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Mark's Current Resume

Career

Assistant Attorney General, The Office of the Attorney General of New Mexico

Trial Attorney: Medicaid fraud investigations and prosecutions

January 2021 – July 2023

January 2013 - January 2021

District Attorney, Third Judicial District of New Mexico

Elected in January 2013/reelected in January 2017

Chief Law Enforcement Officer of Dona Ana County

Chief Criminal Prosecutor

Managed a staff of 70 and a budget of $23 million

October 2008 - December 2012

Litigator and Business Owner, The D’Antonio Law Office, P.C., Las Cruces, NM Practiced federal and state criminal defense and family Law Member of the Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel

November 1990 - October 2008

Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal Division), District of New Mexico (Federal Prosecutor)

Lead attorney  in numerous trials

Conducted major case investigations

Managed Federal Joint Terrorism Task Force investigations

Appeared before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Published opinion U.S. v. Hudson, 210 F.3d 1184 (10th Cir. 2000)

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Attorney/Advisor, Dept. of Justice, (D.C.) (Office of Intelligence and Policy Review)

  • Advised U.S. Attorney General on matters involving CIA covert operations

  • Liaison to FBI, NSA, CIA, and military intelligence agencies

  • Appeared before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

  • Managed legal aspects of counterintelligence and anti-terrorism investigations

November 1990 - October 2008

Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (D.C.)

Conducted criminal and foreign counterintelligence investigations

Conducted undercover operations

Advisor to local and military law enforcement

November 1990 - October 2008

Military Instructor (E-5), 3281st School Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, TX

Provided instruction on police tactics and military Justice

Education

June 1987

 Juris Doctor, University of Maryland School of Law

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Economics (Honors)

 University of Maryland (Baltimore Campus)

June 1984

 Part-time instructor – University of Phoenix Criminal and Constitutional Law Frequent Substitute Instructor – New Mexico State University Criminal law

Academic Roles

When it Comes to Justice, No Retreat, No Surrender.

Website by Matteo D'Antonio

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