| 词条 | Draft:Bruce L. Udolf |
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Prominent South Florida Attorney PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PRIVATE PRACTICE Since 1998, practice has concentrated in areas of high profile criminal defense in all federal and state courts, with an emphasis on white-collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation involving allegations of public corruption; racketeering (RICO); Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; health care, mortgage, bank, and tax fraud; money laundering; narcotics trafficking; and computer related crimes and other litigation related to such matters, including asset forfeiture proceedings. In 2017, Mr. Udolf achieved an acquittal for his client, a former president of a national South American soccer federation in the so-called “FIFA-gate” case prosecuted in federal district court in Brooklyn, New York. Of the dozens prosecuted in this case thus far, this client was the only defendant to have been acquitted. PUBLIC SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel (Whitewater Investigation) Washington, D.C., July, 1997 to May, 1998 Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida, March, 1987 to July, 1997 Chief, Public Integrity/Corruption Section, Appointed Chief by then United States Attorney Roberto Martinez. Served from April, 1992 to July, 1997, under administrations of United States Attorneys Roberto Martinez, Kendall Coffey and William Keefer. Supervised investigation and prosecution of cases involving political corruption, with emphasis on prosecutions under bribery and “RICO” laws Significant cases tried: United States v. Alex Daoud, Case No. 91-792-Cr-King (S.D. Fla.) (bribery and tax case against former Miami Beach mayor); United States v. Raul Martinez and Andres Mejides, Case No. 20-231-Cr-Kehoe (S.D. Fla.) (RICO/extortion case against local mayor and former councilmen) Significant cases supervised: United States v. Shenberg, et al., Case No. 91-708-Cr-Gonzalez (S.D. Fla.) (Operation Courtroom judicial corruption cases); United States v. Camacho, Case No. 91-352-Cr-Marcus (S.D. Fla.) (civil rights/obstruction of justice prosecution of local police officers); Operation Greenpalm corruption prosecutions of local city officials, including United States v. Dawkins, Case No. 96-809-Cr-Roettger (S.D. Fla.) (bribery case against former Miami City Commissioner) and United States v. Odio, Case No. 96-872-Cr-Moore (S.D. Fla.) (bribery case against former Miami City Manager) and United States v. James Burke, Case No. 98-Cr-00003-PCH-1 (S.D. Fla.) (bribery case against former Miami/Dade County Commissioner) Narcotics Section - June, 1988 to December, 1988 Investigated and prosecuted violations of narcotics and firearms laws; first use of racketeering statutes to target Jamaican narcotics “posses” in United States v. Blake, Case No. 88-652-Cr-Gonzalez (S.D. Fla.) Major Crimes Section - June, 1987 to June, 1988 Prosecuted cases involving mail and wire fraud, counterfeiting, postal thefts, immigration and customs violations Appellate Division - March, 1987 to June, 1987 Briefed and argued cases in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF GEORGIA District Attorney, January, 1983 to January, 1987 Elected chief prosecutor and administrator for a four-county region. Supervised and coordinated prosecution and investigations of criminal offenses between federal, state and local investigative agencies Assistant District Attorney, April, 1980 to January, 1983 Investigated and prosecuted cases involving homicide, robbery, theft and other property-related offenses; Chief Assistant District Attorney, 1981-83 Law Clerk to the Honorable Arthur W. Fudger, May, 1979 to April, 1980 TEACHING/PUBLICATIONS Mortgage Fraud Now on the Rise, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, October, 2007 Op-Ed re: FBI Director James Comey, Miami Herald, October 29, 2016 Panelist, Getting, Producing, Resisting, Using and Abusing Electronic Evidence: How Technology is Changing our Practices, American Bar Association, National Institute of White Collar Crime, Miami, Florida, 2017 Combatting Prosecutorial Misconduct from Grand Jury through Trial, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Aspen Colorado, 2016 Emory University School of Law, Trial Techniques Program, Atlanta, Georgia, annually since 1987 Law Education Institute, National CLE Conference on Criminal Law, 2002 University of Miami Criminal Justice Ethics Symposia (Chaykin Ethics Conference) Moderator, Presenter and Co-Chair, 2002-16 Florida Bar Business Law Section Seminar, Presenter on White Collar Issues for the Business Law Practitioner, 2011 Presenter and advisor at trial practice and CLE conferences by Florida Bar and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy since 1992 United States Department of Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance Training/assessment programs for anti-corruption and money laundering task forces in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Bulgaria, 1995-97 United States Department of Justice, Office of Professional Development and Training Presenter, Corruption and Organized Crime Symposium, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1995 Florida International University, Center for the Administration of Justice Public Corruption Symposia in La Paz, Bolivia; Caracas, Venezuela; Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1992-95 Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C. Presenter and advisor for trial advocacy training program for federal prosecutors, 1987-88 EDUCATION Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia Juris Doctor, 1979 Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York Bachelor of Arts, 1973 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal Defense: General Practice, Fort Lauderdale, Florida by Best Lawyers in America© 2019 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” for White Collar Criminal Defense, Fort Lauderdale, Florida by Best Lawyers in America© 2018 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” for Criminal Defense, Fort Lauderdale, Florida by Best Lawyers in America© 2017 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” for White Collar Criminal Defense, Fort Lauderdale, Florida by Best Lawyers in America© 2016 The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, Criminal Defense, 2016 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Association Award for Career Achievement, 1996 Outstanding Achievement Awards, United States Department of Justice, 1990, 1991 and 1994 Special Commendations: Directors, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1991 and 1994; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 1989; Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Professional Responsibility, 1994; United States Customs Service, Office of Internal Affairs, 1997 Marquis Who’s Who in America, Lifetime Achiever; Top Lawyers, South Florida Legal Guide; Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; Best Legal Eagles in the State, Florida Monthly; Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine; AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0 Peer Review-Rated, Martindale Hubbell; AVVO Rating of 10 of 10 (“Superb”); Best Lawyers in America (over ten years) PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Federal Bar Association Past President, Vice-President, Director (Broward Chapter); member, FBA (National) Government Relations Committee Assistant United States Attorneys Association, Southern District of Florida Past President and Board Member Eugene Spellman American Inns of Court National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Life Member Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section, White Collar Crime Committee Dade County Bar Association Past Chair, Meetings Committee; Past Vice-Chair, Federal Practice Committee Broward County Bar Association Palm Beach County Bar Association Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, 1998-2004 Chair, Subcommittee I; Chair, Fast Track Subcommittee; Chair, Joint Appellate/Civil/Criminal Rules Subcommittee) Criminal Law Section Education/Ethics Subcommittee Attorney-Client Privilege Task Force Alliance for Ethical Government Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Procedures of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation Fellow of the Florida Bar Foundation BAR ADMISSIONS Federal United States Supreme Court, 1983 United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1982 United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1979 United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1998 United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1999 State Georgia, 1979 Florida, 1991 References |
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