IAAR Member Spotlights

Litigator blazes trails, sets trends in alternative litigation financing space

David Quinones - 11/14/2011
As an attorney* defending corporations and banks, Boaz Weinstein began to feel as though he was on the wrong side of the fight. The graduate of...read more

Asset recovery: They don’t teach this stuff in college. Or do they?

David Quinones - 09/06/2011
International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism, a groundbreaking class taught at George Washington University’s Law School, could also be...read more

Forensic accountant builds successful practice by billing for value, not time

David Quinones - 08/25/2011
The path from Marquette undergraduate to forensic accounting expert was an unexpected one for Tracy Coenen. But she hadn’t counted on a chance...read more

French lawyer swims against the tide for asset recovery and victims' rights

David Quinones - 06/08/2011
Stephane Bonifassi, scheduled to speak at next week's IAAR Cross-Border Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference in London, has moved across the aisle...read more

IAAR Expert speaker and Advisory Board member named Queen's Counsel in latest appointments

David Quinones - 04/13/2011
In the latest round of annual appointments announced in March, IAAR Advisory Board member and London barrister Felicity Toube was bestowed the...read more

CSAR appointed receiver in multimillion dollar cross-border asset recovery case

David Quinones - 03/22/2011
Each day, the Certified Specialist in Asset Recovery* (CSAR) credential makes strides toward becoming the premier certification for professionals...read more

For first time ever, asset recovery professional invokes CSAR status in court

David Quinones - 02/14/2011
It was a watershed moment in the yet-to-be-written history of IAAR and the Certified Specialist in Asset Recovery* (CSAR) credential, and it came and...read more

CSAR FBI agent has battled fraud, recovered assets for more than 15 years

Patricia Valdes - 02/04/2011
FBI Special Agent and newly-credentialed CSAR  C. Mark Wilson still remembers his first asset forfeiture*/recovery case  15 years ago. “...read more

Navigating the early years of forensic accounting made Jennings the pro he is today

Patricia Valdes - 01/24/2011
As the managing director in the Disputes and Investigations practice at Navigant Consulting Inc. and a newly credentialed CSAR, Bill Jennings has...read more

Insurance receiver advocates education for young asset recovery attorneys

Patricia Valdes - 01/14/2011
Working in a sometimes-ignored but critically important part of the asset recovery* world, Patrick Cantilo, a partner at Cantilo & Bennett LLP,...read more

Intellenet computer forensics classes a hit at IAAR Conference

David Quinones - 11/22/2010
Intellenet members Brian Ingram and Kevin Ripa drew wide praise for their computer forensics* track at the Second Annual IAAR Conference. Their...read more

IALEIA Unites analysts to further training and educational agenda

IAAR Staff - 10/01/2010
Many decades ago the typical intelligence analyst* was not much more than a high-ranking clerical professional, often a secretary or librarian whose...read more

Attorney, IAAR Board Member Successfully Traced and Recovered Fortunes

Patty Valdes - 09/01/2010
Linda Candler has over 10 years of international asset tracing and recovery experience across the globe and has taken back more than a billion...read more

Al Ristuccia | Seasoned Investigator Gives Priceless Advice

Patricia Valdes - 08/05/2010
Al Ristuccia, an accomplished investigator with over 30 years of experience, advises members on cross border investigations, secrecy havens and...read more

Good People and a Solid Team Make the Case for Arizona Prosecutor

Patricia Valdes - 07/28/2010
As one of the more creative minds on the subjects of asset recovery* and financial crime, Cameron "Kip" Holmes, a senior litigator in the Office of...read more

John Murphy | Asset Recovery Pioneer, Former NYPD Commander Shares His Knowledge

Patricia Valdes - 07/14/2010
As an asset forfeiture* pioneer, John Murphy, a former commander of the elite Organized Crime Investigation Division and Asset Forfeiture* Unit of...read more

Gene Burd | International Attorney Uses Expertise in Freezing Assets

Patricia Valdes - 07/07/2010
Attorney* Gene M. Burd is the Managing Director of the Kyiv office of the law firm of Marks Sokolov & Burd, LLC. A native of Ukraine and licensed...read more

Brian Mahany | Former Prosecutor Shifts Focus From Tax to Asset Recovery

Alexandra Blanco - 06/08/2010
Attorney* Brian Mahany brings unique insights to the asset recovery* process having served as a prosecutor and investigator on all sides. Mahany...read more

Ed Rodriguez | Former IRS Agent Shares Three Secrets to Asset Recovery

Patricia Valdes - 05/14/2010
With more than 20 years of experience in the asset recovery* field, Ed Rodriguez has had his share of "interesting" cases. The most interesting,...read more

Bill Richey | Miami Attorney Pioneered Asset Recovery in High Profile Cases

Patricia Alexandra and Blanco - 05/03/2010
Miami attorney* and asset recovery* expert William L. Richey describes a day working on a typical international asset recovery* case as 'hectic,...read more

Jose Marrero | Veteran Investigator Says Patience is Key to Asset Recovery

David Quinones - 03/23/2010
At first, the payment seemed to be an innocent line item expense on a target's account records. But with a little digging, Jose I. Marrero found it...read more

Hollywood Investigator Chases Assets from Intellectual Property Theft

Charlene Davis - 03/16/2010
Anthony Rosario specializes in protecting intellectual property rights and recovering assets from those who misappropriate these rights, and he's...read more

Michigan Cop Finds the Assets from CasesStart to End

David Quinones - 03/08/2010
Sometimes, while sitting at his desk doing complex asset tracing, Jason Kern wonders to himself, "I went to college for this?" But then he remembers...read more

Felicity Toube

David Quinones - 02/04/2010
Fourteen years spent litigating major international insolvency* cases is enough to qualify you as an authority on asset tracing -- an authority with...read more

Sandy Boucher

IAAR Staff - 01/20/2010
Boucher is an investigator at Grant Thornton's offices in Toronto with 26 years of experience in complex fraud, corruption, asset tracing and due...read more

Conference Speaker Spotlight | Courtney Linn

Rob Garver - 11/05/2009
Courtney Linn has seen asset recovery* efforts from the perspective of both the public and private sectors, and the expertise he brings to the...read more
Beyond the Duvalier Legacy: What New ‘Arab Spring’ Governments Can Learn from Haiti and the Benefits of Stolen Asset Recovery
Mark V. Vlasic and Gregory Cooper - Sunday, February 19, 2012
In this well-documented and incisive piece, Vlasic and Cooper make a strong case for the vital importance of improving international stolen asset...
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Asset recovery luminaries gather for groundbreaking panels on third party targets
David Quinones - Wednesday, November 23, 2011
For years, IAAR experts have preached the value of third party or “one-off” asset recovery* targets, but the lessons have never been as clearly and...
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Department of Justice on brink of releasing FCPA guidance
David Quinones - Thursday, November 10, 2011
While it was just a brief comment during a lengthy speech, United States Assistant Attorney* General Lanny Breuer’s mention of impending guidance on...
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The ARW Podcast

Digital sleuth shares top strategies for the computer age
Steve Rambam | 02/22/2012
President and CEO, Pallorium Inc.

This was recorded on September 26, 2011.  Expert digital investigator Steve Rambam of...
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Cross-border expert draws path to success in multiple jurisdictions
Arnoldo Lacayo | 08/16/2011
Astigarraga Davis

IAAR editor David Quinones talked with Astigarraga Davis' Arnoldo Lacayo about the Miami...
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Premier divorce lawyer: Asset recovery a key, under-used aspect of matrimonial law
Randall M. Kessler | 08/03/2011
Founding Partner, Kessler & Solomiany

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