Martha Paluch ensures the firm continues to attract and develop excellent lawyers and staff to serve our clients nationally on their complex, high-impact trials, litigation, and appeals. Her commitment to excellence and professional development was honed over a 31-year career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. As Chief of the Economic Crimes Section there, she recruited, managed, and mentored Assistant U.S. Attorneys and led prosecutions on high-profile cases that included securities, wire, bank, and mail fraud.
Specifically, Marty:
- prosecuted a $20 million Ponzi scheme that involved a parallel SEC proceeding for securities fraud
- tried to a jury a false tax refund scheme involving eight defendants who defrauded the IRS while running the scheme from federal prison
- tried to a jury a false student loan scheme involving three defendants who defrauded the Department of Education and various community colleges in Colorado and Arizona
- tried to a jury a lottery scam that defrauded an elderly Colorado resident out of $1 million, extraditing one of the two defendants from Jamaica
- prosecuted three defendants in a government official imposter scheme run out of India that defrauded dozens of elderly victims across the country out of millions of dollars
- tried to a jury bank robbery, prison assault, and immigration cases
Marty was also a leader in shaping policy, serving on the U.S. Attorney’s Office Management Team, DOJ’s White Collar Chiefs Working Group, and the Securities Fraud Working Group, and presenting at numerous legal and industry conferences in Denver and at DOJ’s National Advocacy Center.
