B. Todd Jones

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Practice Groups

Experience

Practice focuses on complex business litigation and corporate criminal defense.
Experienced in protecting client's rights in the course of internal corporate investigations and governmental inquiries.
Member and past chair of the Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Diversity Committee.

Outside Experience

United States Attorney, District of Minnesota (1998-2001), prior service as First Assistant U.S. Attorney and Assistant U.S. Attorney
Chair, Advisory Group on Organizational Sentencing Guidelines to U.S. Sentencing Commission (2002-2003)
United States Attorney General Advisory Committee (AGAC) (1999-2000), Chair (2000)
United States Marine Corps, Judge Advocate (1983-1989)

Media

Cited in December 2006 issue of Corporate Secretary

Recognition

Named a "Super Lawyer," Minnesota Law & Politics (2007)**
Named one of the "Top 15 Black White-Collar Criminal Defense Attorneys," Corporate Crime Reporter (2007)**
Named a “Super Lawyer,” Minnesota Law & Politics (2006) **

**Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

Memberships

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Board of Directors
Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
Minnesota State Bar Association

Civic Associations

University of Minnesota Foundation, Board of Directors
St. Thomas University Law School, St. Paul, Minnesota, Board of Governors (2000-2006)
Catholic Charities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Board of Directors (1990-1996)

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Minnesota
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
U.S. District Court, Colorado
U.S. District Court, Minnesota
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
U.S. Supreme Court

Education

University of Minnesota Law School, J.D. (1983)
Macalester College B.A., Political Science (1979)

Articles

Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Criminal Rights
Emergency Envelopes, Volume 1, Issue 2 (March 2006)
The Fifth Amendment, Vicarious Liability, and the Attorney Client Privilege; How Cooperation and Waiver Can Leave Your Corporation Exposed
(November 2005)
When Civil Matters Become Criminal
(March 30, 2004)

Selected Speeches

3rd National Forum on Law Firm Diversity in Chicago - Real Situations, Real Solutions: Evaluating Your Diversity Program: Are You Getting It Right?
American Conference Institute, Chicago, Illinois (January 29-30, 2007)
Board Investigations - How Far is Far Enough?
The American Bar Association Section of Business Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education (November 16, 2005)

Enforcement Update
SEC Legal, Accounting And Enforcemence Update Conference, Bowne of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (May 23, 2006)
Corporate Compliance Programs in Today's World
The 2005 International Business Law Institute, Minneapolis, MN (April 29, 2005)
The Final Report of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines
Practicing Law Institute (January 14, 2004)
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act White Collar Crime Provisions
Minnesota CLE (October 7, 2002)
What to Do When the Government Calls
Pinstripes to Jailstripes - White Collar Crime, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (September 17, 2002)
When Civil Matters Become Criminal
Minnesota CLE - Fraud, Misrepresentation & Deceptive Trade Practices (August 15, 2002)
Making The Transition From The Public to Private Sector
ABA Conference for Minority Lawyer, Washington, D.C. (June 17-19, 2001)

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Civic Associations

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