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Manage a team of senior Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Analysts, and monitor the workload of each analyst to ensure that all policies and procedures are consistently followed. Approve Analyst work product, including recommendations to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and terminate client relationships.Provide direct oversight on AML case quality and address deficiencies. Work closely with Management and Quality Assurance Team to ensure that the team's work product is consistent with Global Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) standards and best practices.Lead and develop the team through effective communication, performance management, and reward/recognition practices.

Wrote suspicious activity reports (SARs) for filing with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Coordinated and directed AML investigations to determine the nature of SAR filings with FinCEN. Advanced knowledge base through completion of complex investigations involving OFAC Sanctions, BSA/AML laws, high risk typologies including trade based money laundering and terrorist financing.

• Represented the Commonwealth in District Courts by conducting preliminary hearings on summary, misdemeanor and felony charges, negotiated plea agreements, arranged alternative rehabilitative options for nonviolent offenders. • Assisted trial attorneys by drafting memorandums identifying evidentiary and suppression of evidence issues, examined case weaknesses, facilitated discovery procedures.• Represented the Commonwealth in Juvenile Court proceedings under a Deputy ADA.

• Determined charging decisions for felony/misdemeanor arrest warrants and felony/misdemeanor sight arrests by reviewing discovery, analyzing case law, discussing case specifics with the assigned detective.• Examined Philadelphia Police Department, SEPTA Transit Police and SPCA Police search warrants for approval.• Advanced prosecutorial skills via numerous training sessions led by a senior ADA. • Argued in arraignment court to set appropriate bail.

• Researched various legal issues, specifically including evidentiary issues before or after trial, best evidence rule, exclusion of prior bad acts, exclusion of expert testimony, and after-acquired evidence warranting a new trial. • Drafted legal memoranda, briefs and motions regarding research, and other trial-based issues. • Assisted first-chair trial attorneys with case analysis, trial preparation, including identification/briefing regarding evidentiary issues, witness preparation, and other trial-related work.