J.D., Georgetown University Law Center; B.A., University of Maryland
Professor Boynton has decades of experience in senior management positions across various sectors of the federal government, including the U.S. Capitol Police, the Department of Justice, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the Department of Treasury, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Professor Boynton has been involved in high-profile, high-stakes international criminal prosecutions, extraditions, mutual legal assistance matters, asset sharing agreements, treaty negotiations, financial regulation, and the gathering of financial intelligence. At FinCEN, Professor Boynton was involved in complex financial investigations, the interpretation and promulgation of administrative rulings, civil enforcement actions, special measures under the USA PATRIOT Act, geographical targeting orders, FATF recommendations, and other actions. While at the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, Professor Boynton managed a vast and varied portfolio that included the provision of advice and guidance on international criminal matters to the Attorney General and other Department principals, the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Loera Guzman, the facilitation of the Colombia-FARC peace process, development of the U.S.-Colombia Auto Defensas Unidas Access Plan, establishment of the U.S.-Cuba Law Enforcement Dialogue, the coordination of international arrest and extradition operations in the FIFA, Odebrect, Panama Papers cases, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecutions, among other international criminal matters. Professor Boynton has extensive experience in policy making via the IPC process under the aegis of the National Security Council on national and international security matters. She has a strong background in the implementation, regulation, and enforcement of U.S. and international criminal law, and the negotiation of international law enforcement treaties, among other areas of expertise. Professor Boynton has represented the Departments of Treasury and Justice in bilateral and multi-lateral fora, and was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Prosecutors. Professor Boynton has extensive experience in legislative branch operations, including appropriations and procurement laws and regulations, as well as the oversight and management of complex administrative functions. Professor Boynton has developed a particularly strong focus on building stakeholder relations, both domestically and abroad, with an emphasis on bridging operational and administrative functions to meet mission objectives. Professor Boynton has been invited to lecture to prosecutors, lawyers, judges, law enforcement officials, and other governmental agencies—both domestically and abroad—on the U.S. accusatory system, money laundering, terrorist financing, extraditions, mutual legal assistance, international cooperation, and other subjects of both domestic and international criminal law and cooperation.