single season and career charges taken, and second in single season and career assists. In 1980 he led his team in free throw percentage. He was most well-known for making 8-8 free throws in overtime in Clemson’s upset win against undefeated and No. 1 ranked Duke University. Conrad was named a “Legend of the ACC”, was listed as one of the 25 Best Players of the First 100 Years of Clemson Basketball, became an Academic All-American, and was the inaugural recipient of Clemson’s “Bond” Ring as a Distinguished Athletic Alumnus. Legal career Conrad's legal career has included stints with Michie Hamlett Donato & Lowry in Charlottesville, Virginia(1983–1986), Horn & Conrad (1986–1987), and Bush Thurman & Conrad (1987–1989). before becoming an Assistant United States Attorney (1989–2001) In 2001, he became the United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina (2001–2004). He was a partner with Mayer Brown (2004—2005) and became a federal district court judge in June 2005. US Attorney Conrad served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina from 1989 to 2001. In 1999, Attorney General Janet Reno selected him to serve as Chief of the Campaign Financing Task Force ("CFTF"), investigating alleged illegal campaign contributions to both parties during the 1996 Presidential election. In making the selection, AG Reno said “Bob is one of the most respected career prosecutors in the Department of Justice.” Conrad led a team of career prosecutors and obtained convictions against James Riady, Pauline Kanchanalak, Maria Hsia, among thirty others. In pleading guilty, Riady on behalf of Lippo Bank agreed to pay $8.6 million, “the largest fine ever imposed for violation of the campaign finance laws." As part of those duties Conrad deposed the President and Vice-President of the United States in the same week. As Chief of the CFTF, he was later named Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey responsible for investigating and prosecuting alleged campaign financing violations related to the 1996 Torricelli for Senate Campaign. He formally recommended that an independent counsel be named to investigate then Vice President Al Gore for perjury. After this assignment, an article in The Washington Post stated that Conrad was ”uniformly described by people who know him as a fair minded, career prosecutor who doesn't let politics interfere with his work.” At the end of his service as Chief of the CFTF, Reno said “Bob Conrad has done an