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John Carlin – Special Counsel to the Director
John Carlin is Special Counsel to Robert S. Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As Special Counsel, he advises the Director on a wide range of legal and policy matters in the national security, cyber, and criminal arenas.
A former federal prosecutor and experienced Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA), Mr. Carlin previously served as National Coordinator of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) program. The CHIP program consisted of 240 AUSAs and DOJ prosecutors specially trained to prosecute cyber crime and intellectual property cases and to provide advice and instruction on issues arising from the collection of digital evidence.
As an AUSA for the District of Columbia, he prosecuted a range of cases from homicide and sexual offense to cyber, fraud, and public corruption matters. Most recently, he prosecuted white-collar crimes such as public corruption and fraud, including tax and mortgage fraud matters, money laundering, and election crimes. Cases included the prosecution of defense contractor Mitchell Wade for bribery of Congressman Randall “Duke” Cunningham. In addition, as a member of D.C.’s CHIP program, Mr. Carlin had lead office responsibility for prosecuting computer intrusions, spam, phishing, and crimes against copyright and trademark. Previously, Mr. Carlin prosecuted homicide, sexual offense and domestic violence cases.
Mr. Carlin joined DOJ through the Attorney General’s Program in 1999, first prosecuting criminal cases in the Tax Division before transferring to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2001.
Mr. Carlin earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995 from Williams College, where he was awarded Magna Cum Laude and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1999 from Harvard Law School, where he received the Samuel J. Heyman Fellowship for Federal Government Service and served as Articles editor for the Harvard Journal on Legislation.
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