. Wroblewski serves as Director of the Office of Policy and Legislation in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. Previously, Mr. Wroblewski served as a trial attorney with the Civil Rights Division, and subsequently served at the United States Sentencing Commission as Deputy General Counsel and Director of Legislative and Public Affairs. He is a lecturer at the Harvard Law School and Director of the law school’s Semester in Washington Program. He has previously taught at The George Washington University National Law Center and George Mason University School of Law, and has studied at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Criminology as a recipient of the Atlantic Fellowship in Public Policy. Mr. Wroblewski received his B.A., magna cum laude from Duke University, and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.

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