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Brian Pearce

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Mr. Pearce received his J.D. and J.S.M. (equivalent to L.L.M.) from Stanford Law School. Before joining the US Department of Justice, he had approximately six years of legal experience in private practice, academia and the federal judiciary. He served as a law clerk to federal judges for the United States District Court, District of Hawaii, and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Honolulu and was an associate at law firms in Hawaii and California. Mr. Pearce returned to Stanford Law School to teach Legal Research and Writing and Moot Court as a Teaching Fellow and completed his J.S.M. at the same time.

Mr. Pearce joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego and served there for four years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Border Crimes and Appellate sections. His case load included 15 jury trials and over 50 criminal appeals which resulted in approximately 15 oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals. He returned to Atlanta In 2001 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney assigned to the Government Fraud and Public Corruption section and obtained further trial, appellate and extradition experience. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Pearce was detailed to the US Embassy in Bangkok, where he served as the DOJ Resident Legal Adviser and facilitated cooperation among the American, Thai and regional justice sectors across a wide array of instructional and operational matters. In 2007, he returned to the US Attorney's Office in Atlanta and has prosecuted a variety of white collar crimes in the Economic Crimes Section. Mr. Pearce also facilitates extradition, mutual legal assistance and other transnational law enforcement cooperation as International and National Security Affairs Coordinator.