Matteucci, Robert P.

Jim Wooley focuses his practice on white-collar and corporate criminal matters, representing public and private corporations, business people, and professionals during federal, state, and local criminal investigations and/or prosecutions. He also conducts and oversees internal investigations on behalf of clients in matters involving allegations of employee misconduct, fraud, and other business crimes.

Jim has represented clients in matters involving a wide range of alleged criminal offenses, including antitrust, health care fraud and abuse, criminal tax, government contractor fraud, securities fraud, criminal copyright infringement, environmental crimes, Davis-Bacon Act violations, customs violations, election law violations, public corruption, and other white-collar crimes. He has successfully represented individuals and corporate clients in matters investigated and/or prosecuted by numerous divisions within the U.S. Department of Justice, the SEC, the FBI, the IRS, the EPA, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Transportation, NASA, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Labor, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Jim served 10 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Department of Justice investigating and prosecuting complex criminal cases involving racketeering, conspiracy, murder, fraud, obstruction of justice, money laundering, and other federal crimes. During his tenure with the DOJ, he received numerous awards and commendations, including the FBI Director's Excellence in Investigations Award and the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award. In 1998, he was named Assistant United States Attorney of the Year for his successful prosecution of the largest police corruption case in the history of the FBI. He also prosecuted the landmark forensic DNA case in the United States and was thereafter appointed to the National Institute of Justice's Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence. Prior to joining the DOJ, Jim was an Assistant District Attorney in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.

Jim is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a barrister in the American Inns of Court — Judge John M. Manos Chapter. He is also a member of the Federal Court Advisory Panel for the Northern District of Ohio and has been twice appointed by federal judges to serve on the Merit Selection Committee(s) for the selection of U.S. magistrates. In 2006, he was appointed by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to chair the Merit Selection Committee for the Federal Defender position for the Northern District of Ohio.

Jim has twice been appointed by Ohio state court judges to act as special prosecutor in homicide cases to investigate allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. In 2004, he was appointed by a federal judge to serve as special master to oversee an audit of the Cleveland Police Department Crime Laboratory. In 2005, he was appointed by the mayor of Cleveland to serve as special counsel to investigate allegations of misconduct in the Cleveland City Schools Department of Transportation.

Jim has been an invited lecturer at dozens of conferences and symposia on issues that arise in the investigation and prosecution of complex criminal cases. He is an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve School of Law where he teaches advanced criminal procedure.