Krieger, Lara M.

Edwin J. Tomko represents clients in federal white collar criminal cases that involve issues relating to government contracts, financial institutions, securities matters, public corruption and bribery, health care, and environmental law. He also handles federal and state administrative actions instituted by banking regulators and securities regulators, and counsels clients on various aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In addition, Ed has experience in a variety of civil matters, including qui tam proceedings and securities litigation. Ed has been the lead attorney in numerous jury trials and grand jury proceedings and hundreds of non-jury trials. He also has extensive arbitration experience, including having served on arbitration panels. Ed was named one of Dallas' top lawyers by D Magazine, a Super Lawyer by the Texas Lawyer and selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Law.

Before entering private practice in 1988, Ed spent nineteen years in government service. He began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ed also served at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., first as Special Counsel to the Chief of the Fraud Section (Criminal Division), and later as Deputy Chief of the same section, with responsibility for all banking and securities cases.

Ed's substantial securities background also includes having served as head of the Houston office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ed also held two separate positions at the SEC's Washington, D.C. headquarters. As Chief of the Office of Criminal Reference, he was responsible for coordinating the efforts of the Department of Justice, United States Attorney's Offices, and investigatory agencies on criminal cases developed from SEC investigations. As Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel, Ed served as lead attorney on high profile cases.