Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Financial Services Disputes and Investigations

Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Vernon is a former Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Fraud Section for the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas.

Vernon is a highly regarded lawyer who prosecuted or supervised the prosecution of tax fraud, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and computer crimes cases, among others, for 21 years.

Vernon began his legal career by clerking for a federal judge in Houston. Vernon then joined a law firm in Miami, Florida, where he later became a partner.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS Recipient, U.S. Attorney’s Professionalism Award Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, USAO-SDTX (2011-2015) Chief of Fraud Section (2018-2021) Senior Litigation Counsel, USAO-SDTX (2005-2007) Ethics Advisor, USAO-SDTX (2012-2014) Detailee to General Counsel’s Office, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Washington, D.C. (2010-2011) Trained IRS Agents in Houston on Tax Fraud - 2018 Trained FBI Agents Nationwide on Financial Crimes -2020