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'''Craig S. Morford''' (born February 10, 1959) is an American attorney and former acting [[United States Deputy Attorney General]]. ▼
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| office = [[United States Deputy Attorney General]]
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| term_start = July 26, 2007
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| alma_mater = [[Hope College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Valparaiso University School of Law|Valparaiso University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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▲'''Craig S. Morford''' (born February 10, 1959{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}) is an American attorney and former acting [[United States Deputy Attorney General]].
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Craig Morford grew up in [[Schenectady, New York]] graduated in 1981 with an [[Economics]] degree from [[Hope College
== Career ==
Morford spent most of his career as a federal prosecutor pursuing public-corruption and organized crime cases in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
As an [[Internal Revenue Service]] attorney, he helped win a civil tax evasion judgment in 1987 against [[James
After joining the Justice Department's Organized Crime Strike Force in Cleveland, Morford helped convict the nation's largest pornography distributor, [[Reuben Sturman]], on tax evasion charges in 1990.
From 1996
In 2002, Morford was lead prosecutor in the second criminal case against Traficant, then in his ninth term as a Democratic Congress member from Youngstown, Ohio. Traficant was convicted on charges of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion and sentenced to eight years in prison.<ref>
In 2004, Morford led a court-ordered Justice Department review of allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in a major terrorism case that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001.
In 2006, Morford led a task force that prosecuted Toledo coin dealer Tom Noe, a Republican fundraiser convicted of stealing from a rare-coin fund that he managed for the [[Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation]]. Then-Ohio Gov. [[Bob Taft]], a Republican,
Morford served briefly as U.S. Attorney in [[Detroit]] and [[Nashville]]. He was named acting Deputy Attorney General, the No. 2 position in the Justice Department, in July 2007, and mentioned as a possible nominee for Attorney General.<ref>
While acting Deputy Attorney General, Morford wrote what's referred to as the "Morford Memo" establishing new guidelines for how federal prosecutors select and use compliance monitors in corporate crime settlements.<ref>http://www.justice.gov/dag/morford-useofmonitorsmemo-03072008.pdf</ref> The department had come under fire when then-U.S. Attorney [[Chris Christie]] required a company to name former Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] to a lucrative monitoring contract.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/washington/10justice.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref>▼
In May, 2008, Morford joined [[Cardinal Health]], a large healthcare services company in Dublin, Ohio, and is currently Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, overseeing legal, compliance, regulatory and government affairs.<ref>http://cardinalhealth.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=122605</ref>▼
▲While acting Deputy Attorney General, Morford wrote what
▲In May, 2008, Morford joined [[Cardinal Health]], a large healthcare services company in Dublin, Ohio, and is currently Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, overseeing legal, compliance, regulatory and government affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cardinalhealth.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=122605|title = Cardinal Health Names Former Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Craig S. Morford to Chief Compliance Officer Post}}</ref>
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==External links==
* http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/uskoubriti82802ind.pdf '''''US v. KARIM KOUBRITI, et al.'''''
*{{C-SPAN|1025317}}
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