Jamie Garman
As an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in South Florida, Jamie investigated and prosecuted hundreds of defendants for fraud, money laundering, and violent offenses—securing convictions through strategic negotiation and effective trial advocacy. She managed a large, fast-moving docket, directed a multi-agency fraud task force, led wiretap investigations that dismantled criminal enterprises, tried more than a dozen cases, and briefed and argued appeals before the Eleventh Circuit.
As one of the few former AUSAs to become an FBI Special Agent, Jamie built complex fraud and public corruption cases from the ground up—obtaining and analyzing terabyte-scale evidence, managing multi-agency teams, orchestrating court-authorized wiretaps and undercover operations, cultivating confidential sources, interviewing witnesses and subjects, and directing sophisticated financial analysis to identify, trace, seize, and forfeit criminal assets. Her investigations resulted in multiple federal indictments and convictions.
Jamie later served as FBI in-house counsel in Washington, D.C., where she advised on operational, intelligence, policy, and ethics issues and analyzed risk in some of the Bureau’s most sensitive matters. She worked with investigators, managers, regulators, federal prosecutors, and DOJ components to structure and execute high-stakes cyber, white-collar, public corruption, and extraterritorial counterterrorism investigations, navigating novel legal questions under time pressure.
Jamie clerked for Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and practiced bankruptcy litigation at an international law firm in New York.
A Las Vegas native, Jamie earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D., magna cum laude, from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she served on Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member, American Bar Association
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 2010
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Representative Experience
- Led multi-agency task force that executed dozens of search warrants and dismantled interstate fraud schemes. Secured convictions of over 50 defendants while protecting the personal information of tens of thousands of victims from further compromise. Awarded commendations by IRS Criminal Investigation and the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General.
- Dismantled 14-member fraud and money laundering organization, as lead investigator, tracing and seizing substantial illicit assets and securing conviction of all defendants through real-time financial analysis, confidential source operations, court-authorized wiretaps, and multi-jurisdictional investigative coordination.
- As lead investigator, dismantled multi-state opioid trafficking enterprise through multiple court-authorized wiretaps, coordinated undercover operations, proactive electronic surveillance, and thorough financial analysis. Convicted all charged defendants, forced closure of fraudulent medical practice, and achieved surrender of professional licenses.
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2011
Distinctions
- FBI Medals of Excellence, 2023 & 2021
- U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Award, 2016
- Department of Labor Inspector General’s Special Assistance Award, 2015
- Preserved federal fraud conviction against post-trial challenge, successfully moving the district court to reopen the trial. The conviction was affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit. Awarded commendation for coordinating multiple DOJ components and investigative agency counsel under time constraints.
- Lead investigator in high-profile, sensitive investigation involving multifaceted scheme. Managed large multi-agency investigative team, facilitated obtaining and reviewing terabyte-scale digital evidence, regularly briefed management and obtained executive-level approvals, developed data-integration solutions, and interviewed high-ranking federal and state government officials, attorneys, and other witnesses. Awarded FBI Medal of Excellence for unparalleled work ethic and commitment to investigative excellence through doing the right thing, the right way.
- Prosecuted rival criminal enterprises engaging in fraud, identity theft, drug and gun trafficking, and retaliatory firebombing. Managed complex wiretap investigations and coordinated enforcement actions, securing convictions of over 30 defendants.