JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Founder and host of Justice Voices and God Unites podcasts.
Director of Public Safety Policy, Illinois Governor’s Office (2017-January 2019)
Public safety policy development and oversight of public safety agencies
Federal prosecutor, Central District of Illinois (1983-2015)
Counter-terrorism (lead trial prosecutor in Ali al-Marri case)
Multi-jurisdictional drug distribution conspiracies (Lead Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Attorney)
Financial crimes
Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award (2009)
Expertise:
Criminal justice policy and reform
Anti-violence strategy
Investigating and prosecuting complex, multi-jurisdictional crime and criminal organizations
Anti-terrorism
National security law
Iraq
Attorney-Advisor to the Iraqi High Tribunal (November 2005-August 2006)
Crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes by Saddam Hussein and high-ranking members of his former regime.
Crimes against the Marsh Arabs, an indigenous population living in the southern marshes of Iraq for thousands of years.
Expertise:
International criminal justice
International humanitarian law
egypt
Department of Justice Attaché and Legal Advisor, U.S. Embassy, Cairo (September 2010-April 2015)
Bilateral mutual legal assistance
Diplomatic liaison and capacity building programs:
Supreme Constitutional Court
Court of Cassation
Public Prosecution Office
Ministry of Justice
Expertise:
Egyptian law
Egyptian legal system
Egyptian judiciary
Egyptian government
International mutual legal assistance