Jan Lawrence Handzlik

Jan Handzlik is a litigation partner in Venable's Securities Enforcement & White-Collar Defense Practice Group, and co-chair of the firm's Anti-Corruption & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Group. He represents companies and individuals in investigations, prosecutions and regulatory matters nationwide, and also specializes in complex civil business litigation. Earlier, Mr. Handzlik served as a federal prosecutor in the Major Fraud & Special Prosecutions Section of the United States Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

A nationally-recognized authority on business crime and foreign bribery matters, Mr. Handzlik defends white-collar criminal cases, civil and criminal securities enforcement proceedings, and matters involving financial fraud and international commerce. His cases often involve allegations of tax fraud, securities fraud, bank and mortgage fraud, money laundering and improper payments under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He also represents clients in export controls and foreign currency control investigations, and in criminal antitrust and criminal environmental matters.

Mr. Handzlik, an accomplished and highly-regarded trial lawyer, has tried nearly 100 jury cases and numerous bench trials to verdict in federal and state courts. He also conducts corporate internal investigations; coordinates multinational investigations; and designs, implements and audits corporate law compliance programs. Mr. Handzlik served for three years as one of the first independent FCPA law compliance monitors, evaluating a multinational corporation's compliance with U.S. securities laws and the FCPA. He was appointed to this position under a deferred prosecution agreement between the company and the U.S. Department of Justice.

Professional Recognition
From 2008 through 2012, Mr. Handzlik successfully defended Lindsey Manufacturing Company and its CEO in what has been described as a ?landmark? FCPA prosecution. The Lindsey Manufacturing case was covered on a continuous basis by numerous periodicals, including The American Lawyer, which described the result as a ?stunning defense win.?

Due to Mr. Handzlik?s ?extraordinary achievement? in criminal law, he received California Lawyer magazine?s 2012 Attorney of the Year Award, known as the CLAY Award. He also received the 2012 White Collar Criminal Defense Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In September 2012, Mr. Handzlik was named one of the ?Top 100 Lawyers in California? for 2012. This honor is given by the state?s leading legal newspaper, The Daily Journal, to ?the state?s most influential attorneys.? In April 2013, the Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association presented Mr. Handzlik with the Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Memorial Award for ?exemplary commitment, exceptional skill and great achievement benefiting both his clients and the criminal justice community.?

Mr. Handzlik has been recognized in all 19 editions of Woodward-White?s The Best Lawyers in America, including the 2012-2013 edition. In addition, he is recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers; Who?s Who Legal?s The International Who's Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers; Law Business Research Guide to the World?s Leading White-Collar Criminal Defence Lawyers; Mondaq's Guide to the World's Leading White Collar Crime Advisors; and Thomsen Reuters? Super Lawyers. Mr. Handzlik has received the highest, peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent, for many years.

Activities
Mr. Handzlik is active in professional organizations and participates in public service projects on a regular basis. He is senior vice chair of the International Bar Association's Business Crime Committee. In that position, he frequently organizes and speaks at international criminal law conferences. In June 2012, Mr. Handzlik co-chaired the IBA's Transnational Crime Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he spoke on anti-corruption and anti-bribery enforcement issues. In May 2013, Mr. Handzlik again co-chaired this conference, held this year in Miami Beach, Florida, where he led a session on anti-corruption and money laundering enforcement in South and Central America and the Caribbean. In October 2012, at the annual meeting of the IBA, he co-chaired and argued before an Irish Supreme Court Justice and two High Court Judges in a mock corruption hearing conducted in the historic Four Courts in Dublin, Ireland. In January 2013, Mr. Handzlik co-chaired the American Conference Institute's white-collar litigation symposium in New York City.

Mr. Handzlik will serve as vice-chair of the American Bar Association's International Anti-Corruption Committee, part of the Section of International Law, from August 2013 to August 2014. He recently served as an officer of the ABA's Criminal Justice Section and was a member of the Section's governing board for six years. Mr. Handzlik is past chair of the ABA's National White-Collar Crime Committee and served on the ABA president's Task Force on the Attorney-Client Privilege. He was a member of the ABA Task Force on the Revision of Model Criminal Trial Practice Standards and working groups on the implementation of Dodd-Frank Act and Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering legislation.

Mr. Handzlik has been active in numerous public service and pro bono projects. Under the auspices of the Los Angeles Police Commission, he served as Deputy General Counsel to the Rampart Independent Review Panel for the investigation of police corruption and officer-involved shootings in the Los Angeles Police Department. Subsequently, in another blue-ribbon investigation led by the Police Commission, he participated in an after-action assessment arising from LAPD's Rampart Corruption Incident. In addition, Mr. Handzlik served as a member of the Standing Committee on Attorney Discipline for the United States District Court in Los Angeles, and on a blue-ribbon, Los Angeles County Bar Association committee that evaluated operations of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Earlier, following destructive civil disturbances in Los Angeles resulting from the Rodney G. King police brutality case, Mr. Handzlik served as Deputy General Counsel to the Independent Webster Commission. The Commission, chaired by former FBI and CIA Director William E. Webster, evaluated the response of federal and state law enforcement agencies to the riots. Mr. Handzlik also served as Counsel to the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, chaired by former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher. The Christopher Commission evaluated issues of police brutality and racism in the LAPD, in the wake of the Rodney King beating incident and subsequent civil rights prosecutions.

Mr. Handzlik speaks on foreign bribery, anti-corruption, business crime and trial practice issues on a regular basis, both in the United States and abroad.

Government Experience

Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section

Judicial Clerkships

Honorable Francis C. Whelan, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1970 - 1971

Honors

•Named one of top 500 attorneys in the world in InterContinental Finance Magazine's Leading Lawyers 500 list.

•Recipient of the 2013 Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Memorial Award for ""exemplary commitment, exceptional skill and great achievement benefiting both his clients and the criminal justice community,"" presented by the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Los Angeles.

•Named one of the ""Top 100 Lawyers in California"" for 2012, an honor given by the state's leading legal newspaper, The Daily Journal, to ""the state's most influential attorneys""

•Recipient of the 2012 California Lawyer Magazine Attorneys of the Year Award (""CLAY"" Award) for ""extraordinary achievement"" in criminal law

•Recipient of the 2012 White Collar Criminal Defense Award, presented by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' (""NACDL"") White Collar Criminal Defense College

•Recognized in all 19 editions, including for 2013, of Woodward White's Best Lawyers, formerly Best Lawyers in America, under Criminal Defense: White-Collar

•Named ""Litigator in the Spotlight"" by The American Lawyer magazine, February 2012 edition

•Named ""Litigator of the Week"" by The American Lawyer's Litigation Daily, December 2, 2011

•Recognized in Practicing Law Institute's The International Who's Who of Business Crime Lawyers, Who's Who of Business Lawyers and Who's Who of Investigations Lawyers & Forensic Experts

•Recognized in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers

•Recognized in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers

•Recognized in Mondaq's Guide to the World's Leading White Collar Crime Advisors

•Recognized in Super Lawyers Business Edition, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Los Angeles, 2013

•Listed in Southern California Super Lawyers

•Recognized in California Lawyer Magazine, California's Leading Business Lawyers