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Thomas Melsheimer, the managing principal in the Dallas office of Fish & Richardson, heads the office's trial practice, according to a firm web post. He was an assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas from 1990 to 1993 and prosecuted the largest bank fraud case ever undertaken in Texas, involving more than $200 million in fraud, according to the post.
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