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CRIMINAL DIVISION

The Criminal Division of the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado prosecutes all violations of criminal federal law occurring within the State and District of Colorado and handles appeals from such convictions to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.  The Chief of the Criminal Division is James Allison.  The Division is organized into four sections: Major Crimes, Special Prosecutions, Economic Crimes, and the Organized Crime Drug Task Force (OCDETF).  The Major Crimes section is headed by Section Chief James Hearty, Special Prosecutions is headed by Section Chief Patricia Davies, Economic Crimes section is headed by Section Chief Thomas O’Rourke, and the OCDETF/Drug Task Force Section is headed by Stephanie Podolak.  Dave Gaouette is the First Assistant and Executive Assistant United States Attorney and the Anti-Terrorism Coordinator.  Bob Mydans is the Senior Litigation Counsel.

The Assistant United States Attorneys in the Criminal Division are:

MAJOR CRIMES -- James Hearty, Chief

Kurt Bohn

Robert Brown

Kasandra Carleton

Dave Conner

Kathleen Evans**

Ivan Gardzelewski**

Richard Hosley

F. Joseph Mackey

Jeremy Sibert

Judith Smith

 

SPECIAL PROSECUTIONS -- Patricia Davies, Chief

Michael Carey

Suneeta Hazra

Greg Holloway

Linda McMahan

Judith Smith

Brenda Taylor

ECONOMIC CRIMES -- Thomas O'Rourke, Chief

John Haried

Kenneth Harmon

Suneeta Hazra

Linda Kaufman

Michele Kelley**

Matthew Kirsch

Tim Neff

Jaime Pena*

Pegeen Rhyne

Rich Zoeter (Auditor)

OCDETF/Drug Task Force

Joseph Allen

Mark Barrett

James Boma

H. Wayne Campbell

Colleen Covell

Susan "Zeke" Knox

Michele Korver

Zachary Phillips

Gregory Rhodes

Guy Till

Steve Tokarz

Scott Gammel (Financial Analyst)

Senior Litigation Counsel

Robert E. Mydans

*HCF = Health Care Fraud

**Special Assistant U.S. Attorney