Teaching Experience
Tarleton State University – Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Liberal and Fine Arts School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration (2018 – present).
- Adjunct faculty member 2016 – 2018.
- Currently teaching Criminal Procedure, Criminal Justice Capstone, Criminal Justice Ethics, Introduction to Homeland Security, Court Systems and Practices, The American Judiciary, Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice Management, Legal Aspects of Public Administration Management.
- Received the Department of Criminal Justice 2017 Outstanding Instructor Award (the award selection is made by a vote of the cohort M.C.J. Program students) as an adjunct faculty member.
The University of Texas at Dallas – adjunct faculty member (2017 – 2018). Taught Introduction to Homeland Security in the Master of Science in Justice Administration and Leadership (JAL) executive program offered by the School of Economic, Political and Policy Science in the Department of
Criminology.
FBI Academy, Quantico, VA, Legal Instruction Unit (LIU) legal instructor and adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia (UVA) (2000 – 2003). Taught a Legal Aspects of Management course to officers attending the National Academy (which received credit from UVA), the entire legal course of instruction for FBI new agents, and numerous short specific trainings for FBI Special Agents, police officers from across the U.S. Lead subject matter expert and program coordinator for the LIU Use-of-Force Program.
FBI University adjunct faculty member (1996 to 2018). Certified in the Bureau’s internal “University” to teach Law, Intelligence Operations, and Counterterrorism.
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (1990-1995) adjunct lecturer in the College of Criminal hool – taught classes in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Business Law (geared to the private security industry).
Professional Experience
Affiliations with current Law Enforcement Consent Decrees being administered by the S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.
Appointed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico as an Assistant Special Master in the Puerto Rico Police Department Reform Case. 2018—present.
Appointed as a subject matter expert to the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division in the Baltimore Police Department Reform Case. 2021 – present.
Federal Bureau of Investigation | 1995- 2018
Dallas Division – Chief Division Counsel | 2013-2018
- 12ᵗʰ largest of the 56 FBI Divisions. Fourth largest division geographically.
- Key strategic member of the Executive Management team –providing legal counsel regarding all criminal investigations and national security operations in the Dallas Division. Provide oversight in all legal, compliance, ethics, privacy, operational and internal affairs matters.
- Responsible for all legal training of the Division’s 600+ personnel.
- Supervise 15 person Office of Division Counsel comprised of two Associate Division Counsel (ADC), six paralegals, three victims specialists and three independent contractors at FBI Dallas.
- Recipient of the 2016 Manuel J. Gonzalez Ethics Award, the FBI’s highest ethics award presented to one of the Bureau’s 35,000+ employees for “unwavering ethical standards, professional ideals, and reputation for organizational integrity.”
FBIHQ, Counterterrorism Division – FBI | 2012-2013 (TDY 18 month assignment)
- Assigned to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a Senior Detailee to the Counterterrorism Center (CTC) at CIAHQ, Langley, VA, over a year of which was as an acting Deputy Director of CTC.
- Played a key role in building coalitions, establishing collaborative partnerships, sharing information/resources, and overcoming cultural barriers on shared initiatives between the agencies.
- Regularly briefed the CIA Director, senior CIA management, and senior FBI management on details regarding ongoing investigations, intelligence operations, and other matters related to protecting the homeland.
- Assisted in managing numerous overseas renditions and joint operations – managed communication on sensitive counterterrorism matters/investigations and responses to active threats/incidents.
- Recipient of the George Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism – The CIA’s highest counterterrorism award.
Supervisor of North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force | 2006-2012
- (Concurrent Collateral duty as SWAT Program Supervisor)
- Directly supervised over 30 personnel and led numerous high profile terrorism investigations and classified intelligence operations in partnership with other federal law enforcement agencies, local and state police, other US intelligence community members, and DoD partners.
- Hossam Smadi and Khalid Aldawsari were two notable investigations managed during this time. The Smadi case was featured in an episode of the American Heroes Channel show FBI Takedowns, and the Aldawsari case will be featured in the Netflix series Terrorism Close Calls.
- SWAT Program Supervisor
- Managed the integration of the SWAT Program into the Division’s mission.
- Supervised 86 SWAT operations, routine training and team selection, and served as the Tactical Subcommittee chairman for Super Bowl XLV in Dallas.
- Successfully managed competing supervisor responsibilities of the concurrent JTTF and SWAT positions.
Dallas Division – Associate Division Counsel | 2003-2006
- Served as the Deputy to the Chief Division Counsel
Iraq Deployments – two five-month Temporary Duty Assignments (TDY) | 2004-2005
- 2005 – Served as Deputy On-Scene Commander in Baghdad as the senior FBI manager of the war crimes investigations of the Saddam Hussein Regime. Supervised three teams of 100+ investigators and operators comprised of FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, and private security contractors.
- 2004 – Commanded a composite counterterrorism team exploiting a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in northern Iraq.
Office of the General Counsel – Legal Instruction Unit, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA | 2000-2003
- As noted above, served as a legal instructor at the Academy.
Special Agent – San Diego Division | 1995-2000
- Violent Crimes Task Force – served as a Special Agent on a multi-agency street gang task force.
- Member of the Division SWAT Team.
- Was the Principal Defensive Tactics Instructor, serving as lead instructor and managing all non-firearms use-of-force training.
Prior Experience
Deputy General Counsel – First Security Services Corporation (1989-1995)
- In-house Counsel to the fifth largest private corporate security firm in the U.S.
Military Experience: U.S. Army 20 years of active and reserve service as a Judge Advocate General officer and Infantry/Special Forces officer. Retired in the Army Reserve at the rank of Major. Numerous deployments overseas in support of special operations missions in Central America, Africa, the Middle East, Haiti and Southwest Asia. Received the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal.