Wilmer "Buddy" Parker
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Email: parker@mjplawyers.com

Practice Areas: Federal Criminal Law; Fraud; Money Laundering; Forfeiture.

Admitted: 1975, Alabama; 1976, Georgia, Florida and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Law School: University of Alabama, J.D., 1975; Emory University, LL.M., Taxation, 1976

College: University of Alabama (B.S., 1972; M.B.A., 1975)

Member: Atlanta, American and International Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar; The Florida Bar.

Biography: Lecturer: Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau Investigation, U.S. Customs Service, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; Trial Techniques Program, Emory Law School; International Crime Symposium, Jesus College, Cambridge, England. Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1978-1983. Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia, 1983-1997. Chief, Drug Division and Regional Coordinator, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, 1990-1997. Awarded: Department of Justice's Outstanding Trial Attorney, 1979; Department of Justice Director's Award, 1987 and 1994. Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, 1997-2002; Partner, Gillen Parker & Withers LLP, 2002-2007.

Reported Cases: U.S. v. $291,828.00 in U.S. Currency, 536 F. 3d 1234 (2008), Rehearing en banc denied, 309 Fed. Appx. 384 (11th Cir. 2009), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 2413 (May 18, 2009); U.S. v. Seher, 562 F. 3d 1344 (11th Cir. 2009).

Born: Ozark, Alabama

ISLN: 904583777