Former Baton Rouge U.S. Attorney Walt Green is now a partner at Phelps Dunbar law firm.
In the firm’s litigation practice in Baton Rouge, he will focus on white collar defense and government investigations, cyber security and civil litigation.
Green, the top federal prosecutor during much of the investigation into the Alton Sterling shooting, was appointed by former President Barack Obama in July 2013 and was one of 46 U.S. attorneys asked to resign in March after President Donald Trump took office. A broad range of local elected leaders and law enforcement officials—including U.S. Rep. Garret Graves—lobbied unsuccessfully to keep him in office.
“Walt Green is highly respected, accomplished and personable,” Phelps Dunbar Baton Rouge office managing partner Ragan Richard says in a statement issued this afternoon. “He will deepen and expand an array of client services we provide in the health care, cybersecurity, corporate and criminal investigative and general litigation areas.”
Before being named U.S. attorney, Green had worked as a career federal prosecutor in Baton Rouge since 1999. He was tapped by the Obama administration to serve as acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana in 2013 and was named to fill the position the following year. He began his professional career with the U.S. Marine Corps and has held numerous positions in the military, including serving as a judge advocate. As a military lawyer, he was involved in the trials of members of Saddam Hussein’s deposed regime, including Ali Hassan “Chemical Ali” al-Majid. He has served for more than 27 years in the Marine Corps and currently holds the rank of colonel.
