Honors and Awards:

• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• New York Super Lawyer - Metro, 2009
• New York Super Lawyer - Metro, 2010
• Recognized by The Legal 500 United States, 2011
• New York Super Lawyer - Metro, 2011

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, New York City Bar Committee on Professional Responsibility.
• Member, New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, 1996

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Co-presented "High Tech/High Impact Ethics" at the National Employment Lawyers Association New York City Conference on Representing Employees
• Presenter: PLI's "Hot Issues in Executive Compensation 2011"
• Roundtable discussion: "Addressing FCPA Issues In Emerging Market Deals" in Financier Worldwide
• Presenter "Information Mobility in the Age of Persuasive E-discovery" at PLI's “Information Technology Law Institute 2011: Navigating the New Risks in Mobile Technology, Social Media, Electronic Records and Privacy”
• Panelist: "Professional Liability & Legal Ethics: Preventing, Defending & Obtaining Insurance For Claims Against Law Firms," presented at the New York City Bar Association
• "Expanded Supervisory Liability for In-House Lawyers" by James Walker, Daniel Zinman and Grant Mogan, published in the New York Law Journal
• Speaker at the Women in eDiscovery "Ethics, E-Discovery & Social Networking" seminar
• Presenter: “Ethical Traps for the M&A Practitioner” at PLI's “Mergers and Acquisitions 2011: Trends and Developments” seminar
• Panelist: PLI's “Ethics for Corporate Counsel: Multijurisdictional Practice and Other Current Issues 2011” seminar
• Panelist: PLI's "Ethics for Corporate Lawyers 2010" seminar
• Panelist: "Ethics for Corporate Counsel 2010" seminar hosted by the New York State Bar Association
• Webinar: "What Board Members Need to Know About the Scope of Director Duties to Creditors of Financially Distressed Corporations - Making Sense of the Split in Authority Among U.S. Courts, and How it Affects You"
• Presenter: "Law Firm Internal Investigations" at the Aon Large Law Firm Symposium
• "Ninth Circuit’s Reversal of Evidence Exclusion in Broadcom Case Does Not Alter Lessons Learned Regarding Upjohn Warnings," by James Walker and Shari Brandt, published on Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP website
• "Issuing a Proper Upjohn Warning Will Not Cure Multiple Representation Conflicts," by James Walker and Shari Brandt, published on Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP website

Representative Clients:

• Representing a hedge fund in a government investigation of possible inside trading involving third party expert networks. Representing a law firm in the investigation and criminal prosecution of accounting firm professionals for engaging in a conspiracy to promote fraudulent tax shelters. Representing a law firm in internal investigations of possible misconduct by several of the firm's attorneys relating to violations of criminal law and/or rules of professional conduct. Representing senior finance executives in a NYSE-listed foreign company in connection with a Department of Justice and SEC investigation of possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Representing former members of the Audit Committee of a public company in connection with an internal investigation, and parallel criminal and SEC proceedings, involving accounting irregularities identified by the company’s outside auditor. Representing the CEO of a public company in an internal investigation relating to the company’s restatement of several years of financial statements caused by an understatement of federal income tax payments. Representing the founder, sole owner and CEO of a hedge fund in connection with an SEC investigation of unlawful short selling.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• Clerkship, Honorable Earl B. Gillam, United States District Court, Southern District of California

Educational Background:

• Yale College, B.S. in Applied Mathematics, cum laude, 1985
• Yale Law School, J.D., 1990, Coker Fellow, 1990