Michael Diaz, Jr.

Practice Areas

-International Litigation & Arbitration

-White Collar Crime, Government Sanctions (OFAC, Magnitsky, CAATSA, GLOMAG, etc.), investigations and defense

-Regulatory and Corporate Investigations, Governance and Compliance

-Fraud & Asset Recovery

Career

Florida Bar Board Certified International Litigation and Arbitration attorney Michael Diaz is a multilingual litigator, trial lawyer, and arbitral advocate with 37 years of experience advising clients, trying cases, and negotiating resolutions to complex civil, arbitral and criminal disputes. He has extensive experience handling visa recovery efforts, FCPA and OFAC violations, and Specially Designated Nationals classifications. He regularly counsels on preventative arbitration and litigation strategies and conducts parallel investigations in complex, high-stakes regulatory, investigative and compliance matters that involve financial fraud, international asset recovery and white-collar crime. Mr. Diaz’s sophisticated asset tracing techniques have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for U.S. receivers, financial institutions, and individual fraud victims. He has handled numerous notable, well-publicized litigation and arbitration cases, OFAC and sanctions matters, and cases of alleged money laundering and public corruption.

He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Professional Memberships

ADMISSIONS

Florida

11th Circuit Court of Appeals

Southern District of Florida

Middle District of Florida

U.S. Supreme Court

2nd Circuit Court of Appeals of New York

U.S. Court of International Trade