Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Hale Receives Professionalism Award

OKLAHOMA CITY – Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Hale has been named the prosecutorial Professional Advocate of the Year by the Criminal Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.  Mr. Hale received the award today at the Section’s luncheon at the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Tulsa.  Each year, the Criminal Law Section recognizes a prosecutor and a defense attorney who exhibit superior advocacy skills before the court and consistently show professionalism, courtesy, and respect to opposing counsel in the spirit of the adversarial system.

Since Mr. Hale became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2008, his practice has focused on Project Safe Childhood, a long-standing Department initiative to prosecute child pornography and other child exploitation offenses.  A graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, he serves as the Professional Responsibility Officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division.  In addition to his role at the Department of Justice, he serves as an officer in the Navy JAG Corps.