Hochman, Nathan, Kudman, Tama Kuehne, Benedict Lavecchio, Larry Menchel, Matt Markus, David Oscar Martinez, Hon. Jose Matthewman Hon.

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1 Chaykin Ethics Symposium May 15, 2015 Moderators and Panelists Arango, Jacqueline [Panel 3 Moderator] is a partner at the Miami offices of Akerman Senterfitt where she concentrates her practice on white collar criminal defense and complex civil matters. Prior to entering private practice she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami where she served as Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section and then as Deputy Chief of the Public Corruption and National Security Section. Bozorgi, Susan is a partner in the firm of Marrero Bozorgi where she represents individuals and corporations under investigation or charged with criminal offenses with an emphasis on white collar crimes. A former Assistant Public Defender, Ms. Bozorgi is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, as well as Co-Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section Defense Function Committee, and regularly blogs about issues concerning women criminal lawyers. Bustillo, Eric is the Director of the Miami Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which covers Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Prior to his current post, Mr. Bustillo served at the SEC s Miami office as Chief of an Enforcement Branch and for 15 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami, where he rose to head that office s Economic and Environmental Crimes Section. Greenberg, Ben is the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney s Office, Southern District of Florida. Gregorie, Richard, a veteran federal prosecutor who spearheaded the investigations that resulted in the indictments of members of the Medellin Cartel and former Panamanian General Manuel Noriega, is currently Senior Litigation Counsel in the U.S. Attorney s Office in Miami. Mr. Gregorie started in the Organized Crime Section of the Department of Justice in 1972 and prosecuted cases in Newark, Boston, Providence and New Haven. He has served as Chief of Narcotics, Chief of the Criminal Division and Chief Assistant United States Attorney in Miami and tried over 100 federal criminal trials in his career.

2 Hochman, Nathan, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP and Deputy Chair of their White Collar Litigation and Government Investigations Group, concentrates his practice on high profile white collar criminal matters, with an emphasis on criminal tax cases. A nationally recognized criminal tax expert, Mr. Hochman has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California and as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Tax Division for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hochman is currently President of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. Kudman, Tama represents individuals and companies in a variety of criminal defense matters in New York, New Jersey and South Florida. Ms. Kudman is a regular legal commentator for numerous broadcast news organizations. Kuehne, Benedict devotes his practice to white collar criminal defense, election law matters and complex civil litigation. Recently, he prevailed against the U.S. Department of Justice in a test case in which he was charged, as an attorney, with money laundering for having reviewed and approved the propriety of legal fee payments to another attorney for the representation of a defendant charged with drug trafficking. Mr. Kuehne was vindicated when the Justice Department dropped all charges against him following a decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals adverse to the government. Lavecchio, Larry is an Assistant U.S. Attorney based in Ft. Lauderdale and a veteran public corruption prosecutor. Among his many accomplishments over the years, Mr. Lavecchio served on the Operation Courtbroom team that resulted in the convictions of numerous defendants for their roles in that infamous judicial bribery conspiracy in the early 1990s. More recently, he was one of the prosecutors who headed up the prosecution of numerous defendants for their roles in the billion-dollar Rothstein ponzi scheme. Menchel, Matt is a partner with Kobre & Kim where he directs the firm s Center for Trial Advocacy. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Menchel served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney s Office and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida where he was Chief of the Criminal Division. Markus, David Oscar is a partner at Markus/Moss PLLC where he handles a wide variety of criminal defense matters. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Markus served as law clerk to then Chief U.S. District Court Judge Edward B. Davis in Miami, as an associate at Williams & Connelly in Washington, D.C. and as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Miami. Martinez, Hon. Jose E. is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to his appointment to the bench in 2002, Judge Martinez served as a naval legal officer and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami and practiced law in South Florida for over thirty years. Matthewman, Hon. William is a federal Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida. He began his professional career as a police sergeant in Miami and was in private practice as a criminal defense attorney.

3 Neiman, Jeffrey is a partner with Marcus Neiman & Rashbaum, LLP and devotes his practice to defending individuals and corporations in white collar criminal litigation, matters involving tax controversies, government regulatory enforcement matters, internal investigations, compliance counseling, and complex civil litigation. Prior to founding his current firm, Mr. Neiman was a trial attorney at the Department of Justice s Tax Division and at the Criminal Division s Fraud Section. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida. O Neill, Robert is a Managing Director with Freeh Group International Solutions. Previously, he was an Assistant District Attorney for the Manhattan District Attorney s Office and a federal prosecutor in several offices, including the Southern District of Florida, where he served as Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section. He went on to serve as Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida for several years until his appointment as U.S. Attorney for that district in Pelletier, Paul is a member of the Washington, D.C. law firm Mintz Levin. He specializes in representing public and private companies and individuals in state and federal investigations. Before entering private practice, Mr. Pelletier was a federal prosecutor for over twenty-five years -- first, as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice s Tax Division, then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami where he headed up the Economic Crimes Section and, finally, as principal deputy chief of the Fraud Section of the Justice Department s Criminal Division in Washington, D.C. Poston, Rebekah is a partner at the Miami office of Squire Patton Boggs where she represents individuals and companies in a wide array of white collar criminal matters. She also heads the firm s global FCPA practice. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Poston served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami and as Special Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice s Organized Crime and Racketeering Section in Cleveland, Ohio. Prieto, Peter is a partner at Podhurst Orseck, P.A. where he focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense. Before joining his current firm, Mr. Prieto served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami, as an Associate Independent Counsel in the criminal investigation of the late Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown and as a partner at Holland & Knight LLP, where he chaired that firm s 400-attorney litigation section. Raskin, Jane Serene [Panel 1 Moderator] a partner at Raskin & Raskin, concentrates her practice on white collar criminal matters and related administrative and civil actions. Before entering private practice, Ms. Raskin served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Strike Force, as First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division in Washington, D.C. where she supervised investigations and prosecutions nationwide. Schnapp, Mark [Panel 2 Moderator] is a shareholder with the firm of Greenberg Traurig where he concentrates his practice in the areas of white collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation. He previously served seven years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami where he was Chief of the Public Corruption Section and Chief of the Criminal Division.

4 Scola, Hon. Robert N. is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench, Judge Scola served as an Assistant State Attorney for the Miami-Dade State Attorney s Office, was engaged in private practice as a criminal defense attorney and served for sixteen years as Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. Shapiro, Hy heads a boutique firm devoted to representing individuals and companies in the defense of white collar criminal matters. He is one of the co-founders of this program. Shohat, Ed is Special Counsel at Jones Walker, where he is a member of the Corporate Compliance and White Collar Defense team. For over thirty years, Mr. Shohat has handled some of the most notorious and high publicity criminal, tax and related civil cases in the U.S. He has lectured throughout the country on criminal defense matters and has appeared as a legal commentator on numerous national television news programs. Silverstein, Joan is Chief of the Economic and Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney s Office in Miami. Prior to her service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Ms. Silverstein was Special Assistant to the Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington,, D.C. Sonnett, Neal, [Panel 5 Moderator] is a nationally renowned criminal defense attorney who defends white collar, corporate and complex federal and state criminal cases throughout the country. Prior to private practice, Mr. Sonnett served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Criminal Division for the Southern District of Florida. He has served as Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section and President of the NACDL, FACDL, Florida Bar Foundation, and the Spellman-Hoeveler American Inn of Court. Srebnick, Scott devoted his practice primarily to trials and appeals of white collar offenses. For over ten years he has taught a seminar at the University of Miami, School of Law, entitled Criminal Prosecution and Defense Lawyering: Zealous Advocacy and Situational Ethics. Srebnick, Howard [Panel 4 Moderator] is a partner at Black Srebnick Kornspan Stumpf where he concentrates his practice on criminal defense and high-stakes civil litigation cases. Prior to private practice, Mr. Srebnick served as law clerk to then Chief U.S. District Court Judge Edward B. Davis and to Judge Irving L. Goldberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Miami. Tarbe, Susan J. has been Assistant General Counsel at Greenberg Traurig since Prior to that position, Ms. Tarbe served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida where she was Chief of the Economic Crimes Division. In addition to thirteen years of practice as a commercial litigator and white collar criminal defense attorney, she was General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for a publicly traded health care company.

5 Trawick, Hon. Daryl is Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. Prior to his appointment to that court, Judge Trawick served as a judge of the Miami-Dade County Court, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida where he was Chief of Special Prosecutions and as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Air Force. He retired from the Air Force Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel. Van Vliet, Theresa is a partner with Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. She concentrates her practice in white collar litigation and civil and compliance matters. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Van Vliet served in the U.S. Department of Justice in a variety of capacities -- first, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and, ultimately, as Chief of the Narcotics Section of the Criminal Division at Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. Ungaro, Hon. Ursula is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to taking the federal bench in 1992, Judge Ungaro was in private practice and served as Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. Williams, Hon. Kathleen is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Judge Williams previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami, an associate with both the Fowler White and Morgan Lewis law firms, Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Florida and, for sixteen years, as the Federal Public Defender for that district. During her tenure as FPD for the Southern District, she was also appointed as Acting Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Florida.