Former
United
States
Attorney
Mike
Crites
is
a
managing
partner
with

the
Columbus‐based
law
firm
of
Rich,
Crites
&
Dittmer,
LLC.

Crites
is
a

highly
decorated
U.S.

Navy
Captain
and
veteran
of
the
Vietnam

War
with
a
21­year
record
of
public
service
as
a
federal,
state
and

local
prosecutor.





Crites
was
nominated
in
1986
by
President
Ronald
Reagan
and

overwhelmingly
confirmed
by
a
bipartisan
vote
of
the
U.
S.
Senate
to
be

the
United
States
Attorney
for
the
Southern
District
of
Ohio.

He
served
in
that
position
from

1986
to
1993
in
the
administrations
of
both
President
Reagan
and
President
George
H.W.
Bush.





As
the
United
States
Attorney,
Crites
and
his
staff
of
Assistant
U.S.
Attorneys
were
responsible
for

the
prosecution
of
all
federal
criminal
cases
on
behalf
of
the
United
States
and
representing
the

United
States
in
all
civil
litigation
in
the
U.S.
District
Courts
in
the
Southern
Judicial
District
of
Ohio

(48
of
Ohio’s
88
counties,
including
the
metropolitan
areas
of
Columbus,
Cincinnati
and
Dayton).



During
his
tenure
as
U.S.
Attorney,
Crites
and
his
staff
successfully
investigated,
prosecuted
and

dismantled
numerous
local,
national
and
international
drug
organizations;
seized
and
obtained

the
forfeiture
of
more
than
$17
million
in
illegal
drug
money
and
assets;
and
collected
more

than
$125
million
owed
to
the
United
States.

Additionally,
he
organized
and
led
task
forces
to

address
health
care
fraud,
insurance
and
financial
fraud,
bankruptcy
fraud
and
environmental

compliance.


Crites’
more
than
21
years
of
experience
as
a
federal,
state
and
local
prosecutor
also
includes

service
as
an
Assistant
United
States
Attorney,
First
Assistant
Prosecuting
Attorney

(Delaware
County),
Assistant
Prosecuting
Attorney
(Allen
County)
and
City
Prosecutor
(Lima,

Ohio).





He
currently
serves
as
the
Law
Director/Prosecutor
for
Granville,
Thornville,
Commercial
Point,

and
Orient,
Ohio.

He
has
also
served
as
Acting
Law
Director/Prosecutor
for
the
cities
of
Hilliard,

Pataskala
and
Harrisburg,
as
well
as
Special
Counsel
and
Special
Prosecutor
for
various
Ohio

municipalities,
school
districts
and
counties.



During
his
tenure
as
the
United
States
Attorney,
Crites
was
a
frequent
law
enforcement
lecturer
to

more
than
400
audiences
across
the
United
States.

He
also
served
as:



• Head
of
the
U.
S.
Delegation
to
the
Council
of
Europe
in
October
1992
at
the

International
Convention
on
Money
Laundering
and
Asset
Forfeiture
(Strasburg,
France);



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• Chair,
U.S.

Attorney
General’s
Committee
on
International
Affairs;



• Chair,
Southern
District
of
Ohio
Law
Enforcement
Coordinating
Committee;



• Chair,
Southern
District
of
Ohio
Health
Care
Fraud
Committee;



• Member,
Great
Lakes
Region
Organized
Crime
Drug
Enforcement
Task
Force.



Crites
is
a
retired
Captain
in
the
United
States
Naval
Reserve,
where
he
served
as
the

Commanding
Officer
of
nine
Naval
Reserve
Units.

He
studied
at
the
Naval
War
College,

National
War
College
and
Industrial
Colleges
of
the
Armed
Forces.

He
also
served
as
Deputy

Commander
for
Mission
Effectiveness,
Naval
Reserve
Readiness
Command
Region
8.

At
his

career
peak,
he
helped
manage
more
than
7,000
personnel.







A
Vietnam
Veteran,
Crites
has
received
the
Legion
of
Merit
Award,
Meritorious
Service
Medal,

Joint
Service
Commendation
Medal,
Navy
Commendation
Medal,
and
Navy
Achievement

Medal
and
various
campaign
and
service
awards,
including
the
Vietnam
Service
and
Vietnam

Campaign
Medals.





A
lifetime
member
of
the
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars,
in
2000
Crites
was
inducted
into
the
Ohio

Veterans
Hall
of
Fame.



Crites
is
a
graduate
of
the
United
States
Naval
Academy.

Later,
he
received
the
Commandant’s

Award
from
that
institution.

He
is
also
a
graduate
of
the
Ohio
Northern
University
School
of
Law.


He
was
admitted
to
practice
law
in
Ohio
in
1978,
and
he
is
licensed
to
practice
before
the
U.S.

Supreme
Court;
the
U.
S.
Court
of
Appeals,
Sixth
Circuit;
the
U.S.
District
Courts
in
the
Northern

and
Southern
Districts
of
Ohio
and
the
U.
S.
Tax
Court.





As
an
active
leader
in
his
church,
community
and
state,
Crites
has
served
as
a
member
and

president
of
his
local
school
board
and
taught
at
The
Ohio
State
University
College
of
Law.

He

was
a
member
of
the
Executive
Committee
of
the
Board
of
Trustees
of
the
University
of
Rio

Grande,
and
he
currently
serves
as
President
of
the
Greater
Powell
Veterans
Memorial

Foundation,
which
raised
funds
for
the
construction
of
a
Veterans
Memorial
in
Powell.






Crites
and
his
wife
Maureen
have
been
married
for
33
years.

They
are
the
proud
parents
of
three

daughters.

Two
are
graduates
of
the
United
States
Naval
Academy
and
now
serving
as
naval

officers
and
one
is
a
graduate
of
The
Ohio
State
University
Moritz
College
of
Law
and
practicing

law
in
Columbus.



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