| I have spent my career working within the criminal justice system, initially as an investigator with the Maine State Police assigned to the criminal investigative division and subsequently as a legal investigator in private practice specializing in capital defense and with the Regional Public Defender's Office in the state of Texas.
Today, the focus of my work is in providing prompt and thorough fact investigation and mitigation development services on behalf of indigent defendants facing the death penalty as an integral member of their defense team: interviewing witnesses, procuring relevant documents, reviewing and analyzing evidence, and developing working relationships with clients and their families. These efforts are central to the vital task of investigating capital defendants’ life stories and are an indispensable part of any competent capital defense team. As the Supreme Court has held, our job is to uncover the "possibility of compassionate or mitigating factors stemming from the diverse frailties of humankind."
Licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety as an investigator; I am available for both court-appointed and retained capital and non-capital cases. Throughout my career, I have worked on numerous death penalty cases in pre-trial, trial, and post-conviction stages. I have also investigated non-capital criminal cases, including matters pertaining to “white collar crimes”, conspiracy, murder, drug trafficking, domestic assault, assault with a deadly weapon, child molestation, sex abuse, and pornography.
Regional Public Defender's Office - Lubbock, Texas
Mitigation Specialist
Atlantic International Associates – Portland, Maine
Managing Principal Investigator
State Trooper, Maine State Police
• Criminal Investigations Division – Drug Diversion Unit assigned to investigate unlawful activities involving licensees and registrants (doctors, nurses, pharmacists)
• Assigned to the Planning and Research Unit
• Rural patrol (Troop A)
Specialized Training & Courses
~ Techniques of Interviewing and Interrogation
Three-day seminar conducted by John Reid Institute, Chicago, Illinois focusing on evaluating attitudes, non-verbal and verbal behaviors, paralinguistic behavior; analyzing factual information prior to the interview and asking behavior provoking questions.
~ Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization
John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York City, New York
~ White Collar Crime-Investigation and Prosecution
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY.
~ Special Agent Training: Drug Enforcement Administration
New Jersey State Police Academy in Sea Girt, New Jersey
~ Firearms Training and Personal Defense
Maine Criminal Justice Academy
~ Investigation of White-Collar Crime and Official Corruption
Northeastern University |