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WINNING WAYS
by Ed Magnuson

Nothing can compare to the satisfaction of correcting an injustice, righting a wrong, and reclaiming lost honor. And the proliferation of injustices during the admin of Thomas Constantine has resulted in many heralded victories for agents before the Merit Systems Protection Board, the EEOC and the courts. However, as all agents faced with a iniquity have found out, DEA pays little attention to righteous indignation. By nature, bureaucrats are poor learners in the school of objectivity unless an attorney is employed to embarrass them before impartial finders of the fact.

The famous sign at the Paris Zoo describes what Mr. Constantine has found out the hard way, "Warning this animal is vicious when attacked, it defends itself." and agents are more and more turning to attorney's like Tom Roth of Newark to redeem the dignity stolen from them by a bureaucrat who believes that he can do exactly as he pleases and that underlings will always find a way to justify his actions.

An ex-Marine Vietnam vet and a highly successful former Assistant US Attorney, Tom Roth is what Administrator Constantine is not: Agent Friendly. An attorney who appreciates and understands what agents do, the sacrifices they make, and how the ineptitude of bureaucracy can besmirch hard won reputations and obliterate careers. Tom Roth has what I like to call 'Winning Ways.' A tough, no-quarter adversary who burns the midnight oil preparing for court. An attorney with impeccable morals who knows the system and how to defeat those who use it to harm and retaliate against the innocent.

Although not a self proclaimed worker of miracles, Roth has become a legend to agents of the DEA and their counterparts within the law enforcement community. A man who can be turned to when the serpents of unfairness, injustice, and discrimination raise their ugly heads.

Keep up the good work Tom, DEA Watch loves you! Anyone wishing to send Tom an "atta-boy," his fax # is (201) 565-9616.