James O. Darnell

Bar Admissions:

• Texas, State Bar of Texas
• New Mexico, State Bar of New Mexico

Affiliations:

• American Bar Association - White Collar Crime & Ethics Committees
• American Board of Trial Advocates - Advocate; President, El Paso Chapter, 1998
• El Paso Bar Association - Member
• El Paso Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - President 2008
• Federal Bar Association - Member
• George A. McAlmon American Inn of Court - Master
• Litigation Council of America - Fellow
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Member
• New Mexico Bar Association - Member
• New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - Member
• Texas Bar Association - Sections on Criminal Law and Litigation
• Texas Bar Foundation - Fellow
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association - Director 2007-; Executive Committee 1995-1997 & 2012

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar, El Paso (2014)
• Criminal Defense: General Practice, El Paso (2012)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Criminal Defense: General Practice
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Areas of Expertise:

• Corporate Compliance
• Corporate Governance
• Criminal Investigations
• Drug Offenses
• Environmental Crimes
• Federal
• Government Investigations
• Qui Tam/False Claims Act
• State
• State and Federal
• Violent and Nonviolent Crimes
• White-Collar Criminal Defense