
David Patrick Vaughn
Criminal Defense, NCAA Defense & Business and University InvestigationsHarvard Law School and UC Hastings educated former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy District Attorney and Congressional Counsel aggressively defends companies, individuals and universities in state and federal white collar criminal cases and investigations, and civil, regulatory and administrative proceedings. He also led the investigations practice in California for a publicly-traded consulting firm which has more than 3,800 employees in 24 countries. His experience includes Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), fraud, bribery, kickbacks, thefts of trade secrets, unfair competition, employee misconduct, product recalls, public corruption, tax, money laundering, and NCAA Enforcement matters. He has won nearly 90% of his felony jury trials, ranging from narcotics and property crimes to fraud, bribery, public corruption and murder. He has handled approximately 30 trials and 1,000 preliminary hearings, briefed and argued suppression and other motions in state and federal courts, and has briefed and argued cases in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Harvard Law School
- I took classes at Harvard Law School as part of my masters degree at Harvard University
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- University of California - Berkeley
- B.A.
- Honors: Graduation with Honors
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- Harvard University
- other (1993) | Coursework included classes at Harvard Law School
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- University of California Hastings College of the Law
- J.D. (1987)
- Activities: Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly; Full-Time Judicial Extern to a Presiding Judge of the California Court of Appeal
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- Attorney at Law
- Law Offices of David Vaughn
- Current
- Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Deputy District Attorney and Congressional Counsel specializing in defending companies, individuals and universities in state and federal white collar criminal cases and investigations, and NCAA, civil, regulatory and administrative proceedings.
- Managing Director, Global Risk and Investigations
- FTI Consulting
- Current
- Started and led the investigations practice in California for a publicly-traded consulting firm which has more than 3,800 employees in 24 countries. Cases included FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA), fraud, bribery, kickbacks, thefts of trade secrets, unfair competition, employee misconduct, product recalls, public corruption, tax, money laundering, and NCAA Enforcement matters.
- Assistant United States Attorney
- United States Attorney's Office
- Current
- Investigated and prosecuted white collar crimes, including bribery, kickbacks, money laundering, student loan fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, healthcare fraud, false claims, illegal imports and exports (ITAR, USML, IEEPA, EAR), and tax crimes.
- Deputy District Attorney
- Los Angeles County District Attorney
- Current
- Prosecuted white collar crimes such as political corruption, public corruption, election law violations, as well as violent crimes such as murder and robbery.
- District Director
- United States Congress
- Current
- Managed a United States Congressman's District Office.
- State Bar Deputy Trial Counsel
- State Bar of California
- Current
- Investigated and prosecuted attorneys for unethical conduct.
- Deputy District Attorney
- Los Angeles County District Attorney
- Current
- Prosecuted felonies and misdemeanors, including murder, robbery, fraud, and DUI.
- Counsel
- United States Congress
- Current
- Counsel to a Congressional subcommittee.
- Legislative Assistant
- United States Congress
- Current
- Policy advisor to a United States Congressman.
- Full-Time Judicial Extern
- California Court of Appeal
- Current
- Analyzed pleadings, conducted legal research, and wrote bench memoranda of proposed opinions of the court.
- From Tip to Indictment: How Prosecutorial Decisions are Made, University of Southern California
- A Comparison of Federal and State Grand Jury Procedures, Criminal Justice Inns of Court
- Defending Corruption and Espionage Cases, Presentation to US and Foreign Judges
- Best Practices for Internal Investigations, American Bar Association WC White Collar Crime Committee
- Best Practices in Internal Investigations, Internal Training for In-House Counsel and Investigative Staff of Fortune 500 corporation
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- California State Bar  # 132689
- Member
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- California
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- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- White Collar Crime
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act)
- Insider Trading
- Fraud
- NCAA Defense
- English: Spoken, Written
- Website
- Law Offices of David Vaughn