Jimmy Gurulé
Jimmy Gurulé, an expert in the field of international criminal law, specifically, terrorism, terrorist financing, and anti-money laundering, joined the Notre Dame Law School faculty in 1989, and in 1996 became a full professor. A member of the Utah State Bar since 1980, Professor Gurulé has worked in a variety of high-profile public law enforcement positions including as Under Secretary for Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Treasury (2001-2003), where he had oversight responsibilities for the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Customs Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (1990-1992); and Assistant U.S. Attorney, where he served as Deputy Chief of the Major Narcotics Section of the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office (1985-1989). Among his many successes in law enforcement, Professor Gurulé was instrumental in developing and implementing the U.S. Treasury Department’s global strategy to combat terrorist financing and the 2001 and 2002 National Money Laundering Strategy.
Professor Gurulé is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of terrorist financing and anti-money laundering, has delivered lectures on these subjects before: the Italian Banker’s Association, Milan, Italy; Military Center for Strategic Studies, Rome, Italy; Austrian Defense Academy, Vienna, Austria; Euroforum, Madrid, Spain; World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland; Indian Banker’s Association, Calcutta, India; Institute for International Bankers, New York City, and Comandancia de la Policia Nacional, Asuncion, Paraguay.
Professor Gurulé has co-authored National Security Law: Principles and Policy (Wolters Kluwer 2d ed. 2019); Complex Criminal Litigation: Prosecuting Drug Enterprises and Organized Crime (Juris. Publ. 4th ed. 2019); Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Law (Palgrave McMillan 2018); International Criminal Law (Carolina Academic Press 4th ed. 2013); Criminal and Forensic Evidence (LexisNexis 4th ed. 2014); Principles of Counter-Terrorism Law (Thompson-West 2011). Professor Gurué is the sole author of Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism (Edward Elgar 2008), and Advanced Introduction to Counter-Terrorism Law (Edward Elgar forthcoming 2021).
Professor Gurulé was selected as a member of the United Nations expert working group on "Public Corruption and the Negative Impact of the Non-Repatriation of Funds of Illicit Origin on the Enjoyment of Human Rights.” He has served as a consultant to the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative advising the governments of Belize and Bahrain on criminal justice reform. Professor Gurulé has also served as an expert witness and consultant on several high profile anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism cases, including the 1983 terrorist bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, and 1998 terrorist bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tan