David B. Barlow stepped down as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah this summer, and rejoined Sidley Austin as a partner in Sidley’s Washington, D.C. office and will focus his practice on the service of the firm’s life sciences clients. Barlow is also NAFUSA’s newest member.

Barlow originally joined Sidley in 2000 and became a partner in 2006. During his time at Sidley, he handled a wide variety of cases, with particular emphasis on pharmaceutical, medical device, and mass tort matters.

Barlow was nominated by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah in September 2011. Prior to his service as U.S. Attorney, Barlow served as Senator Mike Lee’s Chief Counsel on the Judiciary Committee.

In March 2013, Attorney General Holder asked Barlow to serve on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee. Barlow also served on the Health Care Fraud Working Group, the White Collar Crime Subcommittee and chaired the Local Government Coordination Working Group.

“We are delighted to welcome David back to Sidley,” said Mark Hopson, managing partner of Sidley’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. “The insight and experiences David has gained during his time in the Department of Justice will be immensely valuable to our clients.”

With more than 1,800 lawyers in 19 offices worldwide, Sidley has built a reputation as a premier legal adviser for global businesses and financial institutions. For the fourth consecutive year, and every year since the survey’s inception, Sidley received the most first-tier national rankings of any U.S. law firm in the 2014 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” survey. On Law360’s list of Global 20 Firms, Sidley was ranked among the top law firms “with the greatest global reach and expertise.”

Greg Vega, Doug Jones, Don Stern

NAFUSA Secretary Doug Jones invited his colleagues Don Stern (NAFUSA Immediate Past President) and Greg Vega (NAFUSA President Elect) to last Saturday’s Alabama- Mississippi State football game in Tuscaloosa. Jones is well known for his loyalty to the the Tide and he was not disappointed as Alabama rolled, beating the number one Mississippi State team 25-20.

In last Tuesday’s election, NAFUSA member John Ratcliffe, shown right, won a seat in the 114th United States Congress representing the 4th District of Texas. Ratcliffe served as the United States Attorney for the ED of Texas 2007-2009. He had served as the first assistant to NAFUSA President Matt Orwig, and succeeded Orwig when the latter returned to private practice. Ratcliffe is currently a partner with the Ashcroft Law Firm in Dallas.

Ratcliffe will join Susan Brooks, who was reelected to Congress to represent the 5th District of Indiana, with a whopping 65.2% of the vote. Brooks, shown left, a regular at NAFUSA’s annual conferences, served as the U.S. Attorney for the SD of Indiana 2001-2007.

Another former U.S. Attorney, Asa Hutchinson, shown right, was elected governor of the State of Arkansas. He served the WD of Arkansas 1982-1985. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives, and was the administrator of the DEA.

Former U.S. Attorney Tom Corbett did not fare so well in last Tuesday’s election. Corbett, who served as U.S Attorney for the WD of Pennsylvania 1989-1993, was defeated in his effort to be reelected governor of the State of Pennsylvania.

NAFUSA member Greg Brower has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) at its annual meeting in Philadelphia.
IAGA is the world’s preeminent association of gaming advisors and includes senior executives, legal and financial advisors, regulators, consultants and academics. Members are involved in the evolution of regulated gaming in numerous jurisdictions worldwide, and contribute to the promulgation and progress of gaming law through publications,
conferences and teaching.

“I am honored to be joining some of the world’s best gaming lawyers on IAGA’s Board of Trustees,” said Brower. “I look forward to working with my esteemed colleagues around the globe as IAGA continues its leadership role within the international gaming community.”

Brower is a partner in Snell & Wilmer’s Reno and Las Vegas offices. His practice is focused on complex civil and white collar criminal litigation, as well as corporate investigations and administrative law, including gaming regulatory matters. His more than 20 years of practice includes significant experience as a “first chair” trial and appellate advocate, as well as service at the highest levels of state and federal government. In addition to being a partner at Snell & Wilmer, he serves in the Nevada Senate and as the Republicans won a majority of seats in the November election, Brower will become the new chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He has been named to The Best Lawyers in America®, 2014. He served as the United States Attorney for the District of Nevada 2007-2009.

A frequent author and lecturer on gaming issues, Brower recently served on the Nevada Legislature’s Interim Committee to Study the Impact of Technology upon the Regulation of Gaming. He is also an adjunct professor at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law and is a member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, the Washington Legal Foundation’s Legal Policy Advisory Board, the American Inns of Court.

Snell & Wilmer, founded in 1938, is a full-service business law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing in nine locations throughout the western United States and in Mexico.,  The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York celebrated its 225th birthday last month at the Plaza Hotel in New York. More than 700 current and former AUSAs attended, along with several former United States Attorneys. Pictured above standing from left: Otto G. Obermaier, Preet Bharara, Michael J. Garcia, James B. Comey, Robert M. Morgenthau and John S. Martin, Jr. Seated from left: Thomas J. Cahill, Robert B. Fiske, Jr., Mary Jo White and David N. Kelley.

Morgenthau, Fiske, White and Kelley are members of NAFUSA.