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Duane Morris Partner Mauro M. Wolfe Appointed National Co-Chair of ABA Subcommittee on White Collar and Corporate Investigations

April 26, 2013

Duane Morris Partner Mauro M. Wolfe Appointed National Co-Chair of ABA Subcommittee on White Collar and Corporate Investigations

April 26, 2013

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Mauro WolfeNEW YORK, April 26, 2013—Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that partner Mauro M. Wolfe, a partner in the firm's Trial Practice Group in its New York office, has been appointed as a national co-chair of the White Collar and Corporate Investigations Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Securities Litigation Committee.

The Securities Litigation Committee, part of the ABA Section of Litigation, boasts a diverse membership that includes attorneys from both the plaintiff and defense perspective, corporate counsel and academicians. The committee strives to be an invaluable resource to those practicing or interested in securities litigation, arbitration or regulatory enforcement matters. It provides members with a variety of resources to encourage professional growth at all levels.

A former prosecutor for the City of Philadelphia, a senior enforcement attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Philadelphia District Office, and a former federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, Wolfe's practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense; securities enforcement, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters; and complex civil and administrative litigation. He has represented U.S. and foreign corporations, corporate executives, government officials and others in a broad range of white-collar criminal cases. Wolfe is a widely sought-out lecturer on white-collar crime, internal investigations, data security and privacy matters, as well as Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues.

Wolfe is widely recognized as a leading white-collar attorney, having been cited as AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell in the areas of Criminal Law, White Collar Crime and Litigation. He is listed in the 2012 edition of New York Super Lawyers - Metro in the area of Criminal Defense: White Collar. In June 2009, he was elected to the highly selective and prestigious New York Council of Defense Lawyers, an organization comprising the most well-regarded white-collar practitioners in New York. He has been involved in several high-profile matters over his career, and has appeared in major news media. Wolfe was part of the legal team that represented Bernard and Ruth Madoff in 2009.

Wolfe is the chair of the Nominations Committee of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, one of the nation's leading Hispanic civil rights organizations. In 2007, he co-founded the Hispanic Lawyers Society of New York, one of the foremost Hispanic attorney leadership groups in America.

Wolfe is a 1996 graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law and a 1990 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he recently was inducted into the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology Hall of Distinction.

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