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Date: September 8, 2010

James Martin

• The Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Governance and Compliance Law and White-Collar 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

• 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)

Co-author, "When Employee Secrets Become an Employer's Problem," Business Torts Journal (Fall 2006)

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

Co-presenter, "Empowering the FSO: Preempting Personnel Clearance Issues," NCMS Carolinas Chapter & Hampton Roads Chapter Brown Bag Training vis WebEx (August 2010)

Presenter, "White Collar Risks for In-House Counsel in the Current Environment," American Bar Association CLE (2009)

• 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
• Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri
• St. Louis Variety Club
• St. Louis Regional Crime Commission (Co-Founder)

James Martin

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Business Litigation
Criminal Defense and Compliance
Security Clearance Services
Facility Clearance Services

In The News

August 23, 2010
Jim Martin Interviewed on KMOV

June 30, 2010
Armstrong Teasdale's Litigation and Real Estate Practice Groups Get Top Ratings from Chambers USA

May 5, 2010
Steve Cousins and Jim Martin quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal

May 3, 2010
Justice Department Ends Probe of Former HUD Secretary
Alphonso Jackson

March 11, 2010
Eighteen Armstrong Teasdale Lawyers Featured in 2010 Chambers USA Guide

February 18, 2010
Jim Martin quoted in New York Times, Reuters, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

August 19, 2009
63 Armstrong Teasdale Attorneys Recognized as “Best Lawyers in America”

December 12, 2008
Armstrong Teasdale Partner’s Mentoring Commitment Featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch

November 7, 2008
Missouri/Kansas Supers Lawyers Recognizes Armstrong Teasdale Partners

June 25, 2007
Armstrong Teasdale Recognized in Prestigious 2007 Chambers USA Guide

February 5, 2007
Armstrong Teasdale Receives Top Verdicts in 2006

August 19, 2005
Former Top Federal Prosecutor Joins Armstrong Teasdale