Claude Earl Walker graduated from the State University of New York at Albany and then Albany Law School in New York. Early in his career, he worked at EPA to help create the national residential lead-based paint notification rule enforcement program. He later served as Policy Advisor at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he played an important role in combating money laundering. Other positions include serving as in-house counsel for Scotiabank U.S. Virgin Islands, Associate Regional Counsel for Litigation, HUD-Atlanta, and Attorney General for the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is currently the Deputy Director for the Legal Counsel Division at EPA’s Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training.