Edward serves as the Deputy Criminal Chief of the Special Matters Unit in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana (“MDLA”). In his unit, he supervises and prosecutes criminal immigration offenses, human smuggling and trafficking crimes, child exploitation offenses, complex financial fraud, and public corruption crimes, among other criminal offenses. He was the 2022 Federal Bar Association Outstanding Leader and was listed in The Best Lawyers in America as a One to Watch for 2021. He is also a member of the National Black Prosecutors Association. Prior to joining the DOJ, Edward clerked for the Honorable Brian A. Jackson in the MDLA and later worked in private practice for a large regional law firm, where he defended publicly traded companies in high-stakes litigation. Edward has also served on the Federal Bar Association Baton Rouge Chapter Board for over five years.
Edward earned his J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law in 2012, where he was the recipient of the James C. Eastman Endowed Scholarship and the Thelma Casto Southard Award. In 2011, Edward co-authored a chapter in an international law textbook regarding the role of multinational, regional courts—specifically, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
ADMISSIONS
Admitted, Louisiana, 2014; U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Louisiana State, American and Federal Bar Associations; American Translators Association; Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society; Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society; Maryland State Certified Volunteer Tax Assistant; Louis A. Martinet Legal Society; International Business Committee Member, World Trade Center of New Orleans
ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Guest lecturer, Southern University Law Center, Law Office Practice Course, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2016-2018
Panelist, “Kean Miller Connection,” Law School Prep Summer Program, August 2011-July 2018
Panelist, Federal Court Practice Panel: Tips from the Inside, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 12, 2017, Kean Miller, LLP
Co-author, The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act Matters to Louisiana Industry, Louisiana Law Blog, March 18, 2016
Speaker, Energy Reform in Mexico, March 14-15, 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana and Houston, Texas, Kean Miller LLP
Co-author, "Exploring new horizons: How Louisiana businesses can prosper in an era of Mexican energy reform," Around the Bar Magazine, October 2015
The “New” Mexico: The Status of Mexico’s Energy Reform and How United States’ Companies Can Benefit, Louisiana Law Blog, April 7, 2015.
"The Hobby Lobby Aftermath: What Does This Mean For For-Profit Companies?", Louisiana Law Blog, July 2014
Author, “Companies as Persons: The High Court Hears Arguments in the Hobby Lobby Case”, Louisiana Law Blog, March 2014
Panelist, “Clerkshop: A Focus on the Judiciary,” Sixteenth Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law, April 2012
Coauthor, “Reaching Beyond the State: Judicial Independence, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Accountability in Guatemala”, Contemporary Issues and Future Problems, 2011
Author, “Global Youth Connect Guatemala Human Rights Report,” Global Youth Connect Latin America, August 2007
Speaker, “Reaching Beyond the State: Judicial Independence, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Accountability in Guatemala” 2006 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2006
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Board of Directors, Member at Large, Federal Bar Association Baton Rouge Chapter
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Washington, DC
Just the Beginning Foundation, Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project, Alexandria, Virginia
Global Youth Connect-Guatemala, Guatemala city, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Nuestros Derechos, Guatemala city, Guatemala
Organización Chico Méndez, village of Pachaj, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
SERVICES
Banking and Finance
Business and Corporate
Commercial and Industrial Real Estate
Mergers & Acquisitions
Oil, Gas and Pipelines
