U.S. Attorney's Office Veteran Joins Washington, D.C. Office
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 6, 2007) — The international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce that Roy L. Austin, Jr., a veteran of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, will be joining the Firm’s Trial Department as a partner. Mr. Austin focuses his practice on investigating and prosecuting civil and white-collar criminal cases.
As a Senior Assistant U.S. Attorney, Mr. Austin prosecuted cases involving federal program theft, money laundering, health care fraud, identity theft, mail and wire fraud and tax offenses as well as homicide, sexual abuse and child prostitution.
“Roy will be a great asset to the Washington, D.C. office,” commented Jeffrey E. Stone, head of the Firm’s Trial Department. “Mr. Austin joins an array of former senior prosecutors from U.S. Attorney’s Offices across our practice. He is a significant attribute to our practice specifically in regard to government-related investigations.”
From 1995-2000, Mr. Austin was a senior trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section where he investigated and prosecuted violations of the federal criminal civil rights statutes in federal courts across the country. While with the Criminal Section, he conducted numerous jury trials and approximately 15 grand jury investigations. He also spent two years as an associate with a San Francisco law firm where he worked on civil and white-collar criminal cases.
Mr. Austin has been the recipient of several awards and honors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section. He graduated from the University of Chicago, where he was honored with the Hinton Moot Court Competition Finalist’s Prize. He is an adjunct trial advocacy professor at George Washington University Law School and Washington College of Law at American University. Mr. Austin is admitted to practice in Illinois and California.
“Roy’s previous work and trial experience are a perfect match with our team,” commented Bobby Burchfield, co-partner-in-charge of the Washington, D.C. office.
McDermott’s White-Collar Criminal Defense Group is one of the United States’ largest and most accomplished. The Firm Group consists of more than 30 highly experienced trial lawyers in offices throughout the United States and abroad. McDermott’s goal is to provide exceptional service and representation during government investigations and trials, corporate internal investigations, congressional hearings and in defending whistleblower lawsuits.
