White Collar Crimes Explored

Andrew M. Genser represents and counsels corporatiinsoons, banks, private-equity firms, hedge-funds and individuals in a wide variety of criminal and regulatory matters. A seasoned trial lawyer, Andrew joined Kirkland & Ellis after a distinguished career as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York, where he led the successful prosecutions of major organized crime figures and many other significant cases. Andrew has been ranked as a leading lawyer for business every year since 2010 by Chambers USA, which describes him as a “rising star” who is “smart, savvy and well prepared” and who “manages situations efficiently and inspires confidence in clients.” Andrew has published numerous articles on securities law and white-collar criminal defense, and is a frequent lecturer at seminars and panels on a variety of legal topics. [www.kirkland.com/agenser]

Mr. May is a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Roetzel and member of the White Collar Litigation and Corporate Compliance Practice Group. His practice focuses on complex litigation and regulatory matters in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and food industries. Mr. May represents companies and individuals accused of serious violations of federal law, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), healthcare fraud, mortgage fraud, money laundering, mail and telemarketing fraud and racketeering.

Mr. May was previously Chair of the White Collar Crime Section of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and his is a past Co-Chair of the Defense Function Services Committee of the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association.

Michael Dockterman serves as co-chair of the firm’s White Collar & Government Investigations group. He has spent his career representing corporate clients in disputes with government entities and has extensive experience handling investigations by federal, state, and local authorities. Mr. Dockterman has conducted internal investigations and, where necessary, the defense of government inquiries, for corporate clients involving subjects as diverse as FCPA and SFO issues, corporate procurement, defense contracting, antitrust, accounting, health care, securities, executive misconduct and corporate theft.

Mr. Dockterman is a frequent speaker on corporate governance issues and a Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University School of Law. Recently, he was named the exclusive winner in the category of “Litigation – Illinois” by the Client Choice Awards 2013 and was named by the National Law Journal as one of the Top 10 Winning Litigators in the US.

Gregory A. Paw, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, is an experienced trial lawyer with extensive white collar experience. A former Deputy U.S. Attorney and past director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Mr. Paw is a member of the Pepper’s White Collar Litigation and Investigations Practice Group. He also is a member of the firm’s Business Integrity Practice Group.

Mr. Paw represents businesses and individuals facing investigation by federal and state law enforcement authorities, and provides counsel on compliance and control issues. Drawing on his extensive and unique international law enforcement experience, he advises businesses on compliance issues under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Mr. Paw has served as counsel to a court-appointed monitor reviewing FCPA compliance issues in the global operations of a Fortune 100 company. He also has guided clients through a host of challenges in international business operations.