Experience
- Representation of international airline and its affiliates in a cross-border investigation by the DOJ, SEC and Colombian authorities into potential Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations
- Representation of global bank in connection with various litigations filed under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)
- Representation of global medical device company in criminal antitrust investigation by DOJ and various State Attorneys General
- Representation of various hedge funds and other investment management firms in insider-trading investigations by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the DOJ, and the SEC
- Representation of various national healthcare companies in DOJ investigations and parallel False Claims Act litigations
- Representation of various multinational companies in alleged “criminal cartel” investigations by DOJ’s Antitrust Division and other competition authorities around the world
- Representation of numerous traders and bank executives in global criminal investigations by DOJ, SEC, CFTC and other enforcement authorities of alleged bank fraud, “spoofing,” money laundering, and other financial crimes and regulatory violations
Trial Experience
Among Michael’s trial successes as a defense lawyer, he secured a jury acquittal on all counts for a bank president in a federal bank fraud trial prosecuted by DOJ; a post-trial misdemeanor disposition for a BP engineer charged by the Deepwater Horizon Task Force with two felony counts of obstruction of justice; and a post-trial dismissal of all criminal counts brought by Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh against former President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Advisor.
Michael also had a successful trial record as a federal prosecutor, which included winning jury convictions of the former Bosses of two different organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra. Also as a federal prosecutor, Michael secured convictions in several trials involving allegations of securities fraud.