"The Los Angeles Experience- Union Racketeering, RICO and the Toppling of Mafia Influence

Mr. Lord retired from the US Department of Justice in 2004 after serving as a prosecutor in the Criminal Division for almost thirty years. He began as a Special Attorney in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section in 1970 serving in Strike Forces in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas.

He is a 50 year member of the State Bar of Texas, Vietnam War veteran and educated at Southern Methodist University (BA-1963) and The University of Texas School of Law (JD-1966)