Eric Morehead Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas Area

Advise and consult with diverse clientele to build and enhance their legal compliance programs. Perform intensive benchmarking and assessment projects to assist organizations in identifying program weaknesses and provide recommendations to enhance program performance. Direct program design and creation, policy and code development and live training on specific ethics and compliance subjects such as anti- corruption, anti-money laundering and conflicts of interest. Work with organizations to… Show more Advise and consult with diverse clientele to build and enhance their legal compliance programs. Perform intensive benchmarking and assessment projects to assist organizations in identifying program weaknesses and provide recommendations to enhance program performance. Direct program design and creation, policy and code development and live training on specific ethics and compliance subjects such as anti- corruption, anti-money laundering and conflicts of interest. Work with organizations to produce solutions that meet applicable regulations, US Sentencing Guidelines standards for an effective program and industry best practices. Present assessment results and live training to board members, executives and management teams.Also the founder and host of the Compliance Beat podcast (www.compliancebeat.com). Show less

Austin, Texas Area

Assumed a greater management role during tenure at NYSE Governance Services that included supervision of legal and risk analysis team as well as product development, project management and strategy responsibilities. Promoted to Head of Advisory Services in 2015 where I assumed full responsibility for over eighty client projects and the entire Advisory Services group that included compliance and ethics program benchmarking and assessment, culture and knowledge survey reporting, live training on… Show more Assumed a greater management role during tenure at NYSE Governance Services that included supervision of legal and risk analysis team as well as product development, project management and strategy responsibilities. Promoted to Head of Advisory Services in 2015 where I assumed full responsibility for over eighty client projects and the entire Advisory Services group that included compliance and ethics program benchmarking and assessment, culture and knowledge survey reporting, live training on compliance topics and drafting and designing code of conduct and other written standards. Managed and negotiated contracts including difficult termination and renegotiation under dynamiccircumstances. Was tasked with winding down NYSE Governance Services advisory business and havehandled resource, personnel and client services issues independently.Responsible for thought leadership and outreach for the organization which included afull calendar of speaking engagements both for clients and the public. Worked with theonline training production team as a subject-matter expert for many of the off-the-shelftraining products produced by NYSE Governance Services. Show less

Washington, Dc

Responsible for assisting members of the Commission by researching, developing anddrafting amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines with a focus on theOrganizational Sentencing Guidelines. Expertise with current sentencing andregulatory issues affecting organizations, in particular the implementation and operationof effective ethics and compliance programs.Chaired the policy team that revised and strengthened organizational ethics andcompliance standards in 2010… Show more Responsible for assisting members of the Commission by researching, developing anddrafting amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines with a focus on theOrganizational Sentencing Guidelines. Expertise with current sentencing andregulatory issues affecting organizations, in particular the implementation and operationof effective ethics and compliance programs.Chaired the policy team that revised and strengthened organizational ethics andcompliance standards in 2010. Conducted accelerated research involving ethics andcompliance best practices, organizational data and expert opinion. ProvidedCommissioners with timely and detailed memoranda and reports, drafted proposedamendments to the guidelines and worked with interested members of the public onproposed amendments.Presented on ethics and compliance topics to organizations such as the Society ofCorporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE). Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)and the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA).Also assumed general legal responsibilities associated with the operation of theCommission which included employment, contracting and other operational legalaspects. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

Extensive litigation experience with both regulatory and white-collar criminal matters.Responsible for all facets of several complex investigatory representations for bothindividuals and corporations. Experience includes both Federal and state jury trials,regulatory practice, extensive negotiations with government agencies and corporaterepresentation including compliance and internal review. Regulatory experienceincludes representing clients before agencies as diverse as… Show more Extensive litigation experience with both regulatory and white-collar criminal matters.Responsible for all facets of several complex investigatory representations for bothindividuals and corporations. Experience includes both Federal and state jury trials,regulatory practice, extensive negotiations with government agencies and corporaterepresentation including compliance and internal review. Regulatory experienceincludes representing clients before agencies as diverse as OSHA, SEC, CFTC, EPA,FERC and Texas state agencies.Conducted internal investigations of alleged misconduct and due diligenceexaminations. Made recommendations to boards and executives for compliancereforms. Specific experience with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and relatedSEC regulation, including an FCPA jury trial (United States v. Kay, et al).Participated in many investigations and aided organizations in reforming policies,process and systems. Other federal trial experience includes United States v. Lam, arare directed verdict in a criminal antitrust case, several fraud and bank fraud casesand cases brought under the Commodities Exchange Act. Show less

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

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