Todd P. Graves
Todd P. Graves is a lawyer in private practice with Graves Bartle & Marcus LLC. Before joining Graves Bartle & Marcus LLC, Graves served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri. Graves was nominated for United States Attorney by President Bush on July 30, 2001 and confirmed by the Senate on October 11, 2001.
As United States Attorney, Graves was responsible for prosecuting federal crimes including mail and wire fraud, money laundering, public corruption, health care fraud, child pornography, firearms violations, narcotics trafficking, pharmaceutical diversion, corporate fraud, and terrorism financing. During Graves’ tenure, felony filings doubled, rising from approximately 500 cases per year to 1000.
In addition, Graves was responsible for defending civil lawsuits brought against the United States, handling federal forfeiture actions, and collecting debts and restitution. Graves managed a staff of 60 attorneys and 60 non-attorney support personnel with headquarters in Kansas City and branch offices in Jefferson City and Springfield.
During his tenure as United States Attorney, Graves served as a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee. Graves participated in drafting the Thompson Memorandum which set DOJ policies in corporate investigations including charging, pre-trial diversion, and sentencing policies. Graves also served as a member of the national Executive Working Group which is comprised of six Department of Justice officials, six state attorneys general, and six district attorneys.
Graves was appointed United States Attorney from his position as Platte County Prosecuting Attorney, an office to which he was elected in 1994 and 1998. At the time of his election in 1994, he was the youngest full-time prosecuting attorney in Missouri. In that position, he oversaw a yearly caseload of approximately 400 felonies, 2500 misdemeanors and 14,000 traffic offenses.
As Prosecuting Attorney and as United States Attorney, Graves actively managed cases and trials under his authority and personally tried numerous jury trials to verdict including cases of child molestation, drug distribution, murder and capital murder.
Prior to his service as Platte County Prosecuting Attorney, Graves was in private practice with the Bryan Cave law firm. Before joining Bryan Cave, Graves was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Missouri.
In 1991, Graves received his law degree and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Virginia. He received a bachelor’s degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Missouri in 1988.
Raised on a family farm near Tarkio, Missouri, Graves has been married 18 years to his wife, Tracy. The couple has four children, and they reside on a 270 acre farm north of Kansas City that has been in the family since 1867.
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