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2. Position: State the position for which you have been nominated.
3. Address: List current office address. If city and state of residence differs from your
place of employment, please list the city and state where you currently reside.
Office
United States Attorney's Office, Northern District ofIowa
401 1st Street S.E., Suite 400
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Residence
1972; Topeka, KS
5. Education: List in reverse chronological order each college, law school, or any other
institution of higher education attended and indicate for each the dates of attendance,
whether a qegree was received, and the date each degree was received.
* Graded standardized English essay testsfor public primary and secondary schools
*Law Clerk
*Teaching Assistant for Professor Carolyn Stewart Dyer, First Amendment law courses
*Represented interests of abused and neglected children in the state juvenile court system
Organization Affiliation - Iowa Volunteer Lawyer's Project (7/98 - 2/99)
Volunteer for Legal Services Corporation of Iowa
1111 9th Street, Suite 230
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
7. Military Service and Draft Status: Identify any service in the U.S. Military, including
dates of service, branch of service, rank or rate, serial number (if different from social
security number) and type of discharge received, and whether you have registered for
selective service.
I have not served in the United States Military and was not required to register for
Selective Service.
8. Honors and Awards: List any scholarships, fellowships, honorary degrees, academic or
professional honors, honorary society memberships, military awards, and any other
special recognition for outstanding service or achievement.
a. List the date(s) you were admitted to the bar of any state and any lapses in
membership. Please explain the reason for any lapse in membership.
b. List all courts in which you have been admitted to practice, including dates of
admission and any lapses in membership. Please explain the reason for any lapse
in membership. Give the same information for administrative bodies that require
special admission to practice.
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (June 13, 1997)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (June 13, 1997)
No lapses in membership have occurred.
11. Memberships:
a. List the titles, publishers, and dates of books, articles, reports, letters to the editor,
editorial pieces, or other published material you have written or edited, including
material published only on the Internet. Supply four (4) copies of all published
material to the Committee.
(2) Prior to law school, I worked as a journalist. I was a staff writer for the
Globe Gazette in Mason City, Iowa (1989 - 1991), and wrote free lance
articles for the Globe Gazette and Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa) during
college (1991 - 1994). In these various capacities, I would have authored
numerous articles about sporting events, public interest news, and similar
pieces. I was also a featured columnist during college (1992 - 1993) in
the Mid-States Racing News (Webster City, Iowa). That monthly column,
titled "From the Winner's Circle," focused on dirt track racing.
(3) I was the Editor of the University ofIowa Honor's Program newsletter
from 1992 - 1994. As part of my job duties, I wrote, designed, formatted,
printed, and mailed out a monthly newsletter to all University of Iowa
Honors Students.
b. Supply four (4) copies of any reports, memoranda or policy statements you
prepared or contributed in the preparation of on behalf of any bar association,
committee, conference, or organization of which you were or are a member. If
you do not have a copy of a report, memorandum or policy statement, give the
name and address of the organization that issued it, the date of the document, and
a summary of its subject matter.
I have never prepared any reports, memoranda, or policy statements for any bar
association, committee, conference, or organization outside my work for the
Department of Justice.
None.
d. Supply four (4) copies, transcripts or recordings of all speeches or talks delivered
by you, including commencement speeches, remarks, lectures, panel discussions,
conferences, political speeches, and question-and-answer sessions. Include the
date and place where they were delivered, and readily available press reports
about the speech or talk. If you do not have a copy of the speech or a transcript or
recording of your remarks, give the name and address of the group before whom
the speech was given, the date of the speech, and a summary of its subject matter.
If you did not speak from a prepared text, furnish a copy of any outline or notes
from which you spoke.
I have done my best to identify all items called for in this question, including a
thorough review of my personal files and searches of publicly available electronic
database. I have located the following:
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Jens Manuel Krogstad, "Harkin's nominee for U.S.
attorney under fire for role in Postville raid," 4/5/09
The Iowa Independent, Lynda Waddington, "Second woman in state history earns
US Attorney recommendation," 3/13/09
The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Dave Rasdal, "Harkin nominates Rose, Klinefeldt as
federal prosecutors," 3/13/09
Des Moines Register, Leys Tony, "U.S. prosecutes doctors in Internet drug ring,"
4/9/06
AP, n/a, "Florida doctor pleads guilty in internet prescription case," 4/1/05
AP, n/a, "Man convicted of selling cocaine at car wash sentenced," 5/14/03
AP, n/a, "Key figure in Waterloo drug investigation sentenced to life," 2/5/03
AP, n/a, "Prosecutors say illegal prescriptions killed at least two," 10/9/99
a. List chronologically any public offices you have held, other than judicial offices,
including the terms of service and whether such positions were elected or
appointed. If appointed, please include the name of the individual who appointed
you. Also, state chronologically any unsuccessful candidacies you have had for
elective office or unsuccessful nominations for appointed office.
None.
b. List all memberships and offices held in and services rendered, whether
compensated or not, to any political party or election committee. If you have ever
held a position or played a role in a political campaign, identify the particulars of
the campaign, including the candidate, dates of the campaign, your title and
responsibilities.
a. Describe chronologically your law practice and legal experience after graduation
from law school including:
1. whether you served as clerk to a judge, and if so, the name of the judge,
the court and the dates of the period you were a clerk;
11. whether you practiced alone, and if so, the addresses and dates;
iii. the dates, names and addresses of law firms or offices, companies or
governmental agencies with which you have been affiliated, and the nature
of your affiliation with each.
May 1997 - Present
United States Attorney's Office, Northern District ofIowa
401 1st Street S.E., Suite 400
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
*Law Clerk
b. Describe:
1. the general character of your law practice and indicate by date when its
character has changed over the years.
While I have been given increasing supervisory responsibilities over the past
several years, the nature of my law practice has not significantly changed
since 1997.
11. your typical clients and the areas at each period of your legal career, if
any, in which you have specialized.
Third, over the past several years I have served as the District's Anti-Gang
Coordinator and, fourth, I am one of three Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force attorneys for the District. These positions have
resulted in specialized training, experience, and additional responsibilities
related to the prosecution of large-scale and complex criminal drug
organizations.
c. Describe the percentage of your practice that has been in litigation and whether
you appeared in court frequently, occasionally, or not at all. If the frequency of
your appearances in court varied, describe such variance, providing dates.
Nearly all of my legal practice has involved litigation. I have appeared in court
frequently during the 12 years I have been employed by the United States
Attorney's Office. The frequency of my appearances in court steadily increased
from 1997 - 1999 as I gained experience and knowledge. The frequency of my
appearances in court peaked in about 2003. After that time, my court appearances
tapered down as I assumed a greater role in supervising, managing, and mentoring
attorneys, support staff, and students in the office. Even with these additional
duties, however, I still appear in court at least several times a month on various
matters.
I have tried 33 cases to verdict. Of these, I was sale counsel on 20, chief counsel
on 8, and associate counsel on 5.
e. Describe your practice, if any, before the Supreme Court ofthe United States.
Supply four (4) copies of any briefs, amicus or otherwise, and, if applicable, any
oral argument transcripts before the Supreme Court in connection with your
practice.
I have not practiced before the Supreme Court of the United States.
15. Litigation: Describe the ten (10) most significant litigated matters which you personally
handled, whether or not you were the attorney of record. Give the citations, if the cases
were reported, and the docket number and date if unreported. Give a capsule summary
of the substance of each case. Identify the party or parties whom you represented;
describe in detail the nature of your participation in the litigation and the final
disposition of the case. Also state as to each case:
b. the name of the court and the name of the judge or judges before whom the case
was litigated; and
c. the individual name, addresses, and telephone numbers of co-counsel and of
principal counsel for each of the other parties.
United States v. Donald Keith Kroeger (N.D. la. Case CR No. 98-2010)
United States v. Kroeger, 299 F3d 700 (8th Cir. 2000)
United States v. Robert WaLLaceShultice, M.D. (N.D. la. Case No. CR 98-54)
United States v. Shultice, 2000 WL 34040842 (N.D. la. Apr. 4, 2000) (not reported)
United States v. Ronald Titlbach, et. al (N.D. Ia. Case No. CR 00-25)
United States v. Tit/bach, 339 F.3d 692 (8th Cir. 2003)
Case Summary: Ronald and Susan Titlbach were charged with conspiring to
manufacture methamphetamine. Ronald Titlbach was also charged
with distributing methamphetamine. Following a one-week trial in
FebruarylMarch 2001, both defendants were convicted on all
counts. Ronald Titlbach was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Susan received a lesser sentence. I was chief counsel for the
prosecution of the trial and appeal.
United States v. James Randall Sanders ~.D. Ia. Case No. CR 98-55)
United States v. Sanders, 341 F.3d 809 (8t Cir.2003)
United States v. Durrell Kaye Jackson, et. al (N.D. la. Case No. CR 00-2032)
United States v. Jackson, et. aI, 345 F.3d 636 (8th Cir. 2003)
Case Summary: Durrell Kaye Jackson, Dentonious Washington, and Arthur Mabry
were charged with a variety of crack cocaine, cocaine, and
marijuana-related offenses, including conspiring to distribute large
quantities of each drug. Jackson was also charged with conducting
a continuing criminal enterprise. The investigation leading to the
indictment of Jackson and his associates involved two wiretaps,
and a series of related prosecutions. Jackson and the others were
convicted on all charges following a one-month trial in February
2002. Jackson received a life sentence. Washington and Mabry
were sentenced to lesser sentences. I was chief counsel for the
prosecution of the trial and appeals.
United States v. Ronnie Reginald Rogers (N.D. Ia. Case No. CR 02-2010)
United States v. Rogers, 90 Fed.Appx. 478 (8th Cir. March 2, 2004) (unreported)
Case Summary: Ronnie Rogers used a car wash he owned in Waterloo, Iowa, to
distribute significant quantities of crack cocaine. Rogers was
charged with conspiring to distribute large quantities of crack, and
with several distributions of crack cocaine. He was convicted on
all charges following a 3-day trial in November 2002. Rogers was
sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. I was chief counsel for the
prosecution of the trial and appeal.
United States v. Eddie Louis Denton, Jr. ~.D. Ia. Case No. CR 02-2030)
United States v. Denton, 434 F.3d 1104 (8 Cir. 2006)
Case Summary: Eddie Louis Denton was an ex-police officer from Waterloo, Iowa.
Denton b"ecameinvolved in the distribution of crack cocaine with a
Waterloo gang known as The Clique. The Clique was responsible
for the distribution of enormous quantities of crack cocaine in the
late 1990s and early 2000s in Waterloo. Denton was convicted of
conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, cocaine, and marijuana after
a 3-day trial in February 2003. Denton was originally sentenced to
life imprisonment, with that sentence reduced in 2008 pursuant to a
retroactive application of the new crack cocaine sentencing
guideline. I was sole counsel for the prosecution of the trial and
appeal.
United States v. Braun Nathan Thompson ~.D. Ia. Case No. CR 03-3069)
United States v. Thompson, 408 F.3d 994 (8t Cir. June 2005)
Case Summary: Braun Thompson was convicted following a one-day jury trial of
possessing a firearm as an armed career criminal and possession of
a sawed-off shotgun. Thompson committed a series of armed
robberies of convenience stores in southern Minnesota and
northern Iowa using a sawed-off shotgun. Thompson's 420-month
sentence included an upward departure to reflect Thompson's
underrepresented criminal history. Thompson's criminal history
included numerous armed robberies, violent assaults, escapes from
prison, and the rape of a young boy. I was sole counsel for the
prosecution of the trial and appeal.
United States v. Orlando Birbragher, et. al (N.D. Ia. Case No. CR 07-1023)
Case Summary: Orlando Birbragher and Marshall Kanner were the owners of
Pharmacom, a Florida company that distributed controlled
substances based on drug orders placed by Internet customers
through the website www.buymeds.com. Lopez was one of the
many physicians employed by Pharmacom to review the drug
orders. The physicians approved drug orders without developing a
patient relationship with the customers - who typically resided in
states outside of where the physicians were licensed to practice
medicine. Pharmacists, including Douglas Bouchey, employed by
Pharmacom filled the orders and shipped the controlled substances
to customers throughout the United States. Over the course of the
charged conspiracy, Pharmacom dispensed over 12 million pills
illegally, earning approximately $41 million. All of the defendants
in the case entered guilty pleas. The case was indicted in
November 2007, and the last guilty pleas were entered in August
2008. The case took nearly six years to complete. The prosecution
required coordination with 48 other federal districts, as well as
with 36 separate federal, state, and local regulatory bodies and
agencies. I was chief counsel for the prosecution of the case.
United States v. Medical Web Services (N.D. Ia. Case No. CR 08-1318)
16. Legal Activities: Describe the most significant legal activities you have pursued,
including significant litigation which did not progress to trial or legal matters that did not
involve litigation. Describe fully the nature of your participation in these activities. List
any client(s) or organization(s) for whom you performed lobbying activities and describe
the lobbying activities you performed on behalf of such client(s) or organizations(s).
(Note: As to any facts requested in this question, please omit any information protected
by the attorney-client privilege.)
All of my legal activities involve cases that have progressed to trial, or involved litigation
of some type.
From February 2008 to the present, I have served as the Deputy Criminal Chief
for the United States Attorney's Office in the Northern District ofIowa. As part
of my duties as the Deputy Criminal Chief, in the areas of drug and firearms-
related cases, I have: assisted in development of office policies; ensured compliance with
Department of Justice directives and priorities; supervised criminal line Assistant United
States Attorneys; handled intake of criminal cases; and reviewed and approved
indictments, complaints, search warrants, plea agreements, and appellate briefs.
From April 1997 to April 1999, I served as a Special Assistant United States
Attorney (SAUSA) in the United States Attorney's Office in the Northern
District of Iowa. As part of my SAUSA duties I researched, investigated, and
tried narcotics cases and briefed and argued appeals.
17. Teaching: What courses have you taught? For each course, state the title, the institution
at which you taught the course, the years in which you taught the course, and describe
briefly the subject matter ofthe course and the major topics taught. If you have a
syllabus of each course, provide four (4) copies to the committee.
18. Deferred Income! Future Benefits: List the sources, amounts and dates of all
anticipated receipts from deferred income arrangements, stock, options, uncompleted
contracts and other future benefits which you expect to derive from previous business
relationships, professional services, firm memberships, former employers, clients or
customers. Describe the arrangements you have made to be compensated in the future
for any financial or business interest.
The only future benefits I expect to receive are from a federal government Thrift Savings
Plan, which is listed on my Net Worth Statement.
19. Outside Commitments During Service: Do you have any plans, commitments, or
agreements to pursue outside employment, with or without compensation, during your
service with the court? If so, explain ..
20. Sources oflncome: List sources and amounts of all income received during the
calendar year preceding your nomination and for the current calendar year, including all
salaries, fees, dividends, interest, gifts, rents, royalties, licensing fees, honoraria, and
other items exceeding $500 or more (if you prefer to do so, copies of the financial
disclosure report, required by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, may be substituted
here).
21. Statement of Net Worth: Please complete the attached financial net worth statement in
detail (add schedules as called for).
a. Identify the family members or other persons, parties, affiliations, pending and
categories of litigation, financial arrangements or other factors that are likely to
present potential conflicts-of-interest when you first assume the position to which
you have been nominated. Explain how you would address any such conflict if it
were to arise.
In connection with the nomination process, I have consulted with the Office of
Government Ethics and the Department of Justice's designated agency ethics
official to identify potential conflicts of interest. Any potential conflict of interest
will be resolved in accordance with the terms of an ethics agreement that I have
entered with the Department's designated agency ethics official.
b. Explain how you will resolve any potential conflict of interest, including the
procedure you will follow in determining these areas of concern.
In the event of a potential conflict of interest, I will consult with the ethics
officials for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Department of
Justice.
23. Pro Bono Work: An ethical consideration under Canon 2 ofthe American Bar
Association's Code of Professional Responsibility calls for "every lawyer, regardless of
professional prominence or professional workload, to find some time to participate in
serving the disadvantaged." Describe what you have done to fulfill these
responsibilities, listing specific instances and the amount of time devoted to each. If you
are not an attorney, please use this opportunity to report significant charitable and
volunteer work you may have done.
The entirety of my work for the United States Attorney's Office is dedicated public
service. In addition to this paid employment, I have also worked pro bono to represent
abused and neglected children in the juvenile court system. I served for over two years as
a Court Appointed Special Advocate. During this time, I was responsible for monitoring
Child in Need of Assistance cases pending in state court. I visited with children removed
from their parents' care due to neglector abuse, coordinated with treatment counselors
and physicians, worked with guardian ad litems to ensure the children's' best interests
were being represented, and assisted in moving cases toward reuniting families, or
finalizing the termination of parental rights, as quickly as possible.
I have also represented the interests of domestic violence victims in criminal contempt
proceedings involving the violation of no-contact orders. In those matters, I served as the
domestic violence victims' advocate at the court and worked with county attorneys to
obtain criminal contempt convictions and sentences, as appropriate.
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