PAUL K. CHARLTON
Presentation: Victims' Rights and the Federal System
Saturday (5/19) at 12:15 pm
Paul K. Charlton's practice focuses on corporate compliance and Indian law issues.
Prior to joining Gallagher & Kennedy, Mr. Charlton served as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona
from 2001 - 2007. Mr. Charlton began his legal career in 1989 as an Assistant Attorney General with the Arizona
Attorney General’s Office. In March of 1991, Mr. Charlton joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office as an Assistant U.S.
Attorney where he prosecuted a wide variety of matters from homicides to complex fraud cases.
In November of 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Mr. Charlton as the U.S. Attorney for the District of
Arizona. While in that office, Mr. Charlton oversaw an office with a budget of approximately $20 million, a staff of more than 220 employees, and four offices located throughout the state.
Mr. Charlton’s top priorities for the U.S. Attorney’s Office included terrorism, illegal immigration and public
corruption. As a result, Mr. Charlton created a National Security Section within the U.S. Attorney’s office and the
statewide Anti-Terrorism Advisory Committee. He lobbied for and received funding for additional manpower to
help address the problems associated with Arizona’s 370 mile border with Mexico. Mr. Charlton also brought
attention to public corruption, greatly increasing the investigations into and prosecutions of those individuals who have betrayed the public’s trust.
One of Mr. Charlton’s other top priorities was crime on Arizona’s 21 Indian Reservations. During his tenure, Mr.
Charlton developed a number of initiatives to reduce violence in Indian country by attacking the twin problems of
drug and alcohol abuse. Mr. Charlton also entered into an agreement with the Arizona Department of Gaming
and the state’s tribes to create the nation’s first federal prosecution unit dedicated solely to gaming and gaming
related crimes.
Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Charlton has taught many classes in Latin America, at the request of the U.S. Department
of Justice, providing instruction to Latin American prosecutors and judges on the American criminal justice
system.
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