Experience

Mr. Winiker represents business clients in complex litigation and defends businesses and individuals in state and federal white collar criminal cases. He assists clients in defending federal grand jury investigations and other pre-trial negotiations with the United States Department of Justice. He has represented clients in a multi-million dollar class action claim and represented corporations and individuals in "piercing corporate veil" claims. He also represents businesses who were victims of fraud.

He has represented clients in Federal District Courts, the Fourth and Ninth Circuit Federal Courts of Appeal as well as state Superior Courts, Business Court, Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court for North Carolina.

As a former Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Winiker prosecuted a wide variety of federal crimes, represented federal agencies in civil litigation, and was responsible for tracing and seizing criminal funds nationally and internationally.

He served as an Assistant Director for the Cybercrimes section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Education and coordinated nationwide training on computer forensics, internet fraud, and computerized courtroom presentations and discovery management.

Mr. Winiker is also a former Assistant District Attorney with the Charlotte Mecklenburg District Attorney's Office.

WINIKER LAW FIRM, PLLC Charlotte, NC

Full service Criminal and Civil litigation Firm

Mecklenburg County District and Superior Courts

U.S. District Courts - U.S. Court of Appeals

2007 - present

SENIOR LITIGATION ATTORNEY

Shumaker Loop and Kendrick, LLP Charlotte, NC

2005 - 2007

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Legal Education

Cybercrime Chief National Advocacy Center, Columbia, SC

2004 - 2005

ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Eastern District of Washington Spokane, WA

Criminal Prosecutor, Asset Forfeiture Chief, Civil Litigator

1999 - 2004

MECKLENBURG COUNTY ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY Charlotte, NC

1995 - 1998

SECOND LIEUTENANT, UNITED STATES ARMY

Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; U.S. Army Airborne School

1989 - 1992

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

J.D., cum laude 1995

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

B.A., History, German Minor 1989