Charles Baron Irvin

2012 - Current

Irvin Law

Attorney

• Criminal Defense – municipal, county, state, and federal, statewide, misdemeanors offenses through capital offenses; Personal Injury - Statewide • Business Law- Contract Negotiations, Business Consultations, formation, and maintenance of Corporations, Partnerships, and Non-Profit entities; Partnerships; including contract negotiations, employee structure, back office structure, governance, consultation on EEOC issues, contracts, bids, and operations consulting; • Non-profit consultations-structure and content analysis;

2014 - 2016

ACLU of Mississippi

Legal Director

Lead civil rights attorney for the ACLU of Mississippi; statewide impact litigation

2008 - 2012

Office of the Attorney General -Mississippi

Special Assistant Attorney General

• Defended major Civil Rights cases (1983) and successfully presented written appellate arguments to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; • Represented the Mississippi Department of Corrections in all federal civil rights matters in both the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; and • Achieved a clearance rate of 98% on all federal civil rights cases

2007 - 2008

UDOJ - Southern District of Mississippi

Assistant United States Attorney

• Tried major felonies involving white collar and cyber crime in the Southern District of Mississippi including FEMA fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, forgery, conspiracy, receipt and possession of child pornography; • Successfully presented written appellate argument to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; • Liaison to Jackson Police Department; • Member of Anti-Gang task force initiative; and • Co-authored 2007 grant proposals to the funding authority for Anti-Gang task force Special Training: • Basic Criminal Trial Advocacy, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, June 19, 2007 – June 28, 2007; • Department of Justice Orientation, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., July 12, 2007 – July 13, 2007; • Evidence for Criminal Litigators Seminar, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, October 16, 2007 – October 19, 2007; • Sexual Harassment Training, USAO Jackson, Mississippi, December 26, 2007; and • Criminal Federal Practice Seminar, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, January 8, 2008 – January 11, 2008

2003 - 2004

University of Southern Mississippi

Ph.D. (2005) | Administration of Justice

1995 - 1998

Loyola University New Orleans

J.D. (1998) | Jurisprudence

1990 - 1994

Jackson State University

B.S. (1994) | Education