The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Governance and Compliance Law and Criminal Defense Law (2008-present)
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Governmental Compliance (multiple years)
2008-2009 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers® for Criminal Defense: White Collar
Noted as the No. 1 Ranked Lawyer for Missouri Lawyers Weekly in its "Missouri's Best" Competition in the "Lawyer if the SEC Calls" Category (2007)
Obtained the second largest Business Settlement in the state of Missouri (2006)
Served as a federal prosecutor for 21 years, serving most recently as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
Major public corruption cases handled as a federal prosecutor include: the fraud case of Virvus Jones, Comptroller for the City of St. Louis; the bribery case of Robert Young, IV, St. Louis County Councilman; the voter fraud case of Sorkis Webbe, Jr.; numerous police officers in various corruption cases; and a collection of lawyers and judges in the Missouri Second Injury Fund case
AV® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Education
University of Michigan Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1983) Daniel H. Grady Award (Recipient) Henry M. Bates Memorial Scholarship Class of 1908 Memorial Scholarship West Publishing Company Junior and Senior Awards
University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., Finance, with highest honors, 1980) Henry Crown Award (Recipient)
Fostering a Culture of Trust: Implications of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics, Featuring a Thought Leader Commentary™ with James Martin
Presentations
Presenter, "White Collar Risks for In-House Counsel in the Current Environment," American Bar Association CLE (2009)
Professional and Civic Activities
The Missouri Bar
Illinois State Bar Association
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association of Former United States Attorneys