• Monitoring and researching cybersecurity legal and business issues.• Advising on financial crime (BSA & FCPA) and commercial issues for litigation and transactions. • Assisting foreign individual to be recognized as a “relaters” in FCPA and SOX matter.• Teaching on an adjunct basis (Institute of World Politics, Vilnius University [Fulbright Foundation Grantee], and Washington College of Law.

• Taught corporate governance, regulatory compliance/enforcement, public sector integrity, transnational financial crime to classes composed of Australian and foreign civil servants and law enforcement officials.• Researched, prepared and presented articles/presentations concerning cybercrime, money laundering by organized crime groups/networks to Australian officials and academics.• Provide advice to and co-authored analytic report for the Queensland State Crime &… Show more • Taught corporate governance, regulatory compliance/enforcement, public sector integrity, transnational financial crime to classes composed of Australian and foreign civil servants and law enforcement officials.• Researched, prepared and presented articles/presentations concerning cybercrime, money laundering by organized crime groups/networks to Australian officials and academics.• Provide advice to and co-authored analytic report for the Queensland State Crime & Misconduct Commission identifying misleading data on its Proceeds of Crime Program. Show less

• Researched and drafted memos and motions concerning family and Americans with Disabilities Act cases. • On an independent basis, provided case evaluations and dealt with international economiccrime, legal ethics, legal malpractice, and RICO matters.

• Operated start-up consulting company that provided services on international legal malpractice matters. • Conducted research, performed case assessments and wrote reports for law firms and potential plaintiffs assessing the likelihood of them prevailing in U.S. and Russian courts, thus saving clients millions of dollars in not pursuing cases.• Served as an “Expert Witness” in asylum, corruption and financial fraud cases.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++He has… Show more • Operated start-up consulting company that provided services on international legal malpractice matters. • Conducted research, performed case assessments and wrote reports for law firms and potential plaintiffs assessing the likelihood of them prevailing in U.S. and Russian courts, thus saving clients millions of dollars in not pursuing cases.• Served as an “Expert Witness” in asylum, corruption and financial fraud cases.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++He has taught as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, American University's Washington College of Law, and the University of Baltimore (international economic crime, comparative corporate governance, international practice and ethical dilemmas, corporations and business ethics, and conflict and resolution in contemporary Russia). Show less

• Directed activities of heads of overseas research centers that provided information on international criminal activities and corruption in Russia for U.S. Department of Justice. • Researched and gave presentations about money laundering and economic crime matters. • Advised on Russian Legislation and procedures on adoption by foreign individuals.

• Researched, prepared pleadings and conducted discover in numerous cases of embezzlementwhere cases were filed against banks and auditors, typically of claims exceeded $100,000. • Managed certain administrative matters at 12-person law firm (e.g. personnel).

• Helped clients to develop strategies to dealing with corrupt officials, saving significant amounts and analyzed political and legal risks of proposed investments/transactions to allow corporate management to make investment decisions.• Led initiative to promote the use of mediation for resolving commercial disputes in Russia andUkraine.• Performed Net Assessment for USAID’s programs on judicial reform in Ukraine.

• Informed Blue-Chip Clients on the procedures to follow to establish subsidiaries and branches in Russia. Alerted General Counsel about potential FCPA liability.• Researched applicable law and prepared necessary corporate, loan, pledge, other contracts and political risk, many involving more than a million dollars. • Advised on Russian administrative, commercial, civil, and criminal legislation.

• Research and wrote complaints and motions, conducted depositions, argued motions in proceedings where hundreds of millions of dollars were at stake.• Conducted discovery/due diligence for Ames, BCCI and Civil RICO involving multi-million regulatory, bankruptcy and white-collar criminal and bankruptcy matters.