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Roy L. Austin Jr. is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the Trial Department.
Before joining McDermott, Roy held several positions with the United States Department of Justice. As a Senior Assistant United States Attorney in the Fraud and Public Corruption Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, he investigated and prosecuted federal program theft, money laundering, health care fraud, identity theft, mail and wire fraud, tax offenses and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. As a Senior Assistant United States Attorney in the Sex Offense Section of the D.C. USAO, he investigated and prosecuted homicide, sexual assault and child prostitution cases. Earlier, as a senior trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, he investigated and prosecuted violations of federal criminal civil rights statutes in federal courts across the United States. Roy has conducted thirty jury trials and has received numerous Special Achievement Awards. He joined the Justice Department after serving as an Honors Program Summer Law Clerk.
Roy also spent two years in private practice as an associate at a law firm in San Francisco, where he worked on a variety of complex civil and white-collar criminal cases.
During law school, Roy was president of the Black Law Students Association. He was vice chair of the Hinton Moot Court and recipient of the Finalist's Prize in the Hinton Moot Court Competition. As a board member of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, he argued a death penalty appeal. He was also an Earl Warren Scholar.
Roy is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School and the Washington College of Law at American University where he teaches trial advocacy. He is also a faculty member with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy's (NITA) intensive and advanced trial skills courses. He has been a panelist or presenter at numerous events sponsored by the DOJ , National Institute of Corrections, Criminal Practice Institute and other organizations.
Roy is a member of the bars of the states of Illinois, California and the District of Columbia.
Education:
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1995.
Yale University, B.A., 1991. | 