Editing Robert C. Bonner (section)

==Private practice==

In November 1993, just after leaving his post as head of the DEA, Bonner appeared on [[60 Minutes]] and criticized the [[CIA]] for permitting a drug shipment of one ton of pure cocaine to be smuggled into the U.S. without first notifying and securing the approval of the [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]]. From 1993 to 2001, Judge Bonner was a partner in the [[Los Angeles]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] law firm [[Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher]], an international law firm. His practice focused on business and [[white-collar crime]] matters, complex civil cases, internal corporate investigations, and corporate compliance programs.<ref name=GDC/> Among his clients were [[Occidental Petroleum]] Chairman [[Ray Irani]], French entrepreneur [[Francois Pinault]], former President of [[Serbia]] [[Milan Panic]], [[ConAgra Foods|ConAgra]], [[Walmart]], [[Waste Management, Inc.]], the [[California Institute of Technology]], and the cities of [[Long Beach]] and [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]]. He also defended [[Heidi Fleiss]] in her federal tax evasion prosecution.