Marc Spezzano, Jd Email & Phone Number

United States

New York, New York, US

• Ensure compliance risks are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled, consistent with the bank’s risk appetite and the bank's policies and processes established within the risk governance framework.
• Lead and conduct confidential internal investigations globally across Citi’s enterprise related to a wide range of risks (data, privacy, conduct, etc.), involving any of the Citi’s products, processes, technology.
• Supervise the activity of others; create accountability with those who fail to maintain business, conduct, and ethical standards; partner with regional and global executives and stakeholders on disciplinary matters.

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, US

• $8.7 billion-dollar SEC private equity firm that manages asset-backed securities, loans, private equity investments, and securitized asset-backed mortgages throughout the US, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Isl.REGULATORY.
• Successfully defended company against multiple multi-year federal and state regulatory examinations, resulting in $0 exposure to the company.
• Managed company’s Regulatory Affairs Response Program, resulting in $0 exposure to the company.
• Managed U.S. & India based teams to resolve a large-scale regulatory risk with significant financial and reputational consequence, resulting in $0 exposure to the company.LITIGATION STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT
• Managed company’s U.S. and Puerto Rico docket of complex affirmative and defensive litigation and national network of top litigation law firms, and company's EEOC claims. $25,000 of autonomous settlement authority..
• Counsel business leaders on legal and regulatory changes that affect the company horizontally across the enterprise, get them to buy into the dangers, and apply subject matter expertise and industry knowledge to.

New York, NY, US

• LITIGATION STRATEGY & EXPERTISE
• Go-to lawyer for assessing legal risk and developing creative strategies to drive conflicts toward resolution.
• Business-minded attorney who knows how to analyze litigation from a business perspective and apply different methods to maximize legal results while minimizing cost and exposure to the company.
• Managed annual caseload of 450+ matters nationwide. In one year settled ~225 cases, reducing potential $35 million exposure down to $186,833. LITIGATION MANAGEMENT
• Managed large network of outside law firms (~125 law firms in all 50 states), plus ~30 paralegals, analysts, and admin. staff. Managed budgets and invoices.MORTGAGE REGULATORY COMPLIANCEDaily handling of regulatory.

Rochester, New York, US

• Represented companies of all sizes (including Fortune 500 companies), sports and entertainment companies (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Blue Chip and Tech (GE and Xerox), traditional businesses, individual executives, and.
• Conducted internal investigations and defended businesses and executives against criminal and SEC prosecutions related to alleged investment fraud, Ponzi schemes, and SEC violations.
• Represented companies and corporate officers in disputes involving employment contracts and non-compete/non-solicit/trade secret agreements. Counseled companies in negotiating executive employment contracts.

• Represented Fortune 500 companies, small/mid-size businesses, and municipalities in federal and state employment discrimination, wrongful termination, whistleblowing, and constitutional/Title VII litigation. Defended.
• Counseled companies on compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, including the ADA, ADEA, FLSA, FMLA, and on EEOC investigations, union activities, and FLRA/NLRB matters.
• Counseled companies on drafting employee handbooks and handling employee grievances, discipline, and termination.

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business