Thomas G. Walker

• Counsel to businesses and individuals before a variety of government agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency and the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
• Conducts corporate internal investigations and counsels companies and individuals concerning federal grand jury investigations.
• Led the multidistrict prosecution of a major utility company for criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act, resulting in guilty pleas and more than $100 million in fines.
• Led numerous successful criminal and civil prosecutions of major health care providers for violations of the federal False Claims Act. 
• Worked closely with the National Security Division of the DOJ in the successful prosecution of numerous federal terrorism-related matters.

Thomas G. Walker concentrates his practice in the areas of government investigations, internal corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense. He has worked as a federal prosecutor and most recently served as the presidentially appointed U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina. In that position, he oversaw all federal criminal and civil matters in the eastern portion of the state. He previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney and as special counsel to North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper. In those roles, Thomas prosecuted numerous cases in federal court involving bank fraud, money laundering, capital litigation and other areas of federal law. He also served as a member of former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno’s Campaign Finance Task Force.

Thomas has extensive jury trial experience in federal and state courts. While with the U.S. Department of Justice, he received the U.S. Customs Service Award and a Criminal Investigative Division Award from the Internal Revenue Service. He has served as an instructor at the National Advocacy Center and lectured on the art of closing arguments and jury selection.

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina

Education

• Campbell University (J.D., 1990)
• Baylor University (B.A., 1986)