HIGHLIGHTS

• Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of South Carolina, 1991-2000
  
  
• White Collar Criminal Defense Practice, 2001 – Present
  
  
• 2 Not Guilty Verdicts in Complex Federal White Collar Criminal Trials
  (Antitrust and Environmental)
  
  
• Selected for South Carolina Super Lawyers, ® 2009
  
  
• Appellate Experience, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and S.C. Supreme Court
  
  
• Permanent Member, 4th Circuit Judicial Conference
  
  
• United States Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel, 2007
  
  
• Executive Board, Charleston County Bar Association, 2001-2004, 2006-2007
  
  
• Co-Author, Federal and State Securities Enforcement (S.C. Bar 2008)
  
  
• Co-Author, Computer and Intellectual Property Crimes (S.C. Bar 2003)

• University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1991
  
  
• The Citadel, B.A., summa cum laude, 2nd Honor Graduate, 1988
  
  
• Martindale-Hubbell featured AV Peer Review Rated Lawyer
  
  
  
  REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
  
  
• Major international shipping company (environmental case)
  
  
• Publicly traded technology company (stock option investigation)
  
  
• Hospital CEO (health care fraud investigation)
  
  
• Major international manufacturer (environmental investigation)
  
  
• Former CEO and Chairman of publicly traded mortgage company
  (securities fraud case)
  
  
• CEO of marketing firm (tax investigation)