David A. Brown

David is a former federal prosecutor who spent nearly thirty years prosecuting white-collar crimes, primarily in the Western District of North Carolina.  David has extensive experience in federal investigations involving mail and wire fraud, health care fraud, tax fraud, and money laundering.  David is uniquely qualified to represent corporations and individuals who have come under federal scrutiny for alleged wrongdoing having spent the bulk of his career focusing the federal microscope on similarly situated individuals and corporations.  

Prior to his time in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, David spent twelve years in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division where he spearheaded novel tax prosecutions across the country.  David and two of his Tax Division colleagues, one of whom was Chief Counsel to the FBI, became known as the “Killer Bees” based on their success as prosecuting trial attorneys.  During his time in the Tax Division, David successfully prosecuted more than twenty federal criminal tax cases in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.  

After having served as a supervisor in the Tax Division for a number of years, David returned to his calling as a trial attorney and moved to the Western District of North Carolina.  During his time in that office, David successfully prosecuted more than thirty additional jury trials, while resolving hundreds of additional cases with guilty pleas.  In all, David has tried nearly fifty cases to a federal jury.  

David served in various management positions in the U.S. Attorney’s Office under multiple administrations including Senior Litigation Counsel, Criminal Chief, and First Assistant United States Attorney.  David retired from Government service in 2012 while holding the latter position. 

David also has extensive experience in handling appeals.  During his time with the federal government, David has been responsible for over one hundred appeals and has argued more than thirty cases before the Courts of Appeals. In addition, David prosecuted more than one hundred appeals during his time in the Judge Advocate General’s Corp while serving in the Army’s Government Appellate Division.  

Since his retirement from Government service, David has focused his practice on the representation of targets of federal, white-collar criminal investigations.  David has successfully represented a doctor criminally investigated for health care fraud violations which resulted in no charges being presented; a doctor in a civil tax case which resulted in a settlement with the IRS for hundreds of thousands of dollars less that the Government initially demanded; and a wealthy individual accused of assault and obstruction of justice which was resolved with a misdemeanor disposition and the payment of a modest fine.  

Other recent private-sector clients include a professional engineer accused of bribery of local government officials; a successful businessman accused of immigration violations; the principle owner of a major corporation investigated for alleged anti-trust violations; and a doctor, convicted of illegal drug distribution, who was given a probationary sentence.