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B. Todd Jones


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.

Other 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

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)

Books and Articles

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)

* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and do not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

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