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Craig S. Denney

Counsel
Reno

Contact Info:
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Phone: (775) 329-5900
Fax: (775) 786-5443

Practice Areas:
White Collar Criminal Law
Litigation

Bio

Craig Denney is the person to call when corporate and individual clients face investigations by state or federal agencies. In the current economic and regulatory climate, clients more than ever need timely and prudent legal advice when investigations are triggered. Whether it is the service of a grand jury subpoena, the investigator knocking at the company's door, the execution of a search warrant, or a criminal indictment, corporate and individual clients rely on Craig for advice and legal defense in the most difficult situations.

Craig is a board certified criminal trial advocate with over 35 federal jury trials under his belt. He is licensed in federal and states courts in Nevada and California. Prior to joining Downey Brand in 2006, Craig served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Nevada. He prosecuted complex federal offenses including money laundering, fraud schemes, and federal regulatory offenses. Since joining Downey Brand, Craig has defended both corporate and individual clients in federal and state criminal and quasi-criminal investigations in Nevada and California. “Thorough and professional” was the description of Craig's successful defense of a public official in an ethics investigation.

Craig has defended or is currently defending clients in federal investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS-CI); Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Department of Interior – Inspector General's Office (DOI-IG); U.S. Department of Labor (DOL); U.S. Department of Agriculture – Inspector General's office (USDA-IG); U.S. Department of Defense – Inspector General's Office (DOD-IG); U.S. Department of Army – Inspector General's Office (DA-IG); Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms Bureau (ATF). On the state level, he has defended clients in enforcement actions by Cal/OSHA, California Department of Labor, California Department of Insurance, California Division of Weights and Measures, the Nevada Attorney General's Office Public Integrity Division, and the Nevada Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Division.

In addition to advising and defending clients, Craig regularly authors articles in professional journals and trade publications providing practical legal advice to corporate and individual clients on internal investigations, grand jury subpoenas and federal investigations. He has lectured on the topics of electronic surveillance, search and seizure, federal sentencing guidelines, and grand jury subpoenas. He is adjunct faculty in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Nevada Reno. Craig teaches on interesting topics such as federal prosecution, electronic surveillance, confidential informants, and organized crime.

Duty, honor, and country are also important to Craig. He has served in the United States Army both on active duty and in the reserve for 16 years as a military lawyer or judge advocate. Achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he defends senior officers and soldiers facing disciplinary actions.

Craig is board certified in criminal law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, and the Federal Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section.

Education:
•	Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Cleveland, Ohio (J.D., 1993)
•	Saint Martin’s College; Lacey, Washington (M.B.A., 1999)
•	Ohio Dominican University; Columbus, Ohio (B.A., 1990)

Admitted to Practice in:
Nevada, California, Colorado, Ohio (Inactive)

Articles:
•	Bankers Beware: Mortgage Fraud Task Forces on the Warpath (Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 13, 2009)
•	Parallel Proceedings: Double Legal Trouble When Civil Litigation Turns Criminal (Northern Nevada Business Weekly, October 2009)
•	Staying cool in an ICE storm (Northern Nevada Business Weekly, March 23, 2009)
•	Dumb Decisions Businesses Should Avoid During an Economic Downturn (Northern Nevada Business Weekly, Business Law Magazine 2008, October 2008)
•	When "Doing Business" in Nevada is Not Really "Doing Business" in Nevada (Nevada Justice Association's Advocate, September/October 2008)
•	Internal Investigations: What should a company do when one of its employees lies to the government? (In Hot Pursuit of Federal Criminal Justice, Spring, 2008)
•	Prospecting in the Silver State: Nevada Offers Plenty of Opportunity (San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals, February 6, 2008)
•	What Do You Do When a Grand Jury Subpoena Shows Up at the Door (The Advocate, November/December 2007)
•	Federal Grand Jury Investigations - What Does a Company Do When a Grand Jury Subpoena Is Served at the Front Door? (In Hot Pursuit of Federal Criminal Justice, Fall, 2007)




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