Jennifer Hinkebein Culotta, Esq.

Ms. Culotta’s practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, business crimes, internal investigations and civil enforcement litigation. Ms. Culotta regularly assists individuals and corporations through all phases of litigation, and has significant experience with matters involving criminal and civil enforcement, fraud, RICO, tax evasion, and federal search and seizure.

Relevant Experience and Representative Matters:

Ms. Culotta has extensive trial and courtroom experience. In her two decades as a litigator, she has tried more than 200 jury trials in state and federal courts. She has assisted in several internal investigations in the United States and foreign countries, from both sides of the investigation.

While a Federal Prosecutor with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ms. Culotta provided advice as to legal issues and possible ramifications of policy decisions on complex cases, national and international in scope, arising in the enforcement of the criminal provisions of environmental statutes. Further, she served as a national consultant on criminal enforcement of environmental statues, primarily responsible for reviewing EPA's national and international criminal enforcement activities. Lastly, she represented the criminal enforcement branch of EPA, providing assistance to senior agency officials in preparation of Congressional testimony.

Previous Experience:

Former Partner at Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, D.C.

Former Executive Counsel to the Director of the Criminal Enforcement Program within the U.S. EPA, Washington, D.C.

Former National Academy Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Glynco, Georgia

Former Homicide Special Prosecutor in the New Orleans District Attorney’s office, Louisiana

Organizations and Professional Memberships:

Member, District of Columbia Bar
Member, Louisiana State Bar
American Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Association
Kentucky Society of Washington
University of Louisville Alumni Association

Education:

J.D., Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, 1987
B.A. University of Louisville, cum laude, 1984

Awards and Professional Recognition:

Recipient, 2002 Top Defense Wins, The National Law Journal

Recipient, EPA Award for Outstanding Legal and Policy Support in
Complex Litigation Involving Recently Enacted Legislation
Effecting Significant EPA Cases - 2000

Recipient, EPA Award for Outstanding Service - 1999

Recipient, EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service,
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1997

Received, EPA “Outstanding” evaluations during every period of evaluation during years of hire

Recipient, Jefferson Public Defenders Walker Award
(outstanding representation of indigent offender) 1990