Troy Bouk is a shareholder with Levin Papantonio. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. He continued his education at McGill University in Montreal, Canada where he completed a graduate program in Public Accountancy. Upon graduation, Mr. Bouk began his professional career as an auditor for Ernst & Young, which is one of the world’s largest professional services firms, and one of the world’s Big Four auditing firms.

Upon leaving Ernst & Young, Mr. Bouk became the financial controller for a company that operated six production facilities within Canada and the U.S. As the financial controller, Mr. Bouk was responsible for the preparation of the monthly financial statements as well as consolidated year-end financial statements. In addition, Mr. Bouk prepared standard costs for all of the products produced, as well as developed transfer prices for products shipped across the border and between the six production facilities. After several years as the financial controller, he became the Operations Manager for one of the production facilities. Several years later Mr. Bouk became the Director of Florida Operations with responsibility for all three production facilities located in Florida.

In 2002 Mr. Bouk became a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) is the world’s largest anti-fraud organization with more than 55,000 members. In 2002 Mr. Bouk was awarded the Walker Award by the ACFE for achieving the highest annual score, in the nation, on the CFE Exam.

In 2007 Mr. Bouk received his Juris Doctorate from Florida State College of Law. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Bouk spent nine years as an Assistant State Attorney at the Office of State Attorney of the First Judicial Circuit where he served as a special prosecutor in the Economic Crimes Division. During his time as a prosecutor, Mr. Bouk worked frequently with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) in cases involving money laundering and racketeering. In 2012 Mr. Bouk was appointed as a Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA) in the Northern District of Florida.

In May 2019, Mr. Bouk was appointed by United States District Court Judge Casey Rodgers to serve on the Statute of Limitations Committee in MDL No. 2885, In re 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation.

Year Joined Law Firm
2017

Present Position with Law Firm
Shareholder

Areas of Practice
Mass Torts Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
Civil Counter-Terrorism Litigation

Bar Admission
Florida – Bar # 43384
District of Columbia – Bar # 1672330
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, for Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Admissions and Certifications
Certified Fraud Examiner, 2002 – Member # 94076
Certified Public Accountant, State of Florida, 1997 – AC 30072

Recognition and Awards
Criminal Procedure Seminar Book Award – 2006
Florida State University, College of Law
For achieving the highest grade in the class.
Walker Award – 2002
National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
For achieving the highest score in the nation on the CFE exam.

Associations
Member, Florida Bar Association – 2007
Member, District of Columbia Bar – 2020
Member, Escambia – Santa Rosa Bar Association – 2015
Member, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants – 1997
Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners – 2002
Member, Northwest Florida Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners – 2005
Former Vice President – 2003

Speaking Engagements
2015 National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators
Prosecuting Methamphetamine Labs and Large Conspiracies
2014 Institute of Internal Auditors/Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
CFE Spring Fraud Seminar – Pyramid Schemes
2012 University of West Florida – Adjunct Instructor
Spring and Fall Semesters – White Collar Crime
2012 Institute of Internal Auditors/Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
CFE Spring Fraud Seminar – Fiduciary Fraud
2012 Institute of Internal Auditors/Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
January Meeting – Economic Crimes
2011 University of West Florida
Guest Speaker – White Collar Crime