• Defended a large public company in a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into alleged anti-money laundering (AML) violations and violations of the Controlled Substance Act, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Defended a large company in a DOJ and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation into alleged violations of the immigration statutes and child labor laws, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Defended a large government contractor in a False Claims Act (FCA) investigation by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), resulting in a criminal declination and civil settlement with a 1.1 “multiplier,” one of the lowest ever agreed to by the DOJ.
• Defended a large government contractor in an FCA investigation by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), resulting in a criminal declination and civil settlement.
• Defended a physician in a federal criminal healthcare fraud trial, resulting in a dismissal of the criminal charges.
• Defended a physician in a federal criminal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud investigation, resulting in a declination of criminal charges and civil settlement.
• Defended a large company in an investigation by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), resulting in the declination of criminal charges.
• Defended a corporation and an individual in an FCA investigation and civil lawsuit, resulting in a criminal declination and civil settlement.
• Represented companies and individuals in DOJ investigations in antitrust violations, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Represented two physicians in a federal criminal healthcare fraud investigation, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Representation of pharmacy in healthcare fraud prosecutions, resulting in a criminal declination and civil settlement.
• Represented corporations and individuals in investigations of anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issues, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Represented corporations and individuals in DOJ and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigations and prosecutions concerning alleged violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), resulting in a noncriminal resolution of the case.
• Represented corporations and individuals in investigations by the Texas attorney general.
• Assisted a corporation in obtaining federal prosecution of trade secret theft.
• Assisted a corporation in an investigation of a data breach by a former employee.
• Assisted a corporation in response to a denial of service attack.
• Assisted corporations in response to improper computer access by a corporate executive.
• Defended a corporate executive against a charge of theft of trade secrets by the FBI and DOJ, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Defended a major public oil and gas corporation in a criminal investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, resulting in a noncriminal resolution of the case.
• Defended a large public corporation performing environmental compliance in a criminal investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Assisted a school district and water district in internal investigations.
• Defended a national bank in a criminal investigation against the bank, resulting in a declination of criminal charges.
• Defended an attorney/certified public accountant (CPA) in a securities and commodities fraud investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), resulting in a declination of the criminal charges and civil settlement.
• Defended three separate corporations in investigations by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Department of State, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Defended an oil and gas executive in an investigation brought by the DOJ and SEC, resulting in a criminal declination and civil settlement.
• Defended a registered investment advisor in an investigation brought by the DOJ and SEC, resulting in a criminal declination and civil settlement.
• Defended a businessman and doctor in a criminal investigation by the IRS, resulting in a criminal declination.
• Served as the special prosecutor in the prosecution of a former district judge and district attorney of Williamson County, Texas, Kenneth Anderson; Anderson sent Michael Morton, an innocent man, to prison for nearly 25 years.
• Represented a money-transmitting business in a federal unlicensed money-transmitting business prosecution.
• Represented a business owner in an EPA/DOJ criminal prosecution involving an EPA supersite, resulting in a dismissal of criminal charges.
• Counseled numerous companies on compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and federal export laws.
• Represented an individual on allegations of violations of the Lacy Act involving possession and sale of protected animals.
• Represented an oil and gas company in a state criminal investigation court-appointed receiver in the SEC enforcement action SEC v. Provident Capital Indemnity, Ltd., Minor Vargas Calvo, Jorge L. Castillo, and Desarrollos Comerciales Ronim, S.A., pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, involving a $200 million international securities fraud scheme.
• Court-appointed receiver in the SEC enforcement action SEC v. Millennium Bank, et al., involving a $120 million international Ponzi scheme.
• Serves as counsel for Ralph S. Janvey, the court-appointed receiver, in the SEC enforcement action SEC v. Stanford International Bank Ltd., Robert Allen Stanford, et al., involving an $8 billion international Ponzi scheme.

Admissions

• Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Board Certification

• Criminal law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Education

• Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1982)
• The University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., 1979)
  • With honors

Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
• Member Texas Senators Cornyn and Cruz’s Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, a bipartisan panel of leading attorneys in Texas, which reviews applications, interviews candidates, and makes recommendations to the Senators to help fill federal judicial and United States Attorney Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• Eldon B. Mahon Chapter, American Inns of Court, Master
• National Association of Former United States Attorneys (NAFUSA), Board of Directors
• Northern District of Texas Attorney Advisory Committee
• North Texas Crime Commission, Co-Chair of the Board of Directors
• Northern District of Texas United States Magistrate Judge Evaluation Committee, 2003
• North Texas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), 2004-2008; Chair, 2006
• Fort Worth Neighborhood Policing Board, Co-Chair
• Southwest Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory, Board of Directors
• Fort Worth Area Safe City Crime Commission

• DOJ Makes Significant Revisions to Corporate Enforcement Policy, Holland & Knight Alert, January 20, 2023.
• 5th Circ.’s Health Care Fraud Ruling May Help Defendants Broadly, Law360, April 21, 2021.
• Fifth Circuit Axes Healthcare Fraud and Anti-Kickback Convictions, Demanding More to Meet Government’s Evidentiary Burden, Client Alert, March 2, 2021.
• Continuing the Conversation – The Travel Act as a Tool for DOJ Prosecutions in the Healthcare Industry, Client Alert, February 22, 2021.
• Continuing the Conversation – When Law Enforcement Walks Through Your Door – Preparing Your Company, Executives, and Employees, Client Alert, February 1, 2021.
• Highlights from the SEC Division of Enforcement FY 2020 Annual Report, Client Alert, November 9, 2020.
• Highlights from the SEC Division of Enforcement’s Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report, Client Alert, November 12, 2019.
• DOJ and SEC Release FCPA Resource Guide that Emphasizes the Need for Updated Compliance Plans, Client Alert, November 19, 2012.
• From Twitter to the Global Economy: Changes in the Trade Secret Landscape, State Bar of Texas Corporate Counsel Section Newsletter, Fall 2012.

• Lawdragon 500, Leading Litigators in America, “White-Collar Criminal Defense and Investigations,” 2026.
• Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, “Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations,” 2018-2025.
• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America guide, “Criminal Defense: White-Collar,” 2012-2025.
• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America guide, “Dallas Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year,” 2022, 2025.
• Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2012-2025.
• Texas Super Lawyers magazine, 2010-2025.
• Texas Super Lawyers, Top 100 Dallas/Fort Worth Region, 2015-2025.
• Texas Super Lawyers, Top 100 Overall, 2016, 2025.
• Benchmark Litigation, “Local Litigation Star,” 2015-2025.
• Texas magazine, “Tarrant County’s Top Attorneys, Criminal,” Fort Worth, 2009, 2012.
• Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus of the Texas Tech University School of Law, 2007.
• Recipient, Genesis Women’ Shelter Jane Doe Award.