U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Hiring of Eight Experienced Attorneys

ST. LOUIS - U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus on Thursday announced the hiring of eight experienced legal professionals, including a judge, law clerks and state prosecutors.

"I am very pleased to welcome this group of talented lawyers to the U.S. Attorney's Office. I know they are anxious to dig in and assist the great, cooperative law enforcement community in the St. Louis region," said U.S. Attorney Albus. "The good news is that we have even more people in our hiring pipeline and anticipate adding more AUSAs and much needed support and administrative staff to our team in the coming months."

Dereck Basinger will join the civil division. Basinger will come to the office at the completion of his clerkship to the Honorable Matthew T. Schelp, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. Basinger is a graduate of St. Louis University Law School.

Teresa Bomkamp will join the national security unit of the criminal division. Bomkamp comes to the office from the Hesse Group. Before entering private practice, Bomkamp served as a prosecutor for more than 20 years with the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office and the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Bomkamp is a graduate of St. Louis University School of Law.

Thomas Farrell will join the homeland security task force of the criminal division. Farrell will come to the office at the completion of his clerkship to the Honorable Stephen P. McGlynn, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois. Farrell is a retired officer of the United States Navy. He is a graduate of Washington University School of Law.

Samuel Freedlund will join the violent crime unit of the criminal division. Freedlund comes from the Missouri Attorney General's Office where he served as a deputy solicitor general. Freedlund is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.

Joseph Green will join the violent crime unit of the criminal division. Green has given more than ten years of service as an Associate Circuit Judge for St Louis County. Before becoming a judge, Green had an extensive criminal practice in state and federal court. Green is a graduate of St. Louis University Law School.

Onalee Irwin will join the civil division. Irwin joins the office from the litigation section of Armstrong Teasdale LLP in St. Louis. Irwin is a graduate of St. Louis University Law School.

Sila Karacal will join the national security unit of the criminal division. Karacal comes to the office having served more than twelve years in the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Karacal is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law.

Jeffrey Pauck will join the homeland security task force of the criminal division. Pauck comes to the office having served more than twelve years in the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Pauck is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Law.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri represent the people of the United States by investigating and prosecuting federal crimes, enforcing civil rights and remedies and protecting the interests of the United States, including representing the federal government, its agencies and employees in civil court actions and collecting judgments on debts to the federal government, including unpaid restitution and unpaid fines. The district covers 49 counties in the eastern half of the state.