Thomas P. Windom​

Mr. Windom most recently served as Senior Assistant Special Counsel in the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith, where he co-led the investigation into efforts to interfere with the lawful transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election, which resulted in the indictment of a then-former President of the United States. In that position, he examined Executive Branch and other witnesses in interviews and before the grand jury. He also litigated questions of executive privilege, presidential immunity, the Speech or Debate Clause, and the Classified Information Procedures Act.

Previously, Mr. Windom was a supervisory and line Assistant U.S. Attorney, in both the District of Columbia and the District of Maryland. In the District of Columbia, Mr. Windom served as Special Counsel to the Criminal Chief and led a team of attorneys and agents conducting a covert investigation related to the riot at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. In the District of Maryland, Mr. Windom served as Chief of the Southern Division, supervising a staff of approximately 45 attorneys and professional staff members responsible for all federal prosecutions in the Maryland counties closest to Washington, D.C. Such prosecutions included health care fraud, securities fraud, cybercrime, government contract fraud, corporate embezzlement, Foreign Corrupt Practice Act violations, money laundering, and others. As a supervisor, Mr. Windom held responsibility for opening grand jury investigations, approving proposed charging documents, staffing trials, and authorizing plea agreements. He also counseled prosecutors on investigative strategies and techniques, discovery obligations, and courtroom practice. Trusted for his sound judgment, Mr. Windom routinely served on the district’s death penalty committee, as well as on indictment review committees, assessing whether particular conduct violated federal law and merited prosecution.

As a line prosecutor, Mr. Windom personally handled cases involving securities fraud, public corruption, wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering, civil forfeiture proceedings, and national security. Mr. Windom was the lead prosecutor in the first trial to occur in the Washington, D.C., area after the onset of the COVID pandemic. In another trial, which occurred following a parallel investigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Windom obtained a conviction of an investment advisor for securities fraud and sixteen other felony counts. Mr. Windom also developed deep experience in public corruption cases. In one long-running public corruption operation, Mr. Windom obtained bribery and related convictions for two members of the Maryland House of Delegates. Other investigations focused on domestic terrorism, including the arrest and conviction of a Coast Guard officer for weapons charges and the dismantling of a national white supremacist group. Mr. Windom’s work in the Department was recognized with awards in several cases.

Prior to his service in the Department of Justice, Mr. Windom spent six years as a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. He was the lead associate in an accounting malpractice trial in defense of a national accounting firm; an internal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation involving a multinational corporation; a legal malpractice suit in defense of a national law firm; and a federal habeas corpus proceeding that resulted in the vacatur of a defendant’s death penalty based on juror misconduct. He was also involved in defending clients against lawsuits alleging civil racketeering violations, securities fraud, and violations of the Alien Torts Statute.

Mr. Windom also has taught Trial Practice as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center.