White Collar Crimes: An Insider’s Scoop

Featured Speaker: Michael Lipman, J.D.

This lecture will offer an insider’s explanation of
everything you want to know about federal white
collar criminal investigations and prosecutions.
Why are white collar cases handled differently from
street crime? How do investigations typically start?
What investigative tools do prosecutors and agents
have at their disposal? What role does a defense
attorney play? Does the Grand Jury actually make
the decision to file charges? How are plea bargains
negotiated? Why do so few cases go to trial? What
are both sides looking for when picking a jury? How
does the defense make its case without having the
defendant testify? How does sentencing work? Do
inmates at a “club fed” really get to hone their golf/
tennis games?

Presenter Biography

After graduating from Columbia Law
School, Michael Lipman has spent more than
50 years as an attorney in the criminal justice
system. His first dozen years of practice was as
an Assistant D.A. in N.Y.C. and an Assistant U.S.
Attorney prosecuting business crime here in San
Diego. After leaving the government, he spent the
last 40 years as a defense attorney representing
both individuals and companies in a wide variety
of white collar criminal and S.E.C. matters.

Coordinator: Steve Clarey