Roger Fairfax

George Washington University Law School

Prior to joining the GWU Law School faculty, Professor Fairfax served as a federal prosecutor in the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented the United States in a broad range of public corruption and other investigations and prosecutions. During his time in the Department of Justice Honors Program, he also served details as special assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia and as special assistant to the assistant attorney general for the criminal division. Following his government service, he joined the Washington, D.C., office of O'Melveny & Myers where his practice included white collar criminal and regulatory defense, internal investigations, complex civil litigation, and strategic counseling, as well as pro bono affirmative civil rights litigation, indigent criminal defense, and appellate litigation. After graduating from Harvard Law School, where he served as commentaries chair of the Harvard Law Review, Professor Fairfax clerked for Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and for Judge Judith W. Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He taught courses on the grand jury and criminal procedure as a visiting assistant professor at the William & Mary School of Law and for several years as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Fairfax's research interests include criminal procedure, white collar crime, the grand jury, and federal criminal jurisdiction.