Jon Sale has been appointed by the U.S. Sentencing Commission as a voting member of the Commission's Practitioners Advisory Group, where he will be the sole representative for the Eleventh Circuit covering Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. He will serve for a three-year term, which started on Nov. 1.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission selects one voting member to represent each federal judicial circuit.  The Practitioners Advisory Group helps the Commission carry out its statutory responsibilities, offers advice to the Commission, and disseminates information to members of the defense community. 

Sale, who is based in Miami, is Co-Chair of the Nelson Mullins White Collar Defense and Government Investigations Practice Group.  He is a white collar criminal defense attorney who has been designated by Chambers USA as an eminent practitioner in the field. In addition to his involvement with the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Sale has been appointed by Florida's two Senators to serve on the Southern District of Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission, and he has been appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida to serve on the U.S. Magistrate Merit Selection Panel.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 750 attorneys and government relations professionals with offices in 11 states and Washington, DC. For more information on the firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.