17 Facts About Johnny Sutton

Johnny Sutton is currently a partner with the law firm Ashcroft Sutton Reyes, LLC in Austin, Texas.

Johnny Sutton is the grandson of World Series-winning St Louis Cardinals manager Johnny Keane.

Johnny Sutton graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in International Business in 1983 and then earned a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Texas School of Law in 1987.

Johnny Sutton attended UT on a baseball scholarship and played for the Texas Longhorns, where he was a two-year letterman under coach Cliff Gustafson.

Johnny Sutton spent three years as a backup second baseman, with just 50 at-bats in his career prior to the 1983 playoffs.

From 1988 to 1995, Johnny Sutton served as a criminal trial prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney's Office in Houston, where he tried more than 60 first chair felony jury trials.

In 1995, Sutton accepted a position as criminal justice policy director for then-Governor George W Bush, providing analysis and recommendations for proposed criminal justice laws for Bush to support or veto.

Johnny Sutton returned to Austin, where he oversaw a staff of 140 lawyers and a changing mission.

Johnny Sutton supported the buildup of federal resources, from 9,000 to 20,000 border patrol agents, on the Mexico border, and pushed for prosecution of illegal immigrants previously deported, instead of just those who had committed a serious felony.

Johnny Sutton was appointed vice chair of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys on May 27,2005.

Johnny Sutton is perhaps best known for his prosecution of former Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos for misconduct following the shooting and wounding of Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, a narcotics smuggler who had illegally crossed the Mexico border near Fabens, Texas.

Johnny Sutton drew criticism from some politicians and anti-illegal-immigration activists, especially on talk radio and the Internet.

Johnny Sutton later filed an indictment against a cartel lieutenant, Heriberto Santillan-Tabares, for drug trafficking and five murders, though the murder charges were later canceled by Johnny Sutton in a plea bargain.

Johnny Sutton was criticized afterward by some observers, including University of Texas-El Paso law professor Bill Weaver, for not taking action to shut down the operation earlier and recommending the DoJ refrain from commenting to the media about the case.

On October 8,2018, the University of Texas at Austin confirmed it had hired Johnny Sutton to investigate claims that Texas State Senator Charles Schwertner sent lewd messages and pictures to a graduate student at the university.

Johnny Sutton resigned as the US Attorney effective April 19,2009.

Johnny Sutton announced on April 24,2009, that he had joined the Austin, Texas office The Ashcroft Firm, chaired by former US Attorney General John Ashcroft, to be known in Texas as Ashcroft Sutton Ratcliffe, LLC Sutton's focus at The Ashcroft Group is corporate representation and compliance, strategic planning and risk management.