Justin Allen Thornton

Background

Allen Thornton, Justin was born on October 27, 1950 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). University of Exeter School of Law, Exeter, England. University of South Carolina (Juris Doctor, 1977).

Career

Worked at Justin A. Thornton (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in White Collar Crime with emphasis on Tax Fraud, Financial Crimes, Health Care Fraud and Abuse, and Corporate Compliance. Admitted to the bar, 1977, South Carolina. 1979, District of Columbia.

1987, United States.

Tax Court. 1988, North Carolina. Recipient, Outstanding Attorney Award, United States.

Department of Justice, Tax Division, 1984. I.R.S. Assistant Commissioner"s Award and Designation as Honorary I.R.S. Special Agent, 1987.

Company-Author: "May a Foreign National Successfully Assert a Fifth Amendment Claim for Fear of Foreign Prosecution," International Enforcement Law Reporter, Volume 10, Issue 9, September, 1994.

"Crime Doesn"t Pay - But Counsel May: Criminal Exposure in the Everyday Practice of Law," Criminal Justice, Volume 8, Number. 3, Fall, 1993, republished in Corporate Counsel"s Quarterly, Volume 10, Number. 1, January, 1994; "Corporate Punishment: The New Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations," South Carolina Lawyer, Volume 4, Number.

2, September/October, 1992.

Author: "Legal Briefs: The Case of the Non-Filer," Certified Public Accountants Report, August, 1993. Senior Trial Attorney, Tax Division, 1979-1987 and Criminal Division, 1978-1979, United States.

Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia Charter member, United States Sentencing Commission, Practitioners Advisory Group, 1989—, and Attorney Working Group on Organizational Sanctions, 1988-1989. President, University of North Carolina Alumni Association for Washington, District of Columbia, 1992-1995.

Member, Wong Sun Society of San Francisco.

Member: Federal and American (Member: Section on Litigation, Committees on Tax Litigation and Complex Crimes, Continuing legal education Coordinator, 1989-1992. Member: Section on Criminal Justice, Committee on White Collar Crime. Chairman/Company-Chairman, Tax Enforcement Subcommittee, 1992—.

Section on Taxation, Committee on Civil and Criminal Penalties) Bar Associations.

District of Columbia (Vice-Chair, Tax Audits & Litigation Committee, 1996—). National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

International Bar Association, Business Crime Committee. A former federal prosecutor, Justin Thornton engages in a broad-ranging white collar criminal defense practice which is national in scope.

His clientele includes individuals and corporations, both foreign and domestic.

An experienced negotiator and a skilled trial lawyer, Justin Thornton frequently works closely with attorneys and accountants whose clients require his white collar expertise in such diverse areas as tax fraud, health care fraud and abuse, government procurement fraud, and related financial crimes and investigations. Mr. Thornton also advises clients on matters of corporate compliance and issues arising under federal sentencing guidelines.

Achievements

• Justin Allen Thornton has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Wong Sun Society of San Francisco. Member: Federal and American (Member: Section on Litigation, Committees on Tax Litigation and Complex Crimes, Continuing legal education Coordinator, 1989-1992. Member: Section on Criminal Justice, Committee on White Collar Crime.

Chairman/Company-Chairman, Tax Enforcement Subcommittee, 1992—.

Section on Taxation, Committee on Civil and Criminal Penalties) Bar Associations. District of Columbia (Vice-Chair, Tax Audits & Litigation Committee, 1996—).

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. International Bar Association, Business Crime Committee.