J. Drew Yeates

Drew’s practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, criminal tax, securities litigation, corporate investigations and general criminal defense.
Drew served as a criminal prosecutor for 22 years and has tried cases at all levels, including municipal, state and federal courts.
Drew worked at the United States Attorney’s Office – District of Utah for 18 years where he served as deputy criminal division chief and criminal division chief. During his nearly decade long tenure in those leadership positions, Drew supervised all federal criminal prosecutions.
Drew’s jury trial experience includes tax offenses, RICO, wiretaps, hate crimes, drug conspiracies, sex offenses, international parental kidnapping, assaults, robberies, and gun crimes.