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| Practice Areas | White Collar Fraud; White Collar Criminal Defense; Embezzlement; White Collar Crime; Government Investigations; Corporate Investigations; Criminal Fraud; Criminal Investigation; Criminal Prosecution; Immigration Law | | | Education | University of Arkansas, J.D., 1995, Arkansas State University, B.S., 1990 | | | Admitted | 1995, Arkansas; 1998, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit | |
| Memberships | Arkansas Bar Association. | | | Born | West Palm Beach, Florida, April 9, 1968 | | | Biography | Served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas from 2004 to 2008, directed the prosecution of federal crimes including mail and wire fraud, public corruption, child pornography, firearms violations, narcotics trafficking, corporate fraud, and terrorism financing and implemented an aggressive initiative against child predators. Designated "Project Safe Childhood", the initiative partnered the United States Attorney's Office with federal, state, and local law enforcement to track down and prosecute child sex predators and child pornographers. Indictments for Project Safe Childhood crimes increased 800% over four years. In 2008, United States Attorney's office joined with the Internal Revenue Service to initiate a new task force dedicated to identifying and prosecuting those committing financial crimes and, under his direction, also emphasized the prosecution of violent crime, drug trafficking, white collar fraud, and immigration violations. Also served as Chairman of the Controlled Substances and Asset Forfeiture Subcommittee of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee, a group of 30 United States Attorneys across the country focusing on the Department of Justice's efforts against drug trafficking. Additionally, served as Chairman of the Methamphetamine Working Group and was a member of the Border and Immigration Subcommittee and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Working Group of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee. Elected prosecuting attorney for Benton County from 2001 to 2004. Other litigation experience includes numerous jury trials to verdict including cases of capital murder, wire fraud, tax fraud, drug trafficking, public corruption and child exploitation. | | | Reported Cases | Owens v. State, 128 S.W.3d 445 (Ark. 2003); DeAsis v. State, 200 S.W.3d 911 (Ark. 2005); Boyle v. State, 214 S.W.3d 250 (Ark. 2005); Barrett v. State, 119 S.W.3d 485 (Ark. 2003); Brown v. State, 117 S.W.3d 598 (Ark. 2003); Baughman v. State, 110 S.W.3d 740 (Ark. 2003); Bader v. State, 40 S.W.3d 738 (Ark. 2001); Davis v. State, 44 S.W.3d 726 (Ark. 2001). | | | ISLN | 909965516 | |
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