Background
THORNTON, JUSTIN was born on October 27, 1950 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.
THORNTON, JUSTIN was born on October 27, 1950 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.
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).
Phi Delta Phi.
Senior Trial Attorney, Tax Divison, 1979-1987 and Criminal Division, 1978-1979, United States. Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia Outstanding Attorney Award, United States. Department of Justice, Tax Division, 1984.
I.R.S. Assistant Commissioner’s Award and designated as Honorary I.R.S. Special Agent, 1987.
Member, United States Sentencing Commission, Practitioners Advisory Group, since 1989, and Attorney Working Group on Organizational Sanctions, 1988-1989. Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, since 1989.
Working as a partner of BELL, BOYD & LLOYD. Admitted to the bar, 1977, South Carolina. 1979, District of Columbia, United States. District Court for the District of Columbia and United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
1987, United States. Tax Court. 1988, North Carolina (Not admitted in Illinois).
American Bar Association (Member: Section on Litigation, Committees on Tax Litigation and Complex Crimes, Continuing legal education Coordinator, since 1989. Member: Section on Criminal Justice, Committee on White Collar Crime. Section on Taxation, Committee on Civil and Criminal Penalties).
(Resident, Washington, District of Columbia Office).