Wilmer "Buddy" Parker
Buddy Parker joined Bruce Maloy and Jim Jenkins at the beginning of 2008 to form the new firm of Maloy Jenkins Parker. Buddy has over 30 years of experience litigating high profile criminal cases, for both the Department of Justice and as a private criminal defense attorney. Buddy brings to the firm his special expertise in tax, money-laundering, and forfeiture matters, both inside the United States and internationally.

Education
After receiving both his law degree and an M.B.A. from the University of Alabama, Buddy completed Emory University's L.L.M. program in taxation, providing a unique foundation for the areas of law he would develop for both the Government and his private clients over the next three decades. His undergraduate degree with an emphasis in accounting and finance has served him well in understanding and evaluating complex financial transactions which are the subject of investigative scrutiny.

Government Service
Buddy entered Government service in 1978, when he accepted an appointment in Washington, D.C., as a Trial Attorney with the Criminal Section of the Tax Division of the Department of Justice. For the next five years, Buddy participated in investigations and prosecutions of tax and related frauds across the country, including Boston, New York, Atlanta and Miami. He also tried cases in smaller venues including Midland, Texas ; Jackson, Mississippi; and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 1983, Buddy transferred to the U.S. Attorneys office for the Northern District of Georgia. During his tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney in Atlanta, Buddy participated in hundreds of investigations and prosecutions of complex financial activities involving money laundering, fraud and racketeering, both in the Northern District, throughout the southeast and internationally. Buddy became a supervising Assistant U.S. Attorney managing cases as well as maintaining his own trial calendar. While working for the Department of Justice, Buddy received five national awards for trial advocacy skills. From his investigations in the Atlanta U.S. Attorneys office, Buddy became one of the pioneers of U.S. money laundering prosecutions with their attendant forfeitures. Through the international aspects of these investigations, he became a recognized expert on money laundering and U.S. forfeiture law, making numerous presentations throughout Europe, North America and the Caribbean. During this same period, Buddy also served as an instructor or lecturer for numerous training programs for both U.S. and international law enforcement, including training of law enforcement officers from Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Austria, Russia, Poland, Britain and Canada at both the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the DEA International School on Money Laundering and Forfeiture. Buddy left the Government for private practice in 1997.

Private Practice
Since 1997, Buddy has primarily represented individuals and corporations in far-reaching criminal investigations and prosecutions throughout the United States and internationally. Buddy has represented both public and private corporations, lawyers, accountants, corporate officers, bankers and other professionals in various mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, healthcare fraud, tax fraud, money laundering and forfeiture investigations. He has also participated in investigations before the Serious Fraud Office (United Kingdom) and acted as a consultant to numerous European lawyers in international matters. He also represents a former law enforcement officer accused of corruption and human rights violations. Buddy's extensive trial experience as both a prosecutor and defense lawyer, and his extensive experience in international investigations, has made him one of the most recognized litigators in this highly specialized field.

Recognitions & Awards
Since entering private practice, Buddy has continued to build his international recognition by playing an active role in the International Bar Association and continuing to give extensive lectures and presentations throughout the U.S. and Europe. Buddy actively participates in a leadership role in the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association including being co-chairman of the International Sub-Committee. In recognition of his expertise in the area of money laundering, the Criminal Justice Section has appointed Buddy as its representative on the Advisory Board of the American Bankers' Association - American Bar Association Anti Money Laundering Conference held annually in Washington, D.C. This premier conference brings together regulators, law enforcement, prosecutors, bankers and lawyers into one forum for two days of high-level training and presentations focusing not only on the United States, but also international laws regarding money laundering and their effect on the financial sector. Most recently, Buddy, as the sole American representative, participated in a BBC discussion with some of England's leading barristers regarding the ongoing concern in the United Kingdom over the new U.S.-U.K. extradition treaty.

Personal
Buddy was born in Ozark, Alabama in 1951. He received his B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Alabama in 1972. In 1975 he received his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Alabama. In 1976, Buddy received his L.L.M. in taxation from Emory University.

Practice Areas:
business crimes, including tax fraud, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, healthcare fraud, money laundering, RICO, public corruption and forfeiture, both civil and criminal

Admitted:
State Bar of Alabama (1975); State Bar of Georgia (1975); State Bar of Florida (1977); United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1976), and Middle District of Georgia (1997); United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1983); Fourth Circuit (1998); United States Supreme Court (2004)

Education:
University of Alabama, B.S. 1972
University of Alabama, J.D. 1975
University of Alabama, M.B.A. 1975
Emory University, L.L.M. in Taxation 1976

Member:
American Bar Association (1997)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (1997)
International Bar Association (1997)
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (1997)

Awards:
The Best Lawyers in America (2007)
Georgia Super Lawyers, Atlanta Magazine (2007, 2008)
Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine (2003, 2004, 2005)
Who's Who Legal, Georgia (2007)

Other Information:
Presentations

“Unreliable Evidence,” BBC, December 12, 2007

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