Author Biography: Criminal Defense Tools and Techniques

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About the Author

Thomas J. Farrell’s practice focuses on criminal defense, ranging from Congressional hearings, pre-indictment investigations and negotiations and the representation of witnesses and victims, to appeals and post-conviction petitions, from white collar matters such as mortgage fraud, health care fraud, tax evasion, securities frauds, and environmental crimes, to capital murder. Mr. Farrell is a partner at Farrell, Reisinger, & Stallings LLC in Pittsburgh, PA (www.frs-llc.com).

Mr. Farrell was selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America in 2006 and 2007 for white collar and non-white collar criminal defense.

Mr. Farrell has been in private practice since 2000. From 1995 to 2000, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Pennsylvania, where he prosecuted financial crimes including health care fraud, government contracting fraud, tax evasion, bank fraud, and public corruption. The Executive Office for United States Attorneys awarded him the Director's Award for Exceptional Performance by an Assistant United States Attorney for his work in prosecuting corrupt public officials. Before his term as an AUSA, Mr. Farrell was an Assistant Federal Public Defender in New York City, where he tried cases ranging from robbery and check theft to organized crime and public corruption.