Strategic Investigator
A retired IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent and former FBI Task Force Officer, Mr. Thorson spent more than two decades investigating complex financial crimes, money laundering, and organized criminal enterprises. He now provides strategic consulting on federal criminal defense, forensic accounting, and money laundering matters, bringing the firm the perspective of an agent who has followed the money on the government’s behalf.
Biography
For more than twenty years, Mr. Thorson worked at the center of the government’s financial crime investigations. As a Special Agent with IRS Criminal Investigation and as an FBI Task Force Officer, he focused on complex financial crimes, money laundering, and organized criminal enterprises, the cases that turn on tracing money through layers of transactions, entities, and accounts.
His forensic accounting work was central to those investigations. By reconstructing financial records and following illicit funds to their source, he helped build federal prosecutions that depended on making complex money trails clear and defensible. That work calls for patience, precision, and the ability to translate dense financial evidence into something investigators, prosecutors, and juries can follow.
Now retired from federal service, Mr. Thorson provides strategic consulting to the firm on federal criminal defense, forensic accounting, and money laundering investigations. Having built financial cases from the inside, he helps the firm’s trial teams test the government’s numbers, find the weak points in a financial theory, and defend clients facing white-collar and financial crime allegations.
Representative Results
Successfully defended a client facing federal criminal prosecution. Through aggressive advocacy and strategic legal maneuvering, the defense secured a complete dismissal of all federal charges prior to trial. United States v. Glisson (1:20-CR-069-H)
Client had served 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The federal government sought to re-incarcerate him for refusing to admit guilt during mandated therapy. We fought back and secured his freedom. United States v. Hagan (1:08-CR-0058-H)
Client, an elected official, was charged in connection with public corruption allegations and maintained actual innocence. We demonstrated to the government that the charges were not supported by the evidence. United States v. Martin (1:22-CR-071-H)
Confidential Consultation
Early strategic intervention can significantly impact the course of a federal investigation. Contact our investigations team for a confidential consultation.