Title: Attorney
Location: Pearland, Texas, United States
Cedric D. Campbell, Attorney, has been recognized by Marquis Who’s Who Top Lawyers for dedication, achievements, and leadership in Legal Services.
Mr. Campbell built a distinguished career serving the American people, culminating in his current role as a leadership development and legal consultant specializing in fraud prevention, artificial intelligence, ethical leadership, employment and space law, and his previous position as chief counsel to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) created in response to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic. At the PRAC, he developed legal strategies and investigative methods overseeing the $5 trillion allocated in response to the pandemic. His work addressed the challenges of rapid fund disbursement and the subsequent criminal activity. He developed preventive measures and explored the intersection of law, data science and artificial intelligence to mitigate such challenges in routine and contingent circumstances.
At the PRAC, Mr. Campbell oversaw the legal strategies and investigative methods related to the $5 trillion allocated in response to the COVID-19 crisis. His work involved addressing the challenges of rapid fund disbursement, which often led to fraudulent activities. He was dedicated to developing preventive measures and exploring the intersection of the law and data science to enhance financial disbursements of public emergency funds with use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to mitigate such challenges in both routine and contingent circumstances.
Mr. Campbell also worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as associate counsel to the inspector general. As such, he was critical to preventing, detecting, and criminally prosecuting fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of NASA programs. His expertise in criminal and civil law, employment law, procurement law, international law, space law was essential to the success of the space agency.
Mr. Campbell’s professional journey began in the U.S. Army where he was a highly decorated combat veteran. Joining as an interrogator and Arabic linguist, he trained as a paratrooper and air assault soldier before becoming a commissioned officer in the Military Police Corps with a focus on combat operations, psychological operations and civil affairs. His service included time in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Central America and combat deployments to Panama and Iraq. His service further developed leadership skills that fueled his success in the legal field and taught him to be both an officer and a gentleman.
Mr. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Jacksonville State University, obtained his law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law and enhanced his leadership capabilities through a Senior Executive Fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In addition to his career endeavors, he is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., and engages in charity work focused on STEM education and African-American art and history. His contributions have been recognized with several community awards and numerous military awards and honors. Looking ahead, he plans to explore lecturing, teaching and other academic opportunities as well as contributing his insights to corporate and not-for-profit boardrooms and community-based organizations.
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