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James E. Sharp
James E. Sharp (born in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American criminal defense lawyer in Washington, D.C., and a partner in Sharp & Associates, PLLC. He is an attorney with extensive litigation experience in federal courts throughout the country. He focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, corporate and federal securities issues, as well as other complex commercial issues. His representations also include professional athletes as well as individuals with personal injury claims. His legal career has spanned representation of individuals charged with major offenses from Watergate to the present time. As a lieutenant in the Navy JAG Corps following law school, Sharp served as a trial attorney at courts-martial, and also in an investigative capacity respecting the massive Gulf of Tonkin fire aboard the , and later as a counsel to the Supreme Allied Commander respecting the loss of the nuclear submarine in the North Atlantic. After his Naval service, Sharp served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Sharp successfully prosecution of a United States Senator. For his service as an Assistant United States Attorney, he was awarded the Department of Justice Special Achievement Award. Since leaving the US Attorney's office, Sharp has represented numerous individuals and corporate interests as well.…
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James E. Sharp (born in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American criminal defense lawyer in Washington, D.C., and a partner in Sharp & Associates, PLLC. He is an attorney with extensive litigation experience in federal courts throughout the country. He focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, corporate and federal securities issues, as well as other complex commercial issues. His representations also include professional athletes as well as individuals with personal injury claims. His legal career has spanned representation of individuals charged with major offenses from Watergate to the present time. As a lieutenant in the Navy JAG Corps following law school, Sharp served as a trial attorney at courts-martial, and also in an investigative capacity respecting the massive Gulf of Tonkin fire aboard the , and later as a counsel to the Supreme Allied Commander respecting the loss of the nuclear submarine in the North Atlantic. After his Naval service, Sharp served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Sharp successfully prosecution of a United States Senator. For his service as an Assistant United States Attorney, he was awarded the Department of Justice Special Achievement Award. Since leaving the US Attorney's office, Sharp has represented numerous individuals and corporate interests as well.…
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