Faculty BiosDouglas W. Squires
Doug Squires has been on the adjunct faculty at Capital University Law School since 2001. He developed and currently teaches Forensic Evidence, an advanced evidence course focusing on scientific evidence and the law. The class introduces law students to subjects like explosives, DNA and forensic analysis of computers. Forensic Evidence is and elective class for law students who have taken evidence and exposes students to practical and legal issues surrounding various forensic disciplines, applies the rules of evidence to new and emerging sciences and explores advanced evidentiary issues in civil and criminal cases. Squires began his legal career as a Deputy District Attorney for Tulare County in Visalia, California. As a state prosecutor, he brought to trial street-level crimes such as murders, rapes and robberies, handled major crimes prosecutions like narcotics manufacturing and distribution and served as an interim Supervising District Attorney during his nearly seven years in that position. He is the author of the book chapter “Forensic Accounting,” published in Scientific Evidence in Criminal and Civil Cases, 5th Ed., Foundation Press (2007). His other significant articles include “Problems Solved with Forensic Accounting: A Legal Perspective,” Journal of Forensic Accounting, Vol. IV, No. 2, July - Dec. 2003, and “Law and Much Order,” The White Paper, Topical Issues on White-Collar Crime, published by ACFE, Vol. 17, No. 4, July/Aug. 2003. Squires holds his J.D. from University of San Francisco School of Law and a B.A. from Miami University (Ohio). E-mail Professor Squires at Douglas.Squires@usdoj.gov. |
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Since 2000, Professor Douglas W. Squires has been an Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. He prosecutes white-collar crimes, major criminal offenses and previously served the Southern District of Ohio as the Health Care Fraud Coordinator in both the criminal and civil divisions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Significant federal cases Squires has prosecuted include U.S. v. Roger Blackwell, et.al., an insider trading case, and U.S. v. Lance Poulsen, et.al., which at the time in 2009, was the largest private fraud prosecuted in the United States.