This month’s member spotlight features Brett Tolman, founder of the Tolman Group and chair of the firm’s White Collar, Corporate Compliance, and Government Investigations section. In his interview, Tolman discussed lack of accountability and transparency in the criminal justice system and how his time as a prosecutor informs his work in policy reform.

Crime Trends Working Group
Who Gets Arrested in America: Trends Across Four Decades, 1980-2024
This comprehensive analysis of arrest trends is the first of its kind since the federal government stopped releasing detailed arrest data in 2020. It shows that arrests fell sharply in 2020 during the pandemic—and have stayed down since then.
