Biography

Member, PACDLAuthor, Cloaked in Doubt Instructor, NITA Program, Hofstra Univ. Sch. of LawInstructor, Recent Trends Involving the Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure, CLEAsst. Dist. Attorney, Philadelphia Dist. Attorney's Office (1996-2000)Listed, Top 100 Trial Lawyers for Pennsylvania, The American Trial Lawyers Assn. (2007)

Education

• Undergraduate: Ithaca College, , 1992
• Law School: Widener University School of Law, 1996

Bar Information

• 3rd Cir., EDPA, DNJ

Biography

Michael Diaz, Jr. is a skilled, business lawyer,multilingual litigator, trial lawyer, and arbiter with over 30 years ofexperience advising clients, trying cases, and negotiating complex civil andcriminal disputes, including visa recovery and defense of OFAC violations andSpecially Designated Nationals classifications. He represents U.S. andinternational clients in business matters including, joint ventures,acquisitions, and other commercial transactions, where he is deeply experiencedin domestic and international trade, customs, finance, and banking.Additionally, he counsels on preventative litigation strategy and conductsparallel investigations in complex, high-stakes regulatory and compliancematters, including instances of financial fraud, international assetrecoveries, white-collar crimes and the recovery of U.S. visas and legalstatus. While acting as special counsel on behalf of U.S. receivers, financialinstitutions, foreign government entities, and individual victims of financialfraud, his sophisticated asset recovery techniques have netted millions ofdollars in stolen proceeds. He is qualified to represent clients before U.S.administrative and governmental agencies, arbitral bodies, U.S. state, federal,and appellate courts, and frequently serves as advisory co-counsel outside theU.S. in international litigation and arbitration matters in Latin America, theMiddle East, and China. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist(ACAMS) and is admitted to practice before U.S. federal courts andadministrative bodies, Florida courts, and the Dubai International FinanceCenter (DIFC).

Professional Memberships:

Florida Bar • American Bar Association • International BarAssociation • Cuban American Bar Association, Past-President, officer, anddirector • Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow • Dubai InternationalFinance Center (DIFC) • International Association of Lawyers and ProfessionalAdvisors • Miami International Arbitration Society • National andFlorida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers • Florida International BankersAssociation • Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

Biography

Past President, ACDL NJ - 2009-2010Master/Past President, Richard J. Hughes Amer. Inn of Court -2003-2005; President of Union County Bar Association - 2018; Former Chairman, Union County District XII Ethics Committee; Special Ethics Master, appointed by Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1998-Present; Former Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall Law School; Recipient Lawyer of the Year Award in Union County, 2004, and ACDL-NJ - 2010; Recipient-First Annual Walter R. Barisonek, J.S.C. Criminal Attorney of the Year Award-2016; Recipient-Equal Justice Award-2017;  Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2005-PresentCertified, Criminal Trial Atty. Civil Trial Atty.Publications, "New Jersey Trial and Evidence: Relevancy, Prejudice or other Countervailing Factors in Criminal Cases"; Member, Supreme Court Criminal Practice Committee-2004-2006 and 2010-2014; Vice Chair-New Jersey Sentencing and Disposition Commission-2018-2021.   

Education

• Undergraduate: St Peter's College, B.A., 1973
• Law School: Fordham University Law School , J.D., 1976

Biography

Education

• Undergraduate: University of Miami, , 1971
• Law School: Oklahoma City University, , 1974