Mark's Current Resume
EXPERIENCE:
July 2023 – Present
Senior Prosecutor, Third Judicial District of New Mexico
Trial Attorney: Major Crimes
Special Assignments:
Juvenile Court (State Children's Court Attorney)
Probation Violations (assigned to resolve all probation violations)
Competency Court (assigned to oversee all Competency claims initiated in the lower courts.
January 2021 – July 2023
Assistant Attorney General, The Office of the Attorney General of New Mexico
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Trial Attorney: Medicaid fraud investigations and prosecutions
January 2013 - January 2021
District Attorney, Third Judicial District of New Mexico
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Elected in January 2013/reelected in January 2017
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Chief Law Enforcement Officer of Dona Ana County
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Chief Criminal Prosecutor
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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
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Practiced federal and state criminal defense and family Law
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Member of the Federal Criminal Justice Act Panel
July 1997 - October 2008
Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal Division), District of New Mexico (Federal Prosecutor)
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Lead attorney in numerous trials
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Conducted major case investigations
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Managed Federal Joint Terrorism Task Force investigations
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Appeared before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Published opinion U.S. v. Hudson, 210 F.3d 1184 (10th Cir. 2000)
November 1990 - October 2008
Attorney/Advisor, Dept. of Justice, (D.C.) (Office of Intelligence and Policy Review)
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Advised U.S. Attorney General on matters involving CIA covert operations
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Liaison to FBI, NSA, CIA, and military intelligence agencies
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Appeared before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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Managed legal aspects of counterintelligence and anti-terrorism investigations
August 1987 - November 1990
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (D.C.)
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Conducted criminal and foreign counterintelligence investigations
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Conducted undercover operations
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Advisor to local and military law enforcement
September 1976 - August 1980
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
June 1984
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Economics (Honors)
University of Maryland (Baltimore Campus)
SKILLS:
Part-time instructor – University of Phoenix
Criminal and Constitutional Law
Frequent Substitute Instructor – New Mexico State University
Criminal law