James Martin (attorney)

James Martin was a former United States Attorney as well as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and for the Eastern District of Missouri, based out of St. Louis. James is currently a partner at Dowd Bennett LLP practicing in the areas of white-collar criminal defense, corporate governance and compliance and complex business litigation.^[1] James was formerly in private practice at the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale concentrating in the areas of white collar defense and corporate compliance.^[2]

Attorney General John Ashcroft appointed Martin as U.S. Attorney to replace Raymond Gruender when President George W. Bush appointed him to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in mid-2004.^[3] During Martin's tenure, his office settled a high-profile case against Gambro Healthcare alleging that the company had paid doctors kickbacks to get patient referrals in a scheme to defraud Medicare; the company settled for $350 million, one of the largest settlements in Justice Department history.^[4]

Martin is a graduate of University of Notre Dame and University of Michigan Law School.^[3]

References

1. "Dowd Bennett LLP adds James Martin as a partner".
2. "James G. Martin at Armstrong Teasdale".
3. "Ashcroft Names US Attorney to Replace Gruender". St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri). May 29, 2004.
4. "Across the Nation". Detroit Free Press. December 3, 2004.