Overview and Implications of the DOJ’s New Enforcement Policies
Speakers
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Andrew WeissmannProfessor of Practice, NYU LawAndrew Weissmann is a Professor of Practice with the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. He served as a lead prosecutor in Robert S. Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office (2017-19) and as Chief of the Fraud Section in the Department of Justice (2015-2019).
During his previous tenure at NYU Law (2013-2015), Weissmann was a Senior Fellow at both the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the Center for the Administration of Criminal Law. He taught courses in national security and criminal procedure.
From 2011 to 2013, Weissmann served as the General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He previously served as special counsel to then-Director Mueller in 2005, after which he was a partner at Jenner & Block in New York City. From 2002-2005, he served as the Deputy and then the Director of the Enron Task Force in Washington, D.C., where he supervised the prosecution of more than 30 individuals in connection with the company’s collapse. Weissmann was a federal prosecutor for 15 years in the Eastern District of New York, where he served as the Chief of the Criminal Division. He prosecuted numerous members of the Colombo, Gambino, and Genovese families, including the bosses of the Colombo and Genovese families. Weissmann has extensive experience in private practice. Weissmann won the largest Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration award in history. He has taught criminal law and procedure at Fordham Law School and Brooklyn Law School. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School and was on the managing board of the Columbia Law Review. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and attended the University of Geneva on a Fulbright Fellowship.
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Daniel S. KahnPartner, White Collar Defense & Investigations, Davis PolkFormer senior DOJ official with more than a decade of experience in criminal and regulatory investigations. Headed DOJ’s Fraud Section and FCPA Unit.
Dan represents companies and individuals in government enforcement matters, conducting internal investigations and in compliance matters. A former prosecutor, he served for 11 years in senior roles at the Department of Justice.
The Wall Street Journal described Dan as DOJ’s “most recognizable expert on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.” At DOJ, Dan was acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, Chief of the Fraud Section, and Chief of the FCPA Unit. He supervised matters involving the FCPA, money laundering, and fraud related to digital currency, fintechs, commodities, securities, healthcare and procurement.
At DOJ, Dan played a central role in developing enforcement policies on the FCPA, corporate enforcement, compliance and monitors. He worked with authorities in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America, and tried a number of cases to verdict.
Dan teaches Corporate Criminal Investigations at Harvard Law School and Global Anti-Corruption at Georgetown Law Center.
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Patricia J. Harned Ph.D.Chief Executive Officer | Ethics & Compliance InitiativePatricia Harned is chief executive officer of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative (ECI). Established in 1922, ECI is a nonprofit with a mission to empower organizations to operate with integrity.
For nearly two decades as CEO, Dr. Harned has overseen all of ECI’s strategy and operations. In that time ECI has become the leading provider of independent research about workplace integrity, the drivers of organizational culture, and effective compliance programs. Dr. Harned is a recognized expert on culture change, ethical leadership, and workplace reporting/retaliation. She leads ECI’s advisory service practice. Clients have included 200+ prominent organizations, often working to regain stakeholder trust following significant matters of misconduct. Dr. Harned has participated as a member of several independent monitoring teams, imposed by federal enforcement agencies as a part of corporate settlement agreements.
Dr. Harned also directs outreach efforts to policymakers and federal enforcement agencies in Washington, DC. She has provided ethics & compliance briefings to officials in the US Department of Justice, testified before Congress and the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and she has personally briefed U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, and the Federal Bar Council on strategies to increase effective reporting of suspected misconduct. Dr. Harned also regularly provides training to corporate boards of directors on topics related to governance, and she is chairing a Blue-Ribbon Commission to define effective corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs.
Dr. Harned is a multi-year honoree as one of Ethisphere Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. She is also a multi-year honoree as a Top Thought Leader in Trust; a recognition offered by Trust Across America. She was a member of the PCAOB Standing Advisory Group, and she currently serves on the board of the U.S. Center for SafeSport as well as the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors (IAICM).
Dr. Harned holds a bachelor of science degree from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, a masters of education degree from Indiana University, and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.
