New York, USA - May 28, 2009, New York, USA - Ernst & Young LLP announced that Jeffrey A. Taylor has joined the firm as the Americas Leader of the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS) area within the Americas Assurance practice.
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In 1987 Taylor received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. and in 1991 obtained his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. He has earned numerous awards during his time with the Justice Department, including the Edmund J. Randolph Award in 2006 for outstanding service to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Taylor most recently served as the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. During his 14-year career with the Department of Justice Taylor has held a number of high-level legal positions in Washington, D.C. Prior to his role as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Taylor served as a senior advisor to Attorneys General John D. Ashcroft and Alberto R. Gonzales. While in that position he advised the Attorneys General on matters concerning national security, counterterrorism, counterintelligence and criminal enforcement.
Taylor also oversaw operations conducted by numerous department agencies, including the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, the department's Criminal Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration, while providing guidance to the Attorneys General on international anti-corruption initiatives and the department's Corporate Fraud Task Force. In addition to these efforts he helped design and stand up the department's new National Security Division and provided counsel to the Attorneys General regarding items of interest to the President's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
As U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Taylor supervised the investigation and prosecution of cases involving government procurement fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, health care fraud, corporate and securities fraud, export control violations, money laundering, public corruption, counterterrorism and counterintelligence. He was also a member of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee, a group which consists of seventeen U.S. attorneys from across the nation who advise the Attorney General on policy matters and recommend policies for federal prosecutors throughout the country. ■